Led by founder Lydia-Renee “Lyd” Darling , in this relaxed session we’ll be talking about self-producing in your career across live performance, digital series and more.

No matter what you want to create, you’ll get resources and project planning advice to venture off on your own. This event is for members of the Marginalised Creator Collective (MCC) and Somerset House Residents who feel like this event would be relevant to them.

Lydia-Renee Darling, a graduate of The Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her five-person play, It’s a Sisterhood, Betches, was called; “Mean Girls meets the Orient Express” by The Royal Court, and was a shortlist for both The Pleasance Charlie Hartill Fund and the Bristol Old Vic Fringe Fund. She’s also created a solo webseries with The Second City and a Zoom short produced, written and acted by Lydia in response to the Kenosha shootings in her home state. The short was chosen for the Lift Off Sessions Festival, First Time Filmmaker Festival and Andromeda Film Festival during the pandemic, alongside producing outside projects like past New Black Film Collective event hosting, the UK tour of Vitamin D and many more projects across theatre, comedy and digital series.

We’ll have music, snacks and networking throughout too— so get ready to join us at Somerset House Exchange for a relaxed discussion. Places are limited, so please do RSVP!

Please note - tickets are only available to paid members of MCC or to Somerset House Residents. Please do not book if you are not one of the above, you will not be given access.

Marginalised Creator Collective: Self-Producing for your Career