Ever cringed or felt confused when it comes to networking?

Unsure how to talk to new contacts or more experienced colleagues in the culture sector?

Ever wondered which opportunities to take on, or how pitch an idea to an organisation you’d love to collaborate with?

Sign up, sit back and settle in – we’ll unravel all this and more in a 90-minute workshop with essential tips, practical skills and a Q&A. Plus, we’ll look at careers and the different shapes they take.

The West Midlands will be at the heart of the workshop – how it works right here (though some tips also apply for New York, Tokyo & Paris). Hope to see you on 27th November!

Access Information

This workshop will be held on Zoom. Should you have any needs or requirements we should be aware of, please flag this up when you are registering your place on Eventbrite, we will do our absolute best to accommodate any necessary requirements. We do ask if you could let us know at least 2 days before the scheduled workshop you have chosen to attend.

Alternatively please contact us via paige.s.jackson34@gmail.com. Should you have any difficulties registering via Eventbrite please do not hesitate to contact us via the email above.

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This workshop is part of Young Creatives All Access, a full week of free workshops designed to support young creatives in the West Midlands. All workshops are free of charge for anyone aged 18-30 who is based in the West Midlands (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford, Wrekin, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire). For full details visit culturecentral.co.uk.

More about the facilitator (s ) Richard Hayhow and Hannah Griffiths

Open Theatre works to put young people with learning disabilities centre stage.

We use non-verbal physical theatre to collaborate with young people with learning disabilities, creating quality art which reflects and celebrates their unique creativity. We work in special schools and with emerging professional artists with learning disabilities to create theatre, conferences, festivals, short films and other creative media.

We wholeheartedly believe in the ability of young people with learning disabilities to contribute to the creative and cultural life of the places where they live, and we work with them as advocates for their valued involvement as artists and leaders.

Richard Hayhow became Director of Open Theatre in 1990 and has taken the company through various stages of its development since then including the establishment of The Shysters Theatre Company in 1997 and achieving National Portfolio Organisation status with Arts Council, England in 2018.

At Birmingham Opera Company, we reflect the city we work in - with our audiences, artists and stories that we tell. Every year, our small team draws some of the world's most exciting artists to Birmingham and trains hundreds of volunteer performers to create large-scale performance in an extraordinary space. We've performed in warehouses, shopping centres, train stations, an aircraft hangar, a nightclub, a burnt-out ice rink. Plus, each year, we create over 100 events right across Birmingham’s 10 districts. With no opera house, we come to you. The experience of opera is so direct, you're inevitably a part of it.

Hannah Griffiths discovered opera by mistake aged 17. She has 15 years’ experience working for performing arts organisations in London, Gothenburg and Edinburgh. She joined Birmingham Opera Company as General Manager in spring 2019. Hannah is now quite good at networking. This was not always the case. She looks forward to sharing her experiences with you on 27th November.