🤖 AiTOPIA
📍Young Vic
📸 Production shots by Aaron Imuere
Director: Me
Set + Costume Consultant: Natalie Pryce
Movement Consultant: Chris Tendai
Sound + Composition Consultant: Matt Greaves
Dramaturgs: Emma Denis-Edwards + Shereen J Phillips
Assistant Dir: Nim Gill
Lead Producer: Alisha Artry
Posts by Michelle Payne ✌🏻
Last night we closed AiTOPIA 🤖
📍Young Vic
Thrilled to direct & work with 50 participants of Lambeth + Southwark to create a brand new show from scratch with YV Taking Part team
So proud of the world we made!
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The lovely @smalltruththeatre.bsky.social are now on Blue-sky! Give them a follow 💖
Half way through tech week for AiTopia !!
📍Young Vic
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So wonderful and well deserved! What year for NP ✨ huge congrats x
@kategolledge.bsky.social !!!! Xx
Feedback: Our funds are limited, we decided to fund a mix of different applications that we viewed as most likely to make a difference.
HELP NEEDED!🚨
We've just had a 2nd rejection from ACE for an R&D of our ADHD Musical
Can anyone who is salaried working in a theatre/arts building/organisation with time/capacity for artist development read over the bid & provide a fresh eye? I would be super grateful - please drop me a DM.
Working on the next batch of theatre training features for #TheStage
if you are a great teacher/coach/workshop leader or know somebody who is, please tag yourself or them in 👇👇👇
ok quick festive nap, then this.
Here's what's up for us in 2025 (so far) ✨
Another Christmassy invite.
🎭 PAN!
📍Theatre Peckham
Huge congrats to brilliant Dan & Jeff for another successful Potted Panto press night at Wilton’s Music Hall 🎄🎅🏻 Thankyou for the invite x
A very cute evening supporting N54 Agency clients at the Polar Express Euston. Thank you for the invite 🎄🚂
I love this company 🫶🏻
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I’ve assisted but never directed a panto / Christmas show - this is on my bucket list for next year 🙏🏻 HMU if you’re thinking ahead to winter 2025 and meeting directors
www.michelle-payne.co.uk
Applying for DYCP? We've got free templates for the app, budget + timeline in our *Resources*. Save yourself from a Grantium-related disaster by writing it somewhere else first! www.the-uncultured.com/resources-ar... also helpful if you wanna know what you need to prep before deciding to apply 📝
Here goes nothing!
#ShowreelFriday with @actorsnetworkuk.bsky.social
Monologue reel done by Sebastian Thiel at #UpshotReels
Full reel available here:
app.spotlight.com/4935-5640-6520
The Dear Evan Hansen Christmas Party was a cute one. 🪩 Gonna miss this company over the Xmas break! 🫶🏻
And while I’m at it please can only brilliant people (yes that’s you) apply for this - we need a fantastic new plays associate at the Royal Court Theatre (RT we want all the best people to see and apply)
royalcourttheatre.com/new-plays-as...
Final cover rehearsal of the year #DEHUKTour 🙏🏻🫶🏻
I have a few exciting musicals coming up and have some co-producer/associate producer opportunities on them. Let’s connect!
James@jamessteelproductions.com
Tell us about your show reports!
From actor mishaps to technical tweaks, we want to hear about your wildest show reports from 2024 to include in a feature by The Stage.
Please reach out to georgia.luckhurst@thestage.co.uk by December 1st.
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I’m directing AITOPIA for Young Vic Taking Part, challenging conventional methods of theatre-making & centring co-creation with 50 participants! We run for a week at the end of Jan. Tickets are free but limited
You can book here - www.youngvic.org/whats-on/ait...
Me please! X
I’ve got a thing that I think would make a beautiful radio programme or audio piece, about happiness and young people.
Is there a radio producer who can help me make it?