Events

Event Date: 30th January 2022.

Leading Light Collective in Co-Production with Hidden Viewz Productions present The Collective.

For our birthday 5th birthday and in celebration of our #5 season release, we celebrated with HiddenViewz Productions by creating a looking glass for our audiences to see into who we are as a Collective. What you are looking at are a collection of photographs which represent how we’d like the industry to look.

You are looking at a mixture of creatives from different ethnicities, classes, religions and sexualities coming together proudly unapologetically. If you look close enough, you’ll see that we may look different, but it’s our unity that makes us stronger.

Supported by Aim Low Productions, Excellence Theatre, FlairBox, Nuu Theatre, Solar Flare and The Bread and Roses Theatre.
Hosted by Piece of Cake Theatre Company.
Photographer: Shammell D.G Photography

Event Date: Friday 18th June 2021

We partnered with Sparkfest Bath to provide freelancers with a masterclass day on managing an arts organisation and freelancing within the new cultural landscape. The three company directors took participants through their job roles as the Artistic Director (Belinda Clarke), Lead Producer (Hannah Blair) and Engagement Producer (Flick Isaac-Chilton). The team provided basic tools that are needed when handling artistic programming, freelancing, governance, financial and legal management and audience engagement.

Event Date: March 2021

As part of our Bread and Roses Emerging Company Award, we produced an online workshop with Ditch The Rag for menstruators and parents to learn in more detail about puberty education, sustainability, environmental activism, socio-economic inequality in relation to menstruation, feminism, natural sciences and period poverty.

For more information on Ditch The Rag please visit their website here: www.ditchtherag.com.

Event Date: Thursday 16th July 2020

We collaborated with Pursued By a Dragon Theatre Company, offering a free virtual masterclass for creatives that have an emerging theatre company or were thinking of starting one but didn’t know where to start. This sell out workshop and collaboration centred around branding, engagement and business governance for a venturing theatre company.

Event Date: March 2020

In collaboration with Hounslow Borough Council & Chiswick School, during March 2020 (just before lockdown)!

A 6 week programme supporting 14-16 year olds, in order to give them the inner confidence & practical skillset that they need to make the transition from adolescence into adulthood.

Event Date: Sunday 16th February 2020

Another year older and wiser and another collaboration! Our 3rd birthday party was hosted by leading poets – Mind Over Matter. MOM partnered with us to create a collection of spoken word, networking and birthday cake. This event headlined poets, Billie P-N, Just Ori, Azan Ahmed and Naomi Knox; whilst also showcasing a talented collection of open mic performances.

Event Date: Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th October 2019

In collaboration with our sister company, Excellence Theatre (Aaliyah Deanne). Dear Black People was a sold out two day event at The Pleasance Theatre London; showcasing the emerging work of black creators. Excellence Theatre also offers a script writing service for new black British writers, driving to finish their scripts for the industry.

Event Date: Sunday 22nd September 2019

Why are theatre organisations needed in our industry?

Who said that we can’t do it alone as a freelancer?

We welcomed companies including The Pappy Show (Aaron Gordon), Nuu Theatre (Ben Quashie), Lunar Entertainment (Sophie Soanes), Exploding Whale Theatre & Katzpace (Bebe Barry) and The Upsetters (Marcus Bernard) to discuss why we create theatre companies and what their necessity is in our industry. Followed by this was a networking event to connect with the companies; actors, producers, directors, writers and so many more creatives came to Katzpace Theatre to network with us.

Event Date: Tuesday 16th July 2019

The mind of a creative is an assembly of millions of ideas. Every piece of art in history was sparked from one singular idea. As creatives, it is our job to distinguish the singular idea from the millions, which will create a thought-provoking, powerful piece of art. We created this piece of art to act as a looking glass into who we are. What you are looking at are a collection of photographs which represent how we’d like the world to look, the way our industry should be. You are looking at a mixture of creatives from different ethnicities, classes, religions and sexualities coming together proudly unapologetically. If you look close enough, you’ll see that we may look different, but it’s our solidarity that makes us stronger.