The first wave of contributors for No Boundaries 2015, the arts and culture industry’s annual conference, has been announced. The conference takes place here at HOME and at Watershed, Bristol on Tue 29 – Wed 30 Sep 2015.
The international programme of speakers announced so far includes:
Mary Lou Aleskie, Executive Director, International Festival of Ideas
Nick Cohen, writer and political commentator on The Observer
Sam Colt, Head of Arts, Culture and Heritage, Odgers Berndtson
Basma El Husseiny, Action for Hope, Cairo
Natalia Kaliada, founding Co-Artistic Director of the Belarus Free Theatre
Vasif Korton, Turkish Curator and Director of Programmes at Salt, Istanbul
David Lockwood, Director, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
David Sproxton, Executive Chairman and co-founder of Aardman Animations
Kully Thiarai, Executive Director, Cast, Doncaster
Jo Verrent, Senior Producer, Unlimited
Alice Webb, Director, BBC Children’s and HOME Trustee
No Boundaries is part of Arts Council England’s State Of The Arts programme, and in Sep 2015 HOME and Watershed will live-link to provide delegates with a rich and diverse schedule of events, plus connected breakout areas for conversation and networking designed to bring ideas, spaces and delegates together. In addition to the main contributions, No Boundaries will also present cutting edge entertainment with The Money, an “urgent, playful” (the Guardian) piece of game theatre from Exeter-based Kaleider, for the first time running simultaneously in Bristol and Manchester.
For more information and to book your place at this year’s conference, please visit nb2015.org