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New Year New Website!
Alongside the general reflecting and looking ahead that the new year brings, launching a new website is a chance for us to better communicate who we are and what we offer, so I wanted to give some context about where we are now and how we got here.
MUTI Live is a young company set up in 2021 by founder Nick Young-Wolfe that started delivering training for the Live Arts and Events sector in Feb 2024 when we started working with our first apprentice almost 2 years ago (during National Apprentice week!).
Since late 2023:
we have been fortunate to be a part of Culture West, a network of culture organisations in the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (WEMCA) region funded by WEMCA and Arts Council England which has been a brilliant support for us to develop and grow.
In May 2024:
our research & development process into AI powered remote training kicked off, and in July we ran our first Skills Bootcamp with Disney Theatrical and Bristol Hippodrome for aspiring venue technicians.
We ran on start up energy for quite a while and were eventually able to give up the day jobs to just focus on MUTI Live.
We are currently a core team of 6, with a brilliant pool of tutors who teach on our apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps. We all have our own experience of working in the sector (I was a freelance Creative Producer for almost 20 years), and being able to design and deliver training that shares this insight and experience is very rewarding.
With a license to deliver apprenticeships, and a yearly programme of Skills Bootcamps, we are proud to offer high quality training that is free to the learner.
In 2025 we refined what we do and how we do it.
And now, for 2026:
This year will also see us starting to deliver bespoke training for organisations to meet specific needs that they experience.
Our work involves keeping connected to the sector to be able to identify skills gaps that training could fill. Working with organisations in the sector, we keep an eye on what is needed (often evidenced from difficulty recruiting) and what is wanted (evident from what we experience and hear from people who work in the sector).
Sometimes there are good reasons why positions are difficult to fill such as low pay, which skills development won’t change, making training for these roles an unattractive offer to potential participants. We actively participate in conversations about employment conditions in the sector more generally so we can feed into change from different viewpoints.
The best work we do is supporting people who are excited about gaining new skills in the creative industries. We love helping people grow their careers while sharing our experience and insight into the realities of building and keeping a sustainable career – often as a freelancer with a diverse portfolio of work.
The sector faces many challenges:
with recruitment, training and job creation being an important part of the current scenario. As recognition of The Creative Industries as a major contributor to the country’s economy and continued growth continues to build, we are looking forward to continuing to support its brilliant workforce in 2026.