Last week I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of Mountview’s jaw-dropping new £28m building in Peckham – just 48 hours before Mountview management were granted full possession and the students were allowed in.
The Show People Podcast: Josh Boyd-Rochford takes 10%
In this episode of The Show People Podcast, host Andrew Keates is joined by Josh Boyd-Rochford, chief operating officer and an agent at Simon and How Associates, who also teaches, produces and is forever generating opportunities for theatre-makers.
We spoke with Josh about his entire life, career and lessons learned, as well as answer your questions about how to have the best relationship with your agent.
Episode features include:
Theatrical Tips:
Andrew reveals his theatrical tips of things to see and do this August 2018, including productions at The Park Theatre, Brasserie Zedel and the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh.
The Platform:
Today’s platform is given to The Wicker Husband with music and lyrics by Darren Clark and a book by Rhys Jennings (who happens to be our special guest’s husband too!) and a song called The Sparrow’s Tale, sung by Laura Wickham with Josh Sneesby on accordion, Anne-Marie Piazza on ukulele, Rachel Dawson on cello and composer Darren Clark on guitar.
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Andrew Keates: @AndrewKeates, Josh Boyd-Rochford: @JBRAgent, The Wicker Husband: @wickermusical, Rhys Jennings: @RhysJenns, Darren Clark: @MusicDJC, The Show People Podcast: @ShowPeopleUK, Arion Productions: @ArionProds and use #ShowPeoplePodcast.
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Josh Boyd-Rochford’s Website & Mailing List: www.jbragent.com
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The Wicker Man: www.darrenclarkmusic.co.uk/the-wicker-husband.html
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Contact Us:
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Support:
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Creative producers make more than the tea
If I have learned anything in my six years with Mountview, and four years of that conceiving, championing and teaching the MA in Creative Producing, it is that the title “creative producer” needs to be kept.
We’re having guests round at Theatre503 – come join us
It is my last job of work for Mountview after six years with the school – helping the 12 producers on this year’s MA find their way to the end of the seven-week Catalyst Festival.
Resolutions for 2018: be kind and wise
As 2017 is analysed and filed away, Kath and I are busily sorting out 40+ years of archives, lofts, photos and our individual and shared lives as we reduce (a bit) what we plan to move to our new home in Edinburgh.
NEWS: James Pidgeon announces his first season at Shoreditch Town Hall
James Pidgeon today announces his first season as Director of Shoreditch Town Hall bringing together work exploring the themes of identity, time and place. The season opens with the UK première of Compagnie MPTA’s Santa Madera, part of London International Mime Festival.
NEWS: James Pidgeon announces his first season at Shoreditch Town Hall
James Pidgeon today announces his first season as Director of Shoreditch Town Hall bringing together work exploring the themes of identity, time and place. The season opens with the UK première of Compagnie MPTA’s Santa Madera, part of London International Mime Festival.
How do we reveal ourselves? Cabaret & inspiration from the next generation
Last week was a rather extraordinary and rich week of theatremaking and spaceholding. It started with a joyful evening of fun cabaret created by West End Frenchies and managed by our alum Mountview MA producer Mathilde Moulin.
THE BRAILLE LEGACY – Charing Cross Theatre
It was marvellous to have RNIB guests with their dogs in the audience, and there’s a cleverness in the musical that you can enjoy it without sight.
THE BRAILLE LEGACY – Charing Cross Theatre
It was marvellous to have RNIB guests with their dogs in the audience, and there’s a cleverness in the musical that you can enjoy it without sight.
Theatre owes a debt of gratitude to Lyn Gardner
The arts in the UK, across the UK and into every pocket of community and fringe, owes a great debt of gratitude to Lyn Gardner and her employers at the Guardian for believing in the importance of widespread reporting of emerging arts. Sadly that is about to change. Lyn continues to offer her wisdom and […]
The A in STEAM – Arts Education
My creative week has encompassed meetings with a playwright exploring 6 new projects which are each in commercial development, an inspiring concert with 4 cabaret bands and over 40 performers offering their celebration of contemporary music, a showcase of a cabaret artist on her way to Edinburgh and a reading of a new piece of community musical theatre which could be scheduled to have 20+ productions across the UK next year.
A new year, new beginnings and new art
There’s a creakiness which pervades my creative bones at the start of the New Year. A time to catch up on emails, read a load of assignment submissions from producers, re-arrange the diary with meetings which were planned for “must meet after Christmas”, and then see where my own inspiration is going to come from.
My Ipswich, Colchester, Wood Green, London & Blackpool week
I sometimes wonder how anyone makes sense of my artistic taste and my direction of travel. This last week has been a particularly rich menu and by the end of this blog I may have found a common theme.
Double anniversary: Perfect Pitch and marriage
It’s gone ubiquitously mainstream. And don’t anyone say it’s “the War Horse effect”. The passion for puppetry across the industry has been growing rapidly for at least twenty years. It is now almost everywhere. And, given what an interesting theatrical phenomenon it is, I think that’s a really welcome development.
#EdFringe Life: From chakra elephants to techno rom-com nightmares
The challenge for anyone writing a show for young children is to find a way to give some additional depth or delight for the accompanying adults – be they parents, teachers or grannies. Chris Chambers has written a new piece of musical storytelling which does both – and it will offer an interesting exploration for those who are aware of their chakras.
On theatre & the #EURef: Are we passing the tipping point ?
This week my daughter and her partner started six months volunteering in Calais to offer their skills in the kitchen, the warehouse, and the community of refugees. This gives me hope of the care which younger people have for the world, at a time when I fear for everything that is good in this country. I feel powerless. I have put one small X on a piece of paper as a postal ballot.
Patience, goodwill, collective support, good behaviour
This week I joined a discussion with Andy Barnes of Perfect Pitch exploring his 10-year journey in the development of new writing of Musical Theatre. He has been knee-deep in the opening of one of the early shows he developed – The Go-Between.
Favourite moments: production meetings…
When asked what is my favourite moment in the journey from page to stage, I usually say the moment when the house lights go down on the very first performance and there is a silent buzz of expectation, and nerve-wracking fear combined…and then it starts, and there is a sense of joy that all the pieces of that intricate jigsaw puzzle came together. I realise my second favourite moment is the production meeting. It is about watching masters of their craft…let me explain.
I’m back with Odd Shaped Balls…
But for me the play does that extra thing – it takes a very specific subject, and elevates it to have universal themes and journeys which will touch the minds and hearts of a very wide audience. Almost all of us have felt that we are outsiders at some point. Many of us have experience of balancing our private lives, attractions and passions with our public world of employment and expected roles. Too many people experience levels of bullying and challenge for the person they want to be, rather than the person they are expected to be. I am no rugby player or sportsman. I don’t have locker room experience. But the themes transcend that setting and touched me deeply.
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