Producing New Musicals - Venue based producers

We continue this popular series of panels of producers sharing their insights with this discussion of the realities for getting new musicals produced from a venue perspective. Many theatre venues, particularly those receiving public funding, have an in-house producer working on their shows. Often these roles must juggle a range of wider considerations such as audience development, diversifying talent, the balance of the wider programme, local relevance, financial risk, and funders' priorities - alongside how much appetite there is to present new musicals within the venue's programme. This is an opportunity to explore how venue-based producers' roles differ to other producing dynamics, hear insights on the decision-making process for a venue selecting a new musical to produce, and consider how the musical's reception can affect the wider organisation.

Our panel includes producers Dilek Latif (Mercury Theatre), Lisa Cagnacci (Kiln Theatre), Wesley Bennett-Pearce (Theatr Clwyd) and Jamie Smith (MAST Mayflower). Speakers subject to change.