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Mark & Penny Makin established makin projects in September 2005 to work with outstanding theatre and dance companies of all scales who produce high quality, accessible, entertaining and stimulating work.
makin projects handle the national and international tour booking for these companies along with co-producing several new touring productions each season.
makin projects also offer day training and consultancy sessions to a range of emerging and established theatre and dance companies, giving an insight into how to book sustainable UK and International tours.
Prior to makin projects Penny worked extensively in the bespoke travel industry and Marks ‘arts’ CV below:
Before setting up makin projects Mark enjoyed a year with Birmingham-based
ACE dance and music as their General Manager.
Please visit www.acedanceandmusic.com for more information on this outstanding company.
From 1999 – 2004 Mark was tour booker and then the head of tour booking for
UK Arts international. www.ukarts.com
Here he oversaw the running of the tour booking department along with actively booking UK and International touring for a diverse range of UK and International theatre and dance companies. Companies included Kneehigh Theatre Company, Steven Berkoff, Phoenix Dance, English Touring Theatre, The Birmingham Stage Company, Company Of Angels, Linda Marlowe, Circus Oz, Leikin Loppu, Earthfall, Bangarra Dance Theatre, DynamO Theatre, The Market Theatre Of Johannesburg and Glynis Henderson Productions amongst many others.
During this time he worked closely with many artists in a creative role advising on all aspects of touring as well as representing UK Arts International at the Adelaide Arts Market (Adelaide, Australia), CINARS (Montreal, Canada), APAP (New York, USA), The Western Australian Indigenous Arts Market (Perth, Australia) and various UK festivals and networking opportunities.
Prior to UK Arts International Mark enjoyed extensive international work and travel which included tour managing comedians Lee & Herring and merchandising for a wide variety of bands and comedians including Lee Evans, Boyzone, The Wedding Present, Lee & Herring and Harry Hill
makin projects handle the national and international tour booking for these companies along with co-
makin projects also offer day training and consultancy sessions to a range of emerging and established theatre and dance companies, giving an insight into how to book sustainable UK and International tours.
Prior to makin projects Penny worked extensively in the bespoke travel industry and Marks ‘arts’ CV below:
Before setting up makin projects Mark enjoyed a year with Birmingham-
Please visit www.acedanceandmusic.com for more information on this outstanding company.
From 1999 – 2004 Mark was tour booker and then the head of tour booking for
UK Arts international. www.ukarts.com
Here he oversaw the running of the tour booking department along with actively booking UK and International touring for a diverse range of UK and International theatre and dance companies. Companies included Kneehigh Theatre Company, Steven Berkoff, Phoenix Dance, English Touring Theatre, The Birmingham Stage Company, Company Of Angels, Linda Marlowe, Circus Oz, Leikin Loppu, Earthfall, Bangarra Dance Theatre, DynamO Theatre, The Market Theatre Of Johannesburg and Glynis Henderson Productions amongst many others.
During this time he worked closely with many artists in a creative role advising on all aspects of touring as well as representing UK Arts International at the Adelaide Arts Market (Adelaide, Australia), CINARS (Montreal, Canada), APAP (New York, USA), The Western Australian Indigenous Arts Market (Perth, Australia) and various UK festivals and networking opportunities.
Prior to UK Arts International Mark enjoyed extensive international work and travel which included tour managing comedians Lee & Herring and merchandising for a wide variety of bands and comedians including Lee Evans, Boyzone, The Wedding Present, Lee & Herring and Harry Hill
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