The Filthy Business of Being an Artist
Tuesday 28 July
10.30am – 12.30pm
This workshop is a chance to reflect, a chance to take a little space, and consider your practice more broadly. It's a chance to think about what you do, could do, want to do. What you believe and stand for. It's a chance to practically think of yourself as a business - because being an artist is also running a business - how do you stay employed, afloat, commissioned, creative, whilst also centering your wellbeing?
The workshop led by Leo Skilbeck, will provide space for personal reflection and growth, plus some tips and tricks for making it all work.
Open to directors, writers, makers , curators or any other profession you want to call yourself at this time
Please click the sign up button above to let us know you will be joining us. Please also let us know if you have any access requirements.
Zoom details will be emailed to you the day before.
Leo Skilbeck is a writer/director for stage and screen and 1/3 of Milk Presents. Their work includes cabaret Chekhov (THE BEAR/ THE PROPOSAL, Young Vic as Genesis Future Director), a transmasc odyssey (BULLISH - show and photography exhibition) , drag king play (JOAN, Derby Theatre, winner of Fringe First Award and Off West End Award), COMMUNION (as part of 5 Plays, Director's Programme Young Vic), BIG BEN (short film, My England Series, Young Vic), WHEN WE BEGIN (Look Left Look Right), and LOVE SONG FOR THE WILD (short film, Homotopia). Leo is a writing fellow for Theatre Centre and currently under commission from 87Films and Derby Theatre At Home.
Leo's work as an associate director includes FUN HOME (Jerwood Assistant Director, Young Vic), THE COMPLETE DEATHS (Tim Crouch and Spymonkey Comedy), and BRASSED OFF, THE ODYSSEY (Derby Theatre), HERONS (Lyric Hammersmith). Milk Presents is an Associate Company of Derby Theatre where they are currently developing a new show, MARTY AND THE PARTY, for mischievous under 5's and their adults.
RTYDS is currently curating the Young Vic Directors Programme. You don’t need to be a member of the Genesis Network to take part in this session, but you do need to be a professional director, designer or producer and not in full time education.
You can find out more about the Young Vic Genesis Network and sign up here.
The Genesis Network is funded by the Genesis Foundation