{"id":92,"date":"2026-01-16T11:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/?p=92"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:41:06","slug":"behind-the-scenes-producing-contemporary-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2026\/01\/16\/behind-the-scenes-producing-contemporary-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind The Scenes \u2013 Producing Contemporary Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last term, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Careers and Employability Service<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(CES) hosted an event as part of the Creative Industries Employability Series with the School of Arts and Architecture (SAA), which explored key aspects of a career in creative producing. This session was available to support students in getting advice and guidance on starting their career in the creative industries.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The session was hosted by Katherine Woodward,\u00a0who took students through her own career journey in detail, using concrete examples from her professional practice and shared valuable insights into what makes a strong theatre producer. The session was particularly useful for students interested in producing, arts management and site-specific work. Notably, one student secured a placement working alongside Katherine this term, highlighting the value of these sessions for networking and professional development.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don\u2019t\u00a0forget, if you missed out and would like career guidance and support, you\u00a0can\u00a0always reach out to the Careers and Employability team to book\u00a0an\u00a0appointment.\u00a0You\u00a0can also take advantage of all the workshops, events and careers tools and resources the team have to offer. To find out more,\u00a0click\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/uni-kent-careers-hub#book-appointments\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the Creative Industries Employability Series?<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Creative Industries Employability series features industry professionals and the University of Kent\u2019s\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Careers and Employability Service<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fand has featured some\u00a0great events\u202facross the Autumn term. The sessions are open to all students in SAA and are designed to\u202fprovide\u202fvaluable insights into a wide range of creative careers and support the development of practical skills. To find out more about any future upcoming events, please contact Dr Angie\u202fVarakis-Martin,\u202f<\/span><a href=\"mailto:A.Varakis@kent.ac.uk\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A.Varakis@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f(SAA Employability Lead)\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last term, the\u00a0Careers and Employability Service\u00a0(CES) hosted an event as part of the Creative Industries Employability Series with the School of Arts and Architecture (SAA), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2026\/01\/16\/behind-the-scenes-producing-contemporary-theatre\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74978,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[978,124,86146],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}