🔥SMOKE SIGNALS🔥 you started our festival season off perfectly! Friends, Family, Sunshine, Food
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Honestly feel so lucky to live and work this job
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So much of my life now is spreadsheets and emails (the running a business grind -even a super cool business- is REAL) so we really value the time we get to spend with you all with the fire pits and the music playing. It's what this business was built on.
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Massive shout out to @bocaloco.sussex and @alexandra_mercedes_ for putting on such a lush Sussex fire festival ❤️🔥
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@the.smokesignals
#Festival #bbq #firecooking
“Don’t get emotionally attached - it’s just business.”
No, it’s fucking not. It’s passion. It’s identity. It’s the financial wellbeing of my family and my team. It’s our chance to challenge the status quo, create jobs, and nurture talent.
@benyblake and I built @inspohub.io from the ground up. We’ve led 300+ people around the world to bring our vision to life. We took a 4-day paternity leave - and came back even hungrier.
I’ve invested too much to let it fail. Emotionally. Physically. Mentally. Financially. And I wouldn’t want it any other way.
So no, it’s not just business. It’s how I build a fulfilled life where I don’t have to choose between family and career.
I want it all. And I want it now 😤
📸: @therrington111
Baggage is more than a show, it has made so many people feel validated, felt heard and understood.
I'm so excited to be bringing Baggage to the stage again, this time at Norwich Theatre Stage 2 @norwichtheatre on Saturday 14th March, 7.30pm
Thank you to everyone who made this possible and I'm forever grateful for the incredible team behind this piece.
Artistic Director & Choreographer: Me
Performers: Me & @clea_godsill
Music composition & original live music: Phil Kinshuck
Live music: Lucy Tapper
Mentors: @theandreawalker@elliebish_
A Space to Call Home project manager: @_indiaphillips
Advisory sessions: @clearcutinsta
Video footage: @zsof.b@lucy_tapper
Special thanks to @southeastdance@brightonmarinastudios@dancehubcic@brighton_dome@vincentdancetheatre for all your support throughout the creation of Baggage.
Link in bio for tickets to come and see Baggage in Norwich 🎟️
#dance #baggage #performance
Broadcasting a sports event from halfway across the world comes with its fair share of challenges:
🚩Delivering a livestream 6,000 miles away from your base isn’t just logistics - it’s a leap of faith in planning and execution.
🔍Navigating a brand new market to find a reliable tech supplier was no easy feat, but we made it happen.
🗣️Leading an international team meant embracing different cultures and building trust beyond words.
But here we are - another successful outside broadcast in the books! 🤩 Teamwork, preparation and perseverance always win the day ♥️
The Last Rehearsal is a meditation on mentorship, loss and creative inheritance. The film explores how artists remain in dialogue with those who shaped them long after they are gone.
With profound gratitude to the cast and crew whose artistry, and generosity brought this work to life.
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Written & Directed by
Carling Ernstzen
Director of Photography
Jonathan Nicol
Editor
Harry Baker
Colourist
Tony Osborne
Sound Recordist & Sound Design
Guy Fixsen
Assistant Camera
Zsofia Benedek
1st AD
Kurt Devonshire
2nd AD / DIT
Karel Fraaije
Consulting Producer
Hessam Binesh
Production Consultant
Jagoda Puczko
Continuity
Jessica Schneider
On-Set Photographer
Lauren Fletcher
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Cast (in order of appearance)
Carl Welch — John
Vivien Monory — Catherine
Vanessa Bailey — Doctor
Byron Lyons — Bryan
Sophie Lyons — Bryan’s Daughter
Carling Ernstzen — Lily
Lisa Ronkowski — Alyse
Harriet Phillips — Morgan
Daniel Rodriguez — Dan
Ian Pink — Alex
Lauren Fletcher — Theatre Manager
