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Extraordinary CreativesAuthentic Leadership & Cultural Innovation with Tarek Iskander of Battersea Arts CentreFrom growing up in the Middle East where theatre was banned to leading one of London's most innovative cultural spaces, Tarek Iskander's journey is a masterclass in transformative leadership. In this candid conversation, he reveals how his NHS background shapes his mission driven approach at Battersea Arts Centre, championing bold, experimental work while making art accessible through initiatives like "pay-what-you-can" ticketing. His insights on nurturing youth creativity, navigating institutional challenges, and reimagining the arts sector's future offer invaluable lessons for anyone interested in cultural leadership and social impact. KEY TAKEAWAYS Tarek had to radically shift his...
2025-02-0359 min
The Content Mavericks ClubPodcasting For Non-Profits - Is it worth the effort?What does it take to launch and grow a podcast at a community-based arts organisation?And is it worth the effort for non-profits?As CEO of Greenwich Dance, Melanie Precious hosted five seasons of the dance podcast Talking Moves.Launched as a vehicle to connect with dance artists, the show expanded the reach of Greenwich Dance beyond its South London base, giving scope for conversations with renowned national and international figures such as Karthika Naïr, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Tarek Iskander.In this episode of The Content Mavericks Club, Melanie d...
2024-03-0545 min
The Content Mavericks ClubPodcasting For Non-Profits - Is it worth the effort?What does it take to launch and grow a podcast at a community-based arts organisation?And is it worth the effort for non-profits?As CEO of Greenwich Dance, Melanie Precious hosted five seasons of the dance podcast Talking Moves.Launched as a vehicle to connect with dance artists, the show expanded the reach of Greenwich Dance beyond its South London base, giving scope for conversations with renowned national and international figures such as Karthika Naïr, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Tarek Iskander.In this episode of The Content Mavericks Club, Melanie d...
2024-03-0545 min
Creative Health StoriesCan London be a creative health capital city?On the 27th November, London Arts and Health invited everyone interested in the intersections of health and culture to come together for a day of exchange, reflection, boundary pushing and action planning. Together, we imagined London as a creative health capital city, laying the building blocks to see it become reality. Creative and health organisations and practitioners all see health and culture working together to address health needs across the UK’s capital city, however, for too many Londoners these activities are out of reach.I spent the day asking people what creative health means to th...
2024-01-1751 min
Front RowChristy Lefteri's The Book of Fire, Artistic Directors in theatre, Palestinian EmbroideryAs the death toll from wildfires in Hawaii rises, The Beekeeper of Aleppo author Christy Lefteri explains how similar tragedies in Greece inspired her new novel The Book of Fire. Battersea Arts Centre’s Artistic Director and CEO Tarek Iskander, critic Andrzej Lukowski and theatre consultant Amanda Parker discuss what could be behind the current exodus of artistic directors from theatres across the UK. Curator Rachel Dedman and artist Aya Haider reflect on the roots of the striking needlework in Material Power, an exhibition of Palestinian Embroidery.Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer Paula McGrath
2023-08-1442 min
Talking MovesArts Funding in Crisis with Nicholas Hytner and Tarek IskanderIn this special episode, we talk to two artistic directors about the current funding crisis ravaging our sector. Back in May, when the Greenwich Dance team was having funding applications repeatedly rejected, we were relieved to see renowned theatre director Nicholas Hytner's Guardian article "The arts in Britain are teetering on the brink. Here's my plan to save them". Here at last someone was talking about the dire situation the arts are in and, just as importantly, offering up with ideas about how to do something about it. And it turns out someone else had a...
2023-07-2546 min
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the artsTarek IskanderTarek Iskander is the Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre, in London. Born in Sunderland to parents born in Egypt, Tarek moved to the Middle East when he was five, and returned to the UK at 17, escaping from the Gulf War in Kuwait. He studied engineering before beginning a management career in the NHS that lasted more than a decade.In the following chapters of his journey he was the Interim Director for Theatre at Arts Council England, one of the founders and Associate Artistic Director of the Yard Theatre in Hackney and also Resident Director at the N...
2022-10-0746 min
Northern Stage Theatre PodcastEP.17 - The Royal Shakespeare Company's Erica WhymanThis week we talk to the phenomenal Erica Whyman once of Northern Stage and now the Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Erica talks to us about her experience of last 18 weeks: from closing shows while having symptoms to how she sees the future for our industry all delivered with a healthy dose of idealism. Hope you enjoy
Transcript available to download here.
Resource links:
Royal Shakespeare Company: https://www.rsc.org.uk/
The WInter's Tale: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-winters-tale
The Comedy of Errors: https...
2020-07-3143 min
The Off West End PodcastEpisode 4. With Tarek Iskander, Chaplin, Autoreverse, Crooks and more!Tom, Ariane and Shanine discuss the latest shows opening across the off west end.
Includes reviews of Chaplin: Birth of a Tramp, Autoreverse, Crooks 1926, Musik, Collapsible and Splintered.
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2020-02-2039 min