IdeasTap simply wouldn't be possible without an army of supporters. From the mentors who work with our fund winners to our partner organisations, the judges who sit on our panels to our Editorial Board members - these people have shared their considerable expertise to help our members, and we're very grateful. The lists below offer just a very small sample of those who have helped us along the way.
Partners: We work with some pretty awesome arts organisations to bring our members exclusive new briefs and opportunites.
Fiona Rogers - Cultural & Education Manager, Magnum Photos London
Fiona Rogers studied Arts & Media at Surrey Institution of Art & Design, beginning her career in photography in 2004 at a populist photography gallery in central London. She moved to Magnum Photos in 2005 and in 2006 developed Magnum’s Educational activities, including the creation of university partnerships and managing an international program of workshops, portfolio reviews and masterclass events. In addition, Fiona also manages the coordination and originating of Magnum’s touring exhibitions and works alongside Magnum’s Cultural Director representing photographers in commercial print sales. In 2011 Fiona developed Firecracker, an online platform supporting European women in photography.
Fiona began working with IdeasTap in 2010, co-creating the inaugural IdeasTap Photographic Award in association with Magnum Photos. Since then the partnership has been extended to working with Magnum’s Professional Practice events; a series of seminars which provide young photographers with the opportunity to meet with key industry specialists and receive the best impartial advice on a range of photographic sectors.
Holly Kendrick - Director, National Student Drama Festival
Holly has consistently produced new work both nationally and internationally including most recently a co-production of Stephanie Street’s Sisters at the Sheffield Crucible and a new ballet choregraphed by Viviana Durante, Lamentosa, at Dancebase, Edinburgh, both in 2010. She founded and produced for Sound Theatre, founded and produced for Caird Company, produced for National Theatre and Cameron Mackintosh Board for Oxford University Drama. Holly has also produced at The Tricycle Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Gate Theatre, National Theatre and The Oxford Playhouse. She has worked as an Associate Producer in the West End for both Stanhope Productions and Centreline Productions. Holly is proud to be on the board of Sheffield Theatres, Viviana Durante Company and Curious Directive.
Paul Roseby - Artistic Director, National Youth Theatre
Paul Roseby was appointed sole Artistic Director of National Youth Theatre in 2007, having worked as Joint-Artistic Director since 2004. During his leadership of NYT Paul has developed an extensive ambitious international programme leading to major new partnerships. He has also pioneered a new strand of mass-participation work in stadiums and unusual spaces and has programmed and directed numerous productions to critical acclaim. Paul is also an established TV and radio broadcaster. He has written and presented a number of shows on Radio 4 and can regularly be heard on BBC London. He was last seen on screen in summer 2010 on BBC 2’s When Romeo Met Juliet. Recent theatre directing credits include: Our Days of Rage at The Old Vic Tunnels in 2011, a six-week Chinese tour of Drive My Car, Relish by James Graham, Silence by Moiria Buffini and a version of William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice adapted by Tom Stoppard performed at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing. He is currently programming NYT’s 2012 season, during which he will act as Creative Director on the team welcome ceremonies at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Pauline Tambling - Joint CEO of Creative & Cultural Skills and MD of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural
Until April 2009, Pauline was Chief Operating Officer of Creative & Cultural Skills. She previously worked at Arts Council England in five senior roles with a wide range of responsibilities and led several major initiatives involving education and training, including setting up Creative Partnerships.
Pauline was Head of Education at the Royal Opera House. With La Monnaie, Brussels and the Paris Opera, she co-founded Reseo, a European network of opera house education departments. She is Chair of Shape Arts, a member of the Clore Leadership Programme Strategy Group and a governor of the University of the Creative Arts (UCA). Previous non-executive roles include as board member of Shakespeare Schools Festival, the arts committee at St George’s Hospital, Tooting and an editorial board member of Cultural Trends.
Rob Drummer - Literary Manager, HighTide Festival Theatre
Rob is Literary Manager at HighTide Festival Theatre and has a background in directing, devising and dramaturgy. Before joining HighTide, Rob worked as Assistant Director to Athol Fugard on his play The Train Driver at the Hampstead Theatre, which involved developing the play from its premiere at The Fugard Theatre, South Africa. Previously, Rob worked with The Other Way Works, on their production of Black Tonic in Manchester. Rob was Creative Director of the monthly Horseplay Arts Club at Proud Galleries, Camden and produced a diverse range of theatre, film, visual art and music.
Rob has directed People You May Know (York Theatre Royal) October 2010, Other Pieces
(Collisions Festival, London) October 2010, Whose Cloud is it Anyway? (People Show Theatre, London) July 2010, A Girl in a Car With a Man (Contact, Manchester) June 2009, A Question of Everything (Sackville Building, Manchester) March 2009,Top Girls (John Thaw Studio Theatre, Manchester) December 2009 In an Upside Down Style (Spare Parts, Deaf Institute, Manchester) November 2008, The Yellow Wallpaper (Manchester Museum) May 2008, Dans la Memoire de Mon Corps (John Thaw Studio Theatre) June 2007.
Rob trained as a director at Central School of Speech & Drama and holds an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice (Directing) as well as graduating from The University of Manchester, with a BA (Hons) in Drama.
Steve Winter - Director, Old Vic New Voices
An experienced teacher, director and producer he has created over 30 bespoke education programmes for some 45,000 people. He is the casting director and co-creator of The 24 Hour Plays: OVNV and the TS Eliot US/UK Exchange as well as Time Warner IGNITE and Coming Up, a multi-discipline arts festival. As a champion of new work he has commissioned and mentored numerous theatre productions. He is on the board of IdeasTap and a judge for the Royal Television Society. Currently he is the Director of Old Vic New Voices for The Old Vic theatre in London and the Programme Director for the Kevin Spacey Foundation.
"Through the support of the Peter De Haan Charitable Trust we have been able to create extraordinary projects for our Talent strand enabling them to take more ownership of their careers and make work by and for their age group. IdeasTap is a pioneer in web based creative arts projects and networking."
Steven Atkinson- Artistic Director, HighTide Festival Theatre
Steven joined the HighTide Festival in 2007 as Artistic Director, partnering with the Festival's founder Sam Hodges to create HighTide Festival Theatre - a year-round producing company, including the now annual HighTide Festival, tours and transfers, and artist development projects. Since March 2010 Steven has led the company alone as its Artistic Director and Chief Executive, during which time it has produced in London's West End, launched the Old Vic Tunnels, produced internationally in Australia and with the Public Theater, New York, and become a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England.
He was Literary Manager of Hull Truck Theatre 2006-2007, and he graduated from Reading University in 2005 with a BA in Film & Theatre.
Will Hahn – Further Education Co-ordinator, National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural
Will Hahn has been with the National Skills Academy since April 2011 and manages the industry engagement and delivery with their 20 "Founder" further education colleges. Previously he was at The Lyric Hammersmith in various roles as part of their Young People's Team, overseeing their Work-based Learning and Training programmes. Initially working in Marketing and Sales for the Producer Cameron Mackintosh after graduating with a Drama degree, Will gradually moved into audience engagement and facilitation before taking up dedicated education roles.
Will’s involvement with IdeasTap has been coordinating the Skills Academy’s work on the site, and as a judge on the Innovators Fund in October 2011.