This month’s catch up…
CBBC Social calls on BBC suppliers for inaugural festival
CBBC’s Summer Social has told
Access that a plethora of past BBC
event suppliers and creatives will
boost the festival.
CBBC’s Summer Social is billed
as a jam-packed, family festival
extravaganza, taking place across
three days from 3-5 August in
Croxteth Park.
Festival director Sarah Greene
said that the team spent a few
years planning the event and
looking for a suitable venue, before
choosing the Liverpool-based
location for its access to major
motorways and natural beauty.
“I came on-board before
Christmas. It’s been very
collaborative. CBBC had produced
smaller scale events for a few
years, and while there’s loads
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of great family festivals, there
was space for another one aimed
just at kids. 8-12 year olds are
our demographic and we looked
carefully at what they are into.”
Suppliers at the event include
Loudsound, Myers Global and MRL
Health and Safety.
More key suppliers...
• FGH Security
• Lles Welfare, led by Yvonne
Harding
• DbnAudile for Sound and
Lighting
• Serious Stages, for the provision
of the main stage with the
backdrop of the estuary
• A1, for toilets
• JK Ashbrooks, for servicing us
from their Bangor/Welsh Depot
Artichoke highlights technician shortage,
announces Lumiere dates
Access can exclusively reveal the dates of the next
Lumiere event, as its organiser Artichoke partners with
the Gatsby Foundation’s ‘Technicians Make it Happen’
which supports and trains young people in the technical
event sector.
Lumiere will take place 14-17 November 2019.
The UK’s ageing workforce means 50,000 technicians
are retiring each year, with the Gatsby Foundation
estimating that over 70,000 technicians will be needed
in the UK in the next decade to meet the future demand
from employers.
The signifi cant and increasing demand for skilled
technicians means that events or festivals like Lumiere
would not be possible without the support of initiatives
like Technicians Make it Happen.
Harry Ricardo, senior audio visual technician at
QED Productions worked on a number of installations
at Lumiere 2017: “I spent three years studying at
Portsmouth University after school which gave me a
good foundation for the way I work now at QED. Team
work is a big part of what we do and university helped me
to understand how to work with others, both industry
professionals, clients, and the public. That being said,
there are plenty of people in the industry who didn’t
study at university but have learnt their trade from going
straight out and getting their hands dirty… we still all
work pretty well as part of a team.”
Amelia Kosminsky, who is starting out on her career,
worked as a production assistant for QED Productions on
Lumiere helping to set up the 7 video installations in the
festival. “I’ve always had an interest in light and nature,
from watching raindrops run along car windows and
refracting, through to light rays in a forest. In my early
twenties, I began working as a photographer and looking
at the use of light, both man made and natural and how
we react to it,” she told Access.