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Lara Stavrinou

She found that the concrete skills offered by the course, such as fundraising and management, are invaluable to making yourself a proactive and employable arts graduate.

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Year graduated 2012
Occupation MA Arts Administration and Cultural Policy. Theatre Producer
Country Cyprus

Lara Stavrinou is a producer and facilitator. She is currently Youth Arts Inclusion Coordinator at Ovalhouse theatre, which involves managing disability arts projects, outreach work with NEETS and young offenders, and setting up a national network for arts organisations working with at risk young people.  She is currently producing Danny Braverman’s solo show Wot? No Fish!! on a mini national tour and Edinburgh Festival Fringe run. She also facilitates drama workshops for Theatre Peckham.

Lara previously worked as London Theatre Assistant at Arts Council England and has also worked for Hampstead Theatre's Creative Learning department, Tamasha theatre company, The National  and the Royal Court.

As a writer, she has partaken in several writers groups at the Royal court and has had work performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Whilst undertaking the MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy at Goldsmiths, Lara particularly enjoyed writing a business plan and her Disability Theatre module. She focused on Arts Education and engagement and enjoyed delving into research and learning more about the sector that employs her. She found that the concrete skills offered by the course, such as fundraising and management, are invaluable to making yourself a proactive and employable arts graduate.

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