James Pogson - Artistic CV
PROJECTS/CONSULTANCIES
- Blackheart Man - Producer & Director of one man show by Moqapi Selassie. Drum Arts Centre, November 2009.
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- PIECES - Award Winning Comedy Sketch Show, Nottingham Playhouse. Co-creator, Workshop Faciliator and Initial Project Director: October 2008 - January 2009.
- Scriptwriting Talk – The Drum Arts Centre – October 2007
- Breaking Silence – Script Editor and Drama Facilitator – Short film. South Asian Mental Health – July 2007
- Comedy within Black History Workshops –
- “YOUR STORY” – Creative Writing workshops within Bromford Infant & Junior Schools – Years 1-4. February – May 2005.
- “Parallel Lines” – short film on the Leaping off the Page Scriptwriting Initiative. Sept 2004. Film produced April 2005.
- “Can’t Happen to Me” Sexual Health Drama. Drama Workshop Facilitator, Assistant Director and Writer for overall evaluation. July 2003-June 2005.
- WAYBACK - Creative writing project for Caribbean Elders in
- Commercial Writer – Radio Advert for Black Business in
- Pan European Initiative –
- Development of comedy drama “Seven ways” for BBC Radio 4 2003-4
- PACT – PARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER – Administrative Consultancy and workshop facilitation for Registered Charity. November 2003-January 2004.
- UNSIGNED UNDERGROUND – Drama & Creativity workshops for young people. November-December 2003.
- TRANSITION – A Black History Month Writer in Residency Project, examining Identity and Cultural Diversity in Year 7 pupils. Walsall 2003.
- Recipient of West Midlands Arts Creative Ambitions Award 2003 – producing research document entitled “Rewind” – an examination of the moral and social implications of migration by Caribbean elders, and the development of a book based on the findings entitled “Parallel Lives”.
- Recipient of a Collide Award 2003 - Birmingham City Council’s cultural award in the arts, to write, produce and perform a Live Multimedia Performance Prose Dram-edy at the Birmingham Hippodrome, June 2003, entitled “Chasing Your Own Tale” – a piece around the issue of self-identity and personal transformation.
- Administrative Consultancy and Workshop Facilitation – “Silent Voices” White City Youth Centre in Hammersmith,
- Administrative Consultancy at The Drum Arts Centre in
- Development of a regionally based comedy drama “Give it some ‘ammer” -BBC Radio 4. 2002-3
- “Resident Rapper” – on a pilot show for BBC 7’s “My Big Toe” in 2002.
- Marketing Consultant – X Press Publications 10th year anniversary tour.
- Facilitation of Writer led workshops in schools – based on the principles of storytelling, using writing as a tool for transformation and personal development – 2002.
- Co-ordinator of live events for the Real Fathers, Real Men Project based at the African Caribbean Community Initiative (ACCI) in
- VOICE OF THE GRIOT (1999) Project Administrator, Co-ordinator and Facilitator of 10-week writers in prison initiative at HMP Blakenhurst. Introduced 5 experienced writers to work within closed institutions for the first time.
- Arts Administration/Project Co-ordination for Shomari Productions - Independent Production Company based in
- CRACKED UP – Administration and Facilitation of training project for youth workers around the issue of drug awareness.
- DRUM ‘N’ BASS the Project Co-ordination of a proposed national tour for an interactive theatre piece on HIV and AIDS.
- LIVE ‘N’ LOUD I & II (BLACK MEN TALKING) Administration, Marketing, Promotion and Production of live theatre performances as part of the Birmingham Readers and Writers Festival. Also involved conducting live and recording interviews on Radio West Midlands.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- ENHANCED CRB DISCLOSURE HOLDER. Registered Body:
- Freelance Creative-Commercial Writer and Performance Presentation Consultant.
- Full member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain.
- Member of BAA (Black Arts
- A Multi Skills Production Course. An introduction to the use of Video equipment, storyboarding an idea, script development, filming and editing.
- Writing Courses at Central Television and BBC Pebble Mill. The formula and structure of screenplays and radio drama.
- Attended a Media Production Course, covering radio production and journalism.
- Writer for 3rd Dimension Theatre Company (Birmingham 1986-1988). The completion of a Marketing and Advertising Project for The Cave Arts Centre,
- Administrator and Assistant Stage Manager for “Reflections of a Journey” Rock Gospel,
- Participated in Writer’s residency at Brinsford Young Offenders Institution 1995.
- Researched, wrote and produced radio feature, “CHANCE IN A MILLENIUM” transmitted on Radio WM (1998), which focussed upon the views and perspectives of first and second generation African-Caribbeans in Britain approaching the year 2000.
- Administered and co-produced Live Arts Events for International Women’s Day with
- Co-created characters for which went on to perform at theatres nationwide and appear in comedy dramas on BBC Radio 4.
- Short story entitled “Fruit Cocktail” published in an anthology by Tindal Street Press in
- Looking to further develop University Thesis which was entitled “Black People in Democracy, Afro-Caribbeans in
