York Creatives

Jamie McKeller is a film writer, director and editor, with a background in theatre acting. Over the last six years he has created three award winning web series, as well as a heap of short films, under his company RedShirt… Continue reading →

Hannah Davies (@DaviesHC) is a muti-slam winning spoken word artist, writer and theatre maker. She is the director of Common Ground Theatre and an associate artist at SAY OWT. In this episode we chat about the importance of repetition in creative… Continue reading →

Tom ‘Strasz’ Straszewski is a theatre director and writer, and is the pageant master for this years York Mystery Plays. We discuss what that role involves, the importance of guilds in our city and the community benefits they bring, his… Continue reading →

Nicola Stead is an art teacher, specialising in sculpture and special effects. Her new venture is The Creative Studio York, an art school opening in Clifton Moor on the 8th of June. We discuss the challenges in bringing a project like… Continue reading →

Grace Abell (@abell_design) is a graphic designer with a background in art directing magazines. She stepped away from that into branding, and has now set up independently in York, also running quarterly designer and illustrator meet ups in the city. In… Continue reading →

Lisa-marie Newman is the creative director of York Nurturing Community (@ync_ork_uk), organising events and activities that deliver an exciting art programme promoting wellbeing and social cohesion. We talk about the links between creativity, community and wellbeing, her frustration at teaching art in… Continue reading →

Mat Lazenby is a creative director at design agency LazenbyBrown, based on the Shambles, which he co-founded with Gary Brown after working in senior creative positions for a number of agencies across York and Leeds. As well as working on brand design… Continue reading →

Bridget Bernadette Karn is an artist who has worked across a huge range of mediums, but over the last few years has gained worldwide recognition for her work making pictures out of felt, turning her passion into a full time… Continue reading →

In this weeks episode I interview my brother Luke (Instagram: @_lukeporter). Luke is a freelance graphic designer, as well as a talented photographer and musician, he’s basically one of those annoying brothers that seems to be able to do everything you… Continue reading →

Charlotte Dawson Artist is a visual artist and arts event facilitator, her latest project York River Art Market is now in it’s third consecutive year, winning Best Community Project at the 2017 York Culture Awards. We discuss the origins of the market and… Continue reading →

Dani Barge (@Dani_Barge) is a professional writer, occasional artist, and hobbyist bass guitarist. She is the founder and editor of Arts York (@ArtsYorkOnline), an arts and culture webzine covering art, design, music, performing arts and film. We chat about her… Continue reading →

This weeks guests are Hannah West & Christian Topman, the driving force behind The Arts Barge Project​ (@artsbargeyork). Having started the project 9 years ago they are drawing closer to completing the barge, with some exciting news about the next stage in… Continue reading →

Nat Roe (@filmpixie) is a film writer, director and producer, with a background in theatre. Having worked on big site-specific theatre productions, such as Blood and Chocolate, the Minster Mystery Plays, and for Theatre Mill, she took that experience and… Continue reading →

Ben Bentley is an internationally published music, portrait and editorial photographer, shooting for publications, record labels and commercial clients such as Puma, Diesel, Topshop, BBC Music and Universal Pictures, as well as being a contributing photographer for the NME. We discuss… Continue reading →

James Buck is an upcoming film writer and director. Having recently finished his latest film Dancing In The Dark, we chat about how he approaches collaboration and finding the right people, dealing with creative differences, and how training in sports… Continue reading →

Matty Waudby is an illustrator, photographer and adventure seeker, turning his passion for the outdoors into a range of hand stitched hats, illustrated works, and photographs. We discuss the origins of his “Get Wild” brand, when needing to quickly raise money… Continue reading →

Amy is an actor and founder of Act With Amy: acting classes, workshops, and team building in York. After graduating from ALRA North drama school Amy has performed in many theatre, film and TV productions, including a TV advert for Boots. We discuss the… Continue reading →

Gill Douglas is an artist and printmaker working from her home studio in the centre of York, The Lighthouse. Originally trained as a theatre designer she cut her teeth working at the Theatre Royal in 1976, before becoming a freelance… Continue reading →

Tom Holmes is the Head Of Creativity and Worship at The Belfrey, the largest parish church in York. He is responsible for overseeing graphic design, video, photography and marketing, and developing creative talent amongst the many staff and volunteers. We… Continue reading →

Welcome to the first ever York Creatives Podcast! The first guest is musician and music producer Jonny Hooker, from Young Thugs Records. Young Thugs Records came together in early 2016, after a series of collaborations between musicians from York’s live music… Continue reading →