This is my Module 3 Final presentation for BA Professional Practice on Performing Arts. It's shows the development of my inquiry I carried out as part of my learning and practice.

1. Professional
Prac-ce
in
Performing
Arts
Lisa
Whyte
M00378695

3. Star-ng
a
New
Theatrical
Produc-on
Company
will
help
me
pursue
my
career
White
Desert
Produc-on
LTD

4. How
did
I
start
my
research?
www.ideastap.com
‘crea-ve
people
through
opportuni-es,
funding,
arts
jobs
and
career
advice’
www.thestage.co.uk
The
latest
updates
about
the
industry.

5. Survey
Findings

6. Interview
Findings
Crea%ve
Skills
• Brand
recogni-on
• New
skills
• A
future
beyond
performing
• More
opportuni-es
• A
different
perspec-ve
on
current
posi-on
•
create
your
own
work
Business
Skills
• Time
consuming
• Expensive
–
running
costs
• May
not
last
long
• Hard
work
–
commitment
• Strong
understanding
of
business

7.
‘without
the
rigours
of
the
business
side
of
the
profession,
you
will
not
get
the
opportunity
to
act,
and
realise
your
full
poten7al.’
(How
to
be
a
working
actor,
James
Duke
1967,
pg.3)

8. Analysis
of
Findings
Management
Commitment/
hard
work
Marke-ng
Knowledge/
Luck
Development
of
Skills
What
are
the
main
considera-ons
for
any
small
performing
arts
business
within
the
UK?

9. David
Sarah
Lisa
Expecta7ons
Execu7on
Exper7se
Endurance
Evalua7on

10. ‘cuts
of
1.09%
in
2013/14
and
1.06%
in
2014/15’
(Smith.
A,
The
Stage.
22
March
2013.
Arts
receive
further
in-­‐year
cuts
from
government)
COMMITMENT

11. website
Facebook
Twi`er
YouTube
blogs

12. Interest
and
Hype
• Quality
not
quan-ty
• Be
to
the
point
• be attractive –
visual
• Colours
• Keep
your
audience
……………

13. 100%
of
those
who
took
my
survey
believed
that
we
can
create
are
own
luck
But
is
it
really
possible?
YES

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15. Professional
Prac-ce
The
graph
created
by
Lisa
Whyte
My
Life
In
Words
Blog,
Reflec-ve
Theory,
2011
modeled
from
Middlesex
University.
(2012)
The
Reflec-ve
Prac--oner.
[Accessed
20th
September
2012]
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Business
Mee-ngs
Rehearsals
Shows
De-­‐brief

16. Genuinely
overwhelmed
by
how
good
#teawithmamgu
was,
so
funny
and
so
sad
,
beau-fully
wri`en
and
performed
@white_desertpro
everything
theatre
@EveryTheatre‫‏‬
2
May
#REVIEW:
Tea
with
Mamgu
at
London
Welsh
Centre
from
@white_desertpro:
h`p://
ow.ly/kCk8k
-­‐
★★★.
A
brave
play
about
demen-a.
lisawhyte.blogspot
.co.uk

17. Conclusion
Star-ng
a
new
theatrical
produc-on
company
will
help
me
pursue
my
career
‘The
only
thing
that
is
important
–
is
your
own
personal
fulfillment,
not
someone
else’s’
(How
to
be
a
working
actor,
James
Duke,
1967,
Pg.
220)

18. Professional
Artefact
www.wdproduc-on.com

19. White
Desert
Advert
Spring
2013

20. The
End