We’re launching Open Office, a new initiative to help artists get, well – unstuck.

Every creative person gets stuck. 

Maybe it’s a piece of tech that worked in rehearsal but collapsed in front of an audience, or a funding application that keeps getting a polite no, and you can’t work out why. You might be wrestling to get a new project idea into shape and can’t see the wood for the trees. Or maybe you’re working alone and just need someone to help you think through the problem out loud.

Whatever it is, it’s likely we’ve been exactly where you are.

Open Office is a chance to have a short session with Blast Theory artists Matt Adams or Nick Tandavanitj and talk through whatever you’re wrestling with: whether that’s technical, creative, or practical. Between them, they’ve spent decades navigating the types of challenges that come with the territory for artists, and they look forward to – hopefully – getting you unstuck. 

As this is a new format for us, we’re starting by releasing 4 x 15-minute Open Office slots every month, exclusively to our newsletter subscribers. Everyone who submits via our next newsletter will be entered into a draw. We’ll randomly select four people and notify them by 12/08/2026. The first Open Office session wiIl take place between 10am and 11am (BST) on Wednesday 26 August 2026.

If you’d like to express your interest, you can sign up to the Blast Theory newsletter below. And if there’s demand, we might offer more slots in the future.

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