Jon Hare

Outreach Manager (Production Arts) @Guildhall School Of Music & Drama

London, GB

Devising, launching and managing an Outreach programme for Production Arts, fostering links with industry, schools and charity partners, to bring the opportunities for training and careers within the live events and creative industries to young people from all backgrounds, with a focus on under-represented or disadvantaged groups.Successes have included devising Get Backstage with our Access & Participation department, a 4-day free programme of free workshops and backstage theatre visits at Guildhall School and across London arts venues. Get Backstage won the HELOA Best Practice, Outreach and Student Recruitment 2024 Award and is already a proven route to Higher Education, with 4 participants from its first 2 years already attending drama school training for a backstage career, and more applying this current year.Tasked with devising a schools roadshow and after successfully pitching for almost £500k funding alongside Guildhall\'s Development team, in 2024 the Backstage Roadshow was launched, taking free skills workshops directly into state schools and reaching young people without access to creative arts opportunities. The programme includes workshops in Costume, Lighting, Prop Making, Scenic Art, Sound Design, Stage Management and Video Mapping, with plans to add Automation in 2025.

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

BA (Hons), Theatre Practice