Michelle Payne ✌🏻

🤖 AiTOPIA
📍Young Vic
📸 Production shots by Aaron Imuere

Director: Me
Set + Costume Consultant: Natalie Pryce
Movement Consultant: Chris Tendai
Sound + Composition Consultant: Matt Greaves
Dramaturgs: Emma Denis-Edwards + Shereen J Phillips
Assistant Dir: Nim Gill
Lead Producer: Alisha Artry

Last night we closed AiTOPIA 🤖
📍Young Vic

Thrilled to direct & work with 50 participants of Lambeth + Southwark to create a brand new show from scratch with YV Taking Part team

So proud of the world we made!

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The lovely @smalltruththeatre.bsky.social are now on Blue-sky! Give them a follow 💖

Half way through tech week for AiTopia !!

📍Young Vic

🫶🏻

So wonderful and well deserved! What year for NP ✨ huge congrats x

@kategolledge.bsky.social !!!! Xx

Feedback: Our funds are limited, we decided to fund a mix of different applications that we viewed as most likely to make a difference.

HELP NEEDED!🚨

We've just had a 2nd rejection from ACE for an R&D of our ADHD Musical

Can anyone who is salaried working in a theatre/arts building/organisation with time/capacity for artist development read over the bid & provide a fresh eye? I would be super grateful - please drop me a DM.

Working on the next batch of theatre training features for #TheStage
if you are a great teacher/coach/workshop leader or know somebody who is, please tag yourself or them in 👇👇👇

ok quick festive nap, then this.
Here's what's up for us in 2025 (so far) ✨

The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals to return in 2025, with initial line-up revealed Jason Manford is set to return as host

The arena event returns!

Another Christmassy invite.
🎭 PAN!
📍Theatre Peckham

Huge congrats to brilliant Dan & Jeff for another successful Potted Panto press night at Wilton’s Music Hall 🎄🎅🏻 Thankyou for the invite x

A very cute evening supporting N54 Agency clients at the Polar Express Euston. Thank you for the invite 🎄🚂

I love this company 🫶🏻

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I’ve assisted but never directed a panto / Christmas show - this is on my bucket list for next year 🙏🏻 HMU if you’re thinking ahead to winter 2025 and meeting directors

www.michelle-payne.co.uk

Applying for DYCP? We've got free templates for the app, budget + timeline in our *Resources*. Save yourself from a Grantium-related disaster by writing it somewhere else first! www.the-uncultured.com/resources-ar... also helpful if you wanna know what you need to prep before deciding to apply 📝

Here goes nothing!

#ShowreelFriday with @actorsnetworkuk.bsky.social

Monologue reel done by Sebastian Thiel at #UpshotReels

Full reel available here:
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The Dear Evan Hansen Christmas Party was a cute one. 🪩 Gonna miss this company over the Xmas break! 🫶🏻

New Plays Associate - Royal Court

And while I’m at it please can only brilliant people (yes that’s you) apply for this - we need a fantastic new plays associate at the Royal Court Theatre (RT we want all the best people to see and apply)

royalcourttheatre.com/new-plays-as...

Final cover rehearsal of the year #DEHUKTour 🙏🏻🫶🏻

I have a few exciting musicals coming up and have some co-producer/associate producer opportunities on them. Let’s connect!
James@jamessteelproductions.com

Tell us about your show reports!

From actor mishaps to technical tweaks, we want to hear about your wildest show reports from 2024 to include in a feature by The Stage.

Please reach out to georgia.luckhurst@thestage.co.uk by December 1st.

#TheatreSky #StageManagers #Theatre

I’m directing AITOPIA for Young Vic Taking Part, challenging conventional methods of theatre-making & centring co-creation with 50 participants! We run for a week at the end of Jan. Tickets are free but limited

You can book here - www.youngvic.org/whats-on/ait...

Me please! X

I’ve got a thing that I think would make a beautiful radio programme or audio piece, about happiness and young people.

Is there a radio producer who can help me make it?