Artistic Director John McGrath Lockdown Q&A
After the huge success of our Actor Awareness Q&A's over lockdown we have decided to start them up again! Over lockdown we ran Q&A's with some incredible industry role models such as Vicky Mcclure, Danny Brocklehurst, Nickie Sault & Shane Meadows, alongside many more. We had over 1000 people attend virtually, so due to the success we are ready to run them again! Kicking us back off is John McGrath who is the Artistic Director of Manchester International Festival. We will be talking festival changes during a pandemic, creating new work, best way to stand out when applying for festivals & much more. Please send in any questions you want me to ask John to [email protected] Here is John's Bio. John E. McGrath is Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Manchester International Festival. His first Festival in 2017 featured world premieres from leading international artists; a new digital direction for MIF; a series of participatory commissions in public spaces, and My Festival a year-round programme forging closer connections with Manchester communities. In 2019 John commissioned artists including Yoko Ono, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Idris Elba and Tania Bruguera to make work for the largest ever edition of MIF. John was previously Artistic Director of National Theatre Wales, where he achieved a reputation for large-scale site-specific work, digital innovation and extraordinary community involvement. As Chief Executive of MIF John will also be responsible for The Factory, a flagship cultural space currently being built in the heart of Manchester, which will have a year-round programme of new work from the world’s greatest artists, offering a space to make, explore and experiment.