We are delighted to announce three prestigious panels of arts professionals, set to come together for our ninth annual house Network Day on Friday 1st November at the Royal Court Theatre.

Are you Future-Proof? will open with provocations from artists at the forefront of the challenges and complexities of our shifting cultural landscape; shaping the start of conversations to come across the day.

The event’s trio of panels will bring a wealth of experience together and includes Tarek Iskander Artistic Director & CEO at Battersea Arts Centre, Angie Bual Creative Director and Joint CEO at Trigger, Nicola Clements Executive Director and CEO at The Gate, Ade Berry, Artistic Director and joint CEO at Jackson’s Lane and Sofi Berenger, Executive Producer and Acting CEO at King’s Head Theatre to name a few.

Our speakers will be sharing their experiences and insights on a range of topics relevant to our house network members, including the power and potential of digital for building and strengthening relationships, reacting and recalibrating to radical change within our venues and the funding landscape and revealing how some of our leading theatres tackled creating new business models and identities.

The event will also include roundtable discussions, offering our network the chance to guide the conversation and respond to the provocations of the day.

The house Network Day 2024: Are you Future-Proof? is open to arts professionals working within a house network venue, or a venue interested in joining the network and provides an opportunity to connect with other South East theatres, arts centres, producers and programmers, ready to dive into the provocations of the day.

Image credits.

Top row from Left to Right: Angie Bual, Creative Director and Joint CEO at Trigger, Javaad Alipoor, Founding Artistic Director, The Javaad Alipoor Company, Terry O’Donnovan, Co-Artistic Director and joint CEO at Dante or Die

Second row from Left to Right: Nicola Clements, Executive Director and CEO, The Gate, Lian Wilkinson, Executive Director at New Earth Theatre, Rhys Thomas, Director, Chelmsford Theatre

Third row from Left to Right: Sofi Berenger, Executive Producer (Acting CEO), Kings Head Theatre, Matt Burman, Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Cambridge Junction, Adrian (Ade) Berry, Artistic Director and CEO, Jacksons Lane and

Bottom row: Tarek Iskander, Artistic Director and CEO, Battersea Arts Centre, The Royal Court Theatre, image by Helen Murray