Producing Heroes

Ed Bartlam is a founder and Director of Underbelly and has built a massive presence at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and on London’s Southbank as well as producing on the West End and ...

Linda Brumbach founded Pomegranate Arts in 1998, a company dedicated to developing, producing and touring innovative contemporary performance arts projects through creative collabo...

Our guest this week on Producing Heroes is Tommy Kriegsmann, founder and President of ArKtype. ArKtype is recognized as among the world’s leading supporters of new, experimental w...

Born during the genocide in Cambodia and having grown up in Montréal, Canada, Phloeun is proud to be part of the movement to use the arts for healing, social transformation and eco...

Virginia Hyam (HOTA, Gold Coast) and Simon Hinton (Merrigong Theatre) discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with producing and presenting in cities that are one hour a...

Ruth Wikler joins us on Producing Heroes. Ruth is the Deputy Director of Programming for Circus Arts at TOHU, Montréal’s premier presenter of contemporary circus. Ruth is a passio...

Jonathan Holloway's storied career takes him from the National Theatre in London to Melbourne International Festival and Perth Festival, where he closed the city of Perth so 1.4 mi...

Shanta Thake is Senior Director of Artistic Programs at The Public Theater and a Co-Director of globalFEST in New York City. Shanta shares incredible stories of raising marginal...

Mark Ball is Creative Director of Manchester International Festival (MIF), where he is responsible for leading the artistic programme for The Factory, MIF’s new large-scale venue f...

David Lan is a celebrated writer, director and producer. He was Artistic Director of the Young Vic in London for eighteen years and has worked with BAM in NYC, on the West End and ...

Alison Friedman is Artistic Director, Performing Arts at West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong. She shares her experiences of using performance to bridge cultural...

Stuart Oken, has produced landmark musicals including The Lion King, Aida, The Addams Family and An American in Paris. He shares stories of courage and resilience, pursuit of visi...