Arts Symposium Schedule

9.30am Arrival & Registration

10am Welcome from Tamara Harvey, Co-Artistic Director and Jacqui O'Hanlon, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Creative Learning and Engagement

10.30am Panel Discussion: How can long-term cultural-education partnerships remain responsive, equitable and creative? Panelists include:

Sayana Backer RSC Youth Advisory Board member,
Kay Batkin Network Director, Youth Sports Trust,
Robin Belfield (Panel Chair) Theatre director and writer,
Julia Kedwards CEO Northampton Primary Academy Trust,
Julie McCullouch Chief Executive at Education Policy Institute, and
Tom Saunders Associate Director at Hull Truck Theatre.

11.30am The Rt Hon Georgia Gould MP, Minister for School Standards, in conversation with Geoff Barton, RSC Trustee and former General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.

12pm Lunch / Carousel of Presentations. Lunch will be split into two sittings, with half the delegates attending their chosen carousel of three presentations from the options below, while the other half enjoy lunch.

CAROUSEL 1

BLACKPOOL

Evolution of Making Theatre with Young People and our Shared Leadership Model

CORNWALL

Partnership Working in Rural Settings

YORK & SELBY

Sustaining Engagement and Creativity: Reflections on 14 Years of Partnership with the RSC

CAROUSEL 2

Bradford

Partnership Working in the Face of Difficulties

Hull

Evolving Practice: Young People, Teachers and Theatre-Makers Staging Shakespeare Over Time

'20 for 20' Teacher Researchers

The Role of the Teacher as Researcher

CAROUSEL 3

Nottingham - Theatre Royal & Concert Hall

How an Artistic Partnership Shapes a City's Cultural Life

Cumbria

Creating an Ethos to Sustain the Arts

Newcastle - Northern Stage

Centring the Needs of Young People

CAROUSEL 4

Corby

Building Partnerships in Areas of Low Engagement and High Deprivation

North Staffordshire Partnership

Working in Early Years and Primary Settings

Hartlepool

Impact on Writing Outcomes

2.10pm Afternoon focus: Are we building partnerships that change systems — or ones that survive within them?

2.30pm RSC Next Generation perform Factory, a new verbatim theatre piece by campaign-led arts charity LUNG exploring young people’s experiences of school and what it takes to find themselves and their voice.

3.45pm Post-show discussion

4.10pm Reflections on the day - what next?

4.30pm Symposium ends