“Shortly after being appointed part of the Young Producing and Programming Team/Re:CON I was invited to go with Baba Israel (Artistic Director/CEO of Contact) to sit on a pitching panel at Bristol Old Vic for a project called Theatre Sandbox…

The experience of sitting on a panel and having my opinions taken very seriously on the various reflections on the pitches was refreshing. To be given a deal of responsibility so early added to the experience, especially the surreal element of sharing views amongst a Development Executive from the BBC and the Executive Director of Lyric Hammersmith to name a few…

Baba and I saw some very interesting ideas being pitched; from using IPADs as digital maps, to experimentation to how one reacts emotionally to different everyday urban sounds such as the sound of an ambulance siren compared to a police siren for example. The many artists we met were quite characters with booming personalities to add to their ideas, which certainly kept us on our toes! It was the personalities that really sold some of the panel members, their passion and commitment for the work they wanted to develop rather than the idea itself, which was supposed to be in a state of working progress, instead of a finished piece”