Joining me for a chat this week is Artistic Director, Rob Watt and session singing supremo Gavin Conder.

Rob is a critically acclaimed director, dramaturg and facilitator. He collaborates with writers, communities, poets, designers to try to make sense of the fractured world we live in.

He is dedicated to working with young people to help them tell stories, understand how to access theatre and to make resonant and risk taking work. He started his career working on Hackney estates; taking theatre to the doorsteps of communities in East London.

He currently is the Artistic Director for Theatre Centre and an Associate at Headlong Theatre. He regularly teaches at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and makes work with the Institute of the Arts Barcelona. He previously headed up the young people’s team at the National Theatre, was a Lead Artist at Lyric Hammersmith, an Artist Mentor at the Barbican and was Associate Director at Immediate Theatre.

Gavin is one of the UK’s most respected and sought after vocalists. In his 15 year career, he has worked with artists such as Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, Sam Smith, Bryan Adams, Brian May, Professor Green, Rudimental, Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, White Snake, Sophie Ellis Bextor and many more.

Sessions include jingles for Radio 2, Magic FM, the X factor, The Voice ,Minute Maid and the Carphone Warehouse He is also an artist and songwriter in his own right, being part of The Kondoors, a duo he shares with his wife (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Bird member Jessica Greenfield) and rock band Rufus Black. He is currently a writer for Audio Network, The Nerve and has had songs feature in blockbuster film Logan, hit American show Suits, Netflix, channel 4 soap Hollyoaks and many more. He has also written and recorded for Universal, Sony, Emi, Decca. He is also now producing, arranging, mixing mastering recording for Peer Music Germany.