Creatives night #001: Keeping the spark alive

Creatives night is the brand new, unmissable quarterly event for Bedford's creative professionals. Pizza, honest conversations about creative industries' hot topics, showcases, lessons from industry experts and panel sessions with the creative people on your doorstep.

Keeping the spark alive: Exploring creative careers with David Litchfield, Ethan Wesley and Nadhira Yasmin

Many creatives can remember the early spark that set them on their path. On Wednesday 4th November, host Carly Cook is joined by bestselling author-illustrator David Litchfield, young actor and performer Ethan Wesley and interior architecture graduate Nadhira Yasmin for an honest conversation about the past, present and future of creative careers. Reflecting on their own journeys into the rapidly evolving creative industries, we'll explore resilience, hope, ambition, and what it takes to keep the spark alive while making a living.

You'll leave feeling less alone, more hopeful, and inspired to nurture and protect your creative spark.

What to expect*:

7:30pm - Arrival, pizza, conversation, drinks available from the bar
8:30pm - Keeping the spark alive: Exploring creative careers with David Litchfield, Ethan Wesley and Nadhira Yasmin
9:30pm - Last orders at the bar
10:00pm - Close

• Accessible venue
• Meet local creative professionals
• Be inspired by the creative people on your doorstep

*Agenda subject to change

Tickets**

• Supported: £15 (enabled by pay it forward)
• Standard: £20
• Pay it forward: £25 (help others attend - includes your ticket + £5 contribution to a supported ticket

Supported places are available for anyone who needs them, Pay it forward tickets make this possible. Let's help each other out.

**Ticket includes pizza and costs associated with running the event. Creative People Bedford is a non profit for creative people, by creative people.

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact bedford@creative-people.co

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About our speakers:

David Litchfield is an award-winning and bestselling author-illustrator. He wrote and illustrated The Bear and the Piano, the first in a series which has sold over 800,000 copies around the world, been published in 37 languages, and won numerous awards—including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Bank Street Children’s Book of the Year and Kirkus Best Book of the Year—as well as receiving starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. David has also illustrated stories by much-loved authors, including Kate DiCamillo, books for Stacy McAnulty’s major bestselling Our Universe series, and Smriti Halls’ Rain Before Rainbows, which was the recipient of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award and David Almond’s fiction novels.

Visit David's website / Visit David's Instagram

Ethan Wesley is a young actor, performer and musician who has been training and performing since the age of five at the Academy of Performing Arts (APA), and dancing at local performances with his mother's dance company. He has appeared in local productions, village pantomimes and school shows, and has built professional credits through his agent, including BBC's Cheaters and Phoenix Rise, Amazon Prime's My Lady Jane and the music video for DJ Riton's Sugar. Away from the stage and screen, Ethan plays drums, acoustic and electric guitar, sings and is teaching himself the piano. He also draws and is interested in fashion, directing and choreography. He is currently in his final year of GCSEs, studying Drama, Music and Media Studies.

Nadhira Yasmin is an emerging interior designer and recent Interior Architecture & Design graduate, passionate about creating spaces that inspire, connect and enhance wellbeing. With a focus on creativity, storytelling and human-centred design, she is now beginning her career in the creative industry and exploring where design can take her.  

Visit Nadhira's Instagram / Visit Nadhira's LinkedIn

Carly Cook: Carly is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, and founder of Creative People Bedford. She has produced events for two decades, including Creative UK's annual festival - the UK's largest free festival for the creative industries. Carly specialises in set design, decor and installations for mission led events, brands and experiences.

Visit Carly's website /  Visit Carly's Instagram