Kate McStraw
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Independent Creative Producer | Executive Producer & Co-founder @vivgordonco | Producer & Agent for Change @Ex_Bodies | Writing new musical Off the Scales
Wiltshire, England
Joined April 2012
A very special 4 years - and we're only just getting started!
Today marks 4 years of Viv & Kate working together. We can't begin to describe the journey, other than it's been wild and beautiful and we are grateful to be working alongside each other to navigate what it takes to build this creative campaign together. What a blast! ✨💪✊🔥
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We are sending our warm wishes for a restful & restorative midwinter. As we know this can be a challenging time for many members of our community we'd like to share this poem, written by our new group of #UpFrontSurvivors Creative Leaders Trainees. 1/5
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I'm working with @katemcstraw on her gig theatre show 'Off the Scales' We have a #CastingCall out for 3 performers for April 2024 for an R&D week in Swindon. If you're interested, or know anyone who is interested.. please send them our weblink:
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Go see this
ONLY 4 MORE CHANCES TO SEE BLOODY ELLE @traversetheatre … Today 10pm Friday 10am Saturday 1pm Sunday 4pm GET BOOKING BEAUTS 🧡🔥
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I joy to be back watching @bloodyelle_ at #EdFringe after seeing it last year too. It's one of the best shows I've ever seen. Again. @laurynredding is mightily talented and a wonder to watch
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Loved this show today, fave one so far and bonus for being part of #FreeFringe #EdFringe2023 Amy is a joy to watch
That’s show 2 DONE! Thanks to everyone who came - I enjoyed myself and I think they did too…look at those lovely smiling faces #edfringe #tweetthemedia
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Hey #EdFringe2023 Our team are about 8-11 Aug & wanna come see work made by #CSA survivor artists. Let us know here 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼or email hello@vivgordon.com Shows don’t need to be about #childsexualabuse. Survivors make work about cake 🍰 busses 🚌 mountains 🏔️ or whatever we want 😃
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Not a bad day 'in' the office! Producers Kate & Fiona are out on site visits to South Devonshire beaches to find a spot for an upcoming community gathering connected to our #RestlessVGC project. 🌊 Don't worry, we tested out the local cafes as part of a thorough research process!
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#ABCofCSA: Z is for 'Feeling like a zebra in a world of giraffes' A lot of us feel different & like we don't fit in, but there are #11million #CSA survivors. Our isolation is systemic & now we're building a community against it. ✊ #ItsNotOk
https://t.co/BeLSwygBQw
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2/ Or for the 15% of girls and 5% of boys experiencing child sexual abuse in our devastatingly ever growing community. We’ll take time to digest then find a way to continue our fight for social justice & cultural inclusion @ace_national @ace_southwest In solidarity 💗✊🏼🔥
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1/In a brutal day in the arts, we are disappointed that our #NPO application was unsuccessful This means there are no cultural organisations in the UK supported to forge pathways into creativity for the 11 million adult #CSA survivors in this country @ace_national @ace_southwest
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What a compliment! Let's keep talking about compassion and changing cultures, especially days like today during #NPODay where leadership is being tested so brutally across the sector
Been sitting on this blog for a while, today is the day it goes out there into the world! Inspired by @katemcstraw & her article in @ArtsPro from a while back (full link within), I wrote some thoughts about it along with my producing & leadership practice:
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What an extraordinary moment captured this evening! Missed out? You could experience the wonder and excitement of Peixos in Weymouth as the show happens again tomorrow evening (Sat 24 Sept) from 7.30pm. Free for all the family to enjoy. 📸Jayne Jackson https://t.co/mfZHGYmPuY
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Chatting about access, inclusion and humane producing practice with the wonderful Caro @diversecity1 - check the full interview below
“I’m not interested in something burning so bright that it’s beautiful, but then totally burns out the artist!” Check out the second in our series of articles about #HumaneEmployment - this time we looked at a producer's perspective with @katemcstraw
https://t.co/1g8EAcYlS1
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Anyone in SE looking for work with my lovely friend Stu - he makes brilliant dance theatre about important stuff and needs an Access Assistant @stuartwatersuk
docs.google.com
JOB INFORMATION PACK Access PA for Neurodivergent Dance Artist, Stuart Waters Please scroll through or use the linked headings below to navigate the pack. Key Details About Stuart Waters & Co Job...
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#ICYMI: Kate McStraw on the huge benefits for the sector of practicing ‘humane producing’ @katemcstraw @Ex_Bodies
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I rather scarily and wonderfully had the opportunity to write an option piece about Humane Producing for @ArtsPro - shout out to @diversecity1 @Ex_Bodies @VivGordonCo for being leaders in shaping my understanding of inclusive practices
Kate McStraw on why ‘humane producing’ is at the heart of ‘building back better’ @katemcstraw @Ex_Bodies
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Read this thread by @VivGordonCo to better understand the barriers faced by #csasurvivors 'even in' the arts. #CSA #EdFringe22
THREAD 1. Up at #edfringe to watch stuff - wherever possible work about #CSA and work written and/or performed by #survivors ✊🏼 Some observations
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THREAD 1. Up at #edfringe to watch stuff - wherever possible work about #CSA and work written and/or performed by #survivors ✊🏼 Some observations
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