Win tickets to a great family festival c/o Media Parents’ Jim Shreim!

PD Jim Shreim at Media Parents Spring Drinks with, from left, Presenter Sunita Shroff, Soho-Studios HOP Tina Lohmann, and Media Parents' Amy Walker

Jim Shreim, PD and DJ is British-Jordanian, fluent in Portuguese, and started his career as Brazil’s go to fixer for UK television production before coming to the UK and being hired by Media Parents’ Amy Walker in his first UK role. Since then Jim’s work has been acclaimed, his Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year winner’s film featuring a commission for The Science Museum was nominated for the Climate Impact Award at The Edinburgh TV Festival 2024.  In addition to his TV work, Jim’s latest role is DJing at Woody Cook (Zoe Ball x Norman Cook’s son)’s family festival, Catchella. The Catchella team has kindly donated a family ticket for 4 to the festival to a Media Parents family so drop us a line if you would like to go along…

PD and Edit Producer Jim Shreim aka Jim Jamal - he will feature in the Catchella line up

Cat-Chella 2025 at The Barns, Lodge Farm A Family Day Rave Featuring Headline DJ Woody Cook, DJ Jim Jamal and more… The Barns at Lodge Farm, Epping Road, Epping Green, Epping, Essex. CM16 6FS

Sunday 25th May 2pm – 7pm Tickets and more information HERE or susbcribers can message Media Parents for a chance to win a family ticket!

HOUSECATS is thrilled to announce the launch of CAT-CH ELLA 2025, its fifth event, taking place at The Barns at Lodge Farm in Nazeing, Essex. This highly anticipated mini family-friendly festival promises an unforgettable day of music, fun, and community vibes, featuring the incredible Woody Cook as the headline DJ.

Catchella flyer

Set against the picturesque backdrop of rolling countryside and rustic barn spaces, CAT-CHELLA 2025 will showcase an exciting lineup of live music, performances, creative markets, and a variety of food stalls to cater to all tastes. Designed with families in mind, this one-day celebration offers a safe, inclusive, and relaxed environment for all ages to enjoy.

Woody Cook is known for his high-energy performances and ability to captivate audiences worldwide, Woody has played at iconic venues such as Fabric and Ministry of Sound, as well as international hotspots in New York, Iceland, Spain, and Germany. His unique ability to gauge the crowd’s vibe and seamlessly blend genres promises to make his set at CAT-CHELLA 2025 an unforgettable experience.

More from Jim: Since working in the UK I became an experienced producer director with three self-shootng series director credits under my belt and now work mainly as an edit producer – a job I love.

Having worked on many prestigious projects on location and in the edit, I aim to make programmes on subjects of genuine interest such as music, sport, food, travel and the arts. My lifelong obsession with music means I have a great ear to soundtrack any film.

To contact Jim go here: https://www.mediaparents.co.uk/freelancers/3150/jim-shreim

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If you met Composer Isa Suarez at Media Parents Spring Drinks you will have sensed her intelligence, creativity and unconventionality. If you are free this bank holiday Monday you can join Isa who will be playing all the instruments, troubadour-style on a walking, day-long creative writing workshop in Dungeness.

Composer Isa Suarez, right, with BBC Commissioner Caroline O'Neill at Media Parents Spring Drinks. Isa is running a storytelling workshop in Dungeness on Bank Holiday Monday

Join composer Isa Suarez, renowned playwright Anders Lustgarten and wild storyteller @sophiejanesnaps  for a day long creative writing workshop taking you on a journey across the Dungeness coastline as part of @kinetikapeople  @beachofdreamsorg

This experience invites you to explore storytelling through walking, writing, and creative dreaming – responding to the land’s rich history and present-day challenges.

How do we tell stories with the land?

Poetry, story, song and performance will become tools for reimagining the past, present, and future of this extraordinary coastline.

Throughout the day we will learn about historical figures and events that have shaped this land, from the lighthouse keepers, artists, smugglers, lifeboat crews and poets, to the impacts of wars and climate change.

Musician @isa___suarez  will underscore the day and artist @miked_director will help us record what we create as we experience this unique coastline together.

This event is for open-minded folk ready to experiment and collaborate. Over the course of the day, you must be prepared to physically and mentally immerse yourself in the environment – whatever the weather!

If you’re curious and want to join us for a section of our walking workshop, this is also for you!

DM @sophiejanesnaps if you want to find out more, or book here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dawn-til-dusk-telling-and-retelling-dungeness-tickets-1308896999159?aff=oddtdtcreator

To find out more about Isa’s work, go here:

https://www.mediaparents.co.uk/freelancers/12898/isa-suarez

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