"Hardish Virk is a highly effective and thorough Marketing Consultant with excellent vision, insight and a can-do attitude. His experience working with diverse communities and his strategic approaches to each campaign means the client is always in safe hands!"

 

Mary Rahman, Press & PR Consultant MRPR 

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"When putting together the team to support the marketing and audience development for the Black Theatre Live national touring consortium, I thought of Hardish Virk straight off. His avowed expertise in successfully delivering strategic outreach marketing for diverse Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic audiences was ideally suited to the touring consortium’s ambition. Through the advent of our pioneering Street Teams, Hardish has enabled  8 eclectic regional theatre’s to establish a new ambassadorial model, reaching out to new diverse audiences across the UK for different touring shows on the mid and small-scale. From rural Northumberland to inner-city Derby and London; to seaside resorts in Margate and Poole and on to market towns in Bury St Edmunds and Peterborough; Hardish has worked tirelessly with the consortium theatres to help forge new strategic relationships, and in so doing has increased and diversified audiences." 

 

Jonathan Kennedy, Former Executive Director, Tara Arts for Black Theatre Live 

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"We have had contact with Hardish over a number of years and his advice and support has always been invaluable. He has well developed sector knowledge and insight on both a regional and a national level. He also has well thought out and practical strategies for developing the profile of both individual projects and the company as a whole. We look forward to continuing our contact with him in the future."

 

Steve Johnstone, Former Co-Artistic Director, Black Country Touring www.bctouring.co.uk

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"The Warwick Institute of Engagement has benefited hugely from working with Hardish Virk as a Regional Fellow of the Institute. Hardish brings with him energy, enthusiasm and a wide knowledge of the creative and cultural sectors in the West Midlands and beyond. Whether he's delivering training for our wider fellowship, assessing funding applications on our behalf, or taking a leading part in our Annual Conference, Hardish's passion for engaging with the public and developing new audiences shines through."

Professor Helen Wheatley, Academic Director Warwick Institute of Engagement