If you love musical theatre and have ever wondered why some shows get funded, produced and carried from Broadway or the West End to audiences around the world, this conversation takes you behind those decisions. Starting with Death Note: The Musical, Sophie Qi explores how producers assess projects, manage risk, build long-term value through IP and international rights, and how Asian stories can become creators of global value rather than simply a market.

A conversation with the team behind the musical Herstory in History, exploring the realities facing young theatre makers, independent musical theatre production and cross-cultural stage practice, as well as Princess Zhao’s fifteen years omitted from historical records and the work’s dual portrait of women past and present.

In this online Talking session, Joined by Lucy Holz and Ke Meng, writers and reviewers for A Young(ish) Perspective, for a practical conversation about how theatre reviewers watch, think and write, what makes an effective review invitation, why invitations are accepted or declined, and how artists can build respectful professional relationships with reviewers.

In this online Talking session, we invite two London-based creative arts therapists to explore dramatherapy, dance movement psychotherapy, and the space where therapy meets performance, clarifying common misconceptions and introducing professional registration, practice approaches, and further resources.

In this online conversation, we bring together two Asian theatre makers (Jules Chan and Portia Yuran Li) to discuss the realities of building and sustaining a creative career in today’s theatre landscape, focusing on funding applications, cross-cultural identity, and industry opportunities.

In this special online session, Robert Blackmore, Associate Producer at C ARTS | C venues, shares insider perspectives on what it really takes to produce work at the Edinburgh Fringe, covering programming, operations, and marketing.