Nevill Holt Festival 2024
Living Productions developed the concept and business model for Nevill Holt Festival 2024 and curated and delivered its inaugural programme including Melly Still’s The Magic Flute featuring Britten Sinfonia, a centenary retrospective of Anthony Caro and Eduardo Paolozzi’s sculpture, a celebration of British Pop artist Pauline Boty and new work from Jalen Ngonda, Alexis Ffrench, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Benjamin Kwasi-Burrell, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Benjamin Grosvenor, Sergey Akhunov, Pavel Kolesnikov and Cécile McLorin Salvant alongside talks from leading artists and thinkers including Andy Goldsworthy, Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Elizabeth Day, Andrew Marr, Allen Jones, Alice Roberts, Michael Morpurgo, Emma Dabiri and Jonathan Yeo. The festival welcomed 150 artists and musicians, 2000 young people and 12,000 ticket holders, of which 70% were new audiences.
Festival Director 2024: James Dacre for Living Productions
Associate Festival Producer 2024: Lucy Rahim
Producers for The Magic Flute: Peter Huntley & Caitlin Eacott
Festival Accountant: Liz Whimperley-Dixon
Accounting Consultant: Martin Ball for Smart Entertainment
Artist Liaison: Elissa Duffy
Travel Coordinator: Erin Robinson
Production Assistant: Adam Line
Programming: Katy Snelling & Connor Tobin
Jazz & Contemporary: Christopher King & Dale Thompson
Britten Sinfonia: Meurig Bowen and Annabel Leakey
Shadwell Opera: Finnegan Downie Dear and Jack Furness
A French Affair: Piers Playfair and Frankie Parham for 23 Arts
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour: Mary Wellesley
Festival 2024 Marketing: Rob Macpherson & Billy Partridge
Membership, Sponsorship & Fundraising Director: Anita Bott
Branding and Website Design: Jono Renton & Gerben Janssen
Press: Ben Chamberlain & Skye Redman for Bread & Butter PR
Social Media: Chris Shipman & Julie Chick for Jwoo Social
Graphic Designer: Neill Staniforth for Forth Storey
Animation Designer: Phil Bearman
Marketing & Sales Consultant: Emma Zacharia
Marketing & Sales Assistant: Jess Burn
Box Office: Family Tickets
Festival Technical Director: Thomas Langford for TLPS
The Magic Flute Production Manager: Andy Reader
Head of Stage: Sam McCarthy-Robinson
Festival Company Stage Manager: Helen Fagelman
Lighting Supervisor: Simon Moss
Sound Supervisor: Louis Fryman
Technical Swings: Eliott Bloomer, Thomas James Kavanagh
Piano Supplier and Tuning: Steinway & Sons
Site Management Co-Ordinator: Joy Branklin-Frisby
Front of House Team: Ethix Management
“A five star experience” The Telegraph
“A multidimensional cultural extravaganza” Tatler
“Champions some of the most promising singers working today” British Theatre Guide
★★★★ “Melly Still’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece at beautiful Nevill Holt is bristling with ideas… staged with flair” Daily Telegraph
★★★★ “Excellent young conductor Finnegan Downie Dear has luxury casting at his command in the shape of the Britten Sinfonia… Mozart’s score fizzes along and there’s some lovely suave orchestral blends to admire” The Times
★★★★ “Nevill Holt’s remarkably innovative Magic Flute was a triumph, setting a high standard for this year’s quite remarkable Festival… a highlight of the season” Seen and Heard International Magazine