Re:Con
ProjectsRe:Con
Re:Con was Contact’s Young Programming and Producing Team. They helped decide what shows we have at Contact and work with us to produce their own events.
ABOUT RE:CON
Re:Con originated in 2010. Each Re:Con cohort has delivered incredibly special and individual events, and have brought amazing pieces of work to our programme.
Many past Re:Con members have gone onto great and varied careers in the arts – several as successful producers, including our own CEO/Artistic Director Keisha Thompson!
Re:Con participants got the opportunity to be a part of Contact’s decision-making processes, including selecting the shows and projects we programme; feeding into commissioning decisions; and helping shape what themes our past productions followed.
“We increased our knowledge in artistic curation ten-fold...I formed and maintained professional relationships across different organisations and...learnt to tie together the stakeholders’ opinions and support the artists’ final vision”.
Lizzy Onwuka-Okyoe, Re:Con 2021 alumni and Assistant Producer at tiata fahodzi, the UK’s leading British African heritage contemporary theatre company
WHAT DID RE:CON INVOLVE?
Going and seeing work: receive a budget to spend on experiencing new work that Contact will consider for their programme.
Producing work: receive a budget and a fee to produce a final event that the whole Re:Con team works on, and lead on this from initiation of an idea to completion.
Undertaking masterclasses: in key areas such as fundraising, budgets, and creative producing.
Shadowing team members: be a part of key moments in Contact’s programming and producing processes.
‘Re:Con gave me the boost that I needed to begin a career in the arts. I gained countless skills and grew an incredible network over the year. Since finishing the programme, I have worked exclusively in the arts.’
Rowan, Artist and Facilitator
LAST RE:CON COHORT
‘Re:Con was undoubtedly the catalyst to my career as a Producer. Being supported throughout to explore your creative voice and most importantly, the licence to make decisions and representing Contact, was for me, a career-changing year that made me pursue it professionally.’
John Tomlinson, Producer, Sheffield Theatres
