Students Can Win up to $10,000 USD in Sixth Global Design Competition Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. opens its sixth Vectorworks Design Scholarship. This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design who can now submit either...

Production Futures On Tour kicked off the first leg of its 2022 UK tour in the beloved city of Manchester at the super cool live venue Depot Mayfield, with hospitality courtesy of Escape to Freight Island. Students and freelancers across all disciplines of entertainment and production industries attended to take advantage of the training workshops,...

Depot Mayfield, home of The Warehouse Project is to host the first Production Futures ON TOUR event in collaboration with the University of Salford. This action-packed event will take place on Thursday 24 March and promises to be one not to be missed. Production Futures creates opportunities for young people to learn, train, network and develop...

Abbey Road Institute is a specialist music production school and the training ground for the next generation of music producers and sound engineers. Its foundations are the expertise and innovation created at Abbey Road Studios. Originally based in St Johns Wood as part of the famous Studio’s complex, the school’s diploma became so popular with...

BIMM Institute London lecturer, Alice James and graduate, Grace Brennan disclose the value of investing in the education system, the gender split of classrooms and highlight the challenges events management graduates face in 2022. Aside from her daily duties as Head of Production for AEG Presents, Alice James lectures in Event Management at BIMM Institute...

Bradford-based Pro Audio Systems (PAS) has appointed Jack Robson to the post of Trainee Hire Technician. Robson studied Music Technology at Huddersfield New College and has joined PAS to help deal with an ever-increasing workload in its busy warehouse. As well as assisting with preparation and maintenance of hire stock, HE will be trained in...

Striving to give something back to the touring community after such a trying time, Production Park embarked on Crew Social 2021 at their London-based studio, The Mill. In partnership with We Need Crew, Music Support, Stagehand and Backup, with additional support from Subfrantic, the event was a chance for touring folk to meet up with...

Since joining LarMac LIVE in June, Finlay Bowrey has been catapulted into the world of live events, embarking on his first festival production post-lockdown, Creamfields. “It was incredible to be part of the event, from pre- to post-production, I have learned so much in a short period of time,” he said, reflecting on his role...

In 2020, Peter Rice, Course Leader for Theatre Sound at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and member of the Association of Sound Designers, created a new arm to the Association. Named the Educators Working Group, the aim was to consolidate the minds and experience of various educators and engineers to answer the...

Following TPi’s first foray into digital events, it seemed only natural to curate another online event to help inspire those taking their first steps into the live events sector. Hosted on Swapcard, Production Futures Online 2021 featured two days of free panels, workshops, and interactive Q&As with almost 50 virtual speakers, not to mention live...