LIGHTS OUT

LIGHTS OUT launches

11.07.14

‘The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime’ Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, August 1914 Yesterday saw the launch of LIGHTS OUT, a major UK-wide 14-18 NOW project and mini-site...

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Skate at Somerset House

15 x 6

18.06.14

2004 was the first year that The Cogency delivered the marketing for Skate at Somerset House (including working with Peter Saville Studio on the design above), a project we are proud to still be working on. Skate began in 2000, and is still the or...

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Part 4: Where are they now?

11.06.14

For the fourth instalment of interviewettes with previous staff we caught up with Marcel Jenkins, bookkeeper extraordinaire, Olympic Torchbearer, and a truly lovely and missed presence in the office. - How long / when you worked at The Cogency an...

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MIF15

10.06.14

We are delighted to announce that we are working with Manchester International Festival on their next Festival which takes place in the summer of 2015 - Thu 2 to Sun 19 July. The Cogency has a long association with the Festival having worked on th...

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15 x 5 The Cogency tate & egg

15 x 5

03.06.14

In 2003, we worked with Tate & online bank egg, to deliver the marketing for Tate & egg live, the first time live events had been seen in Tate’s iconic Turbine Hall. Programmed by Alex Poots and Jenny Waldman, season highlights inclu...

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Part 3: Where are they now?

20.05.14

We’ve been interviewing past Cogency team members and close associates. Why? To mark our 15th birthday of course. Our third instalment comes from our intern Mary Zakheim, who was with us earlier this year, and whose glowing review of working...

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15 x 4 The Cogency Greenwich Dance

15 x 4

14.05.14

For our fourth post looking back at 15 years of projects, we look back to Greenwich Dance, whom we worked with for eleven years. Our work started with an audit of the organisation’s marketing, press and PR activity, including a review of st...

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Part 2: Where are they now?

08.05.14

For the second in our series of interview-ettes with past staff we bring you Mark Edwards, who worked here as our trusty Administrator and Marketing Assistant. - When did you work for the Cogency? I worked at The Cogency for about two years, fro...

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15 x 3 The Cogency Only Connect

15 x 3

01.05.14

The third of our posts looking back over our 15 year history, takes us to 2001 and one of our many projects with the Barbican. Only Connect, programmed in consultation with Alex Poots, brought together film and music, visual art, theatre and digi...

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Part 1: Where are they now?

28.04.14

The Cogency has always been defined by the individuals it is made up of, and to mark The Cogency's 15th year, over the next few months we will be publishing past staff's reminiscences. Below is our first post, with Sarah Davies. - When did you wo...

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15 x 2

25.04.14

The second of our posts looking back over 15 years of The Cogency takes us back to the year 2000 – the year of the millennium and our second year. It was also the start of a long running and fruitful relationship with the Contemporary Music ...

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cogency 15x1 ronnies 40th

15 x 1

15.04.14

Welcome to the first in a series of 15 blog posts about 15 years of The Cogency. We’re looking right back to the beginning to our very first project – Ronnie Scott’s 40th anniversary. The Cogency handled the marketing for the 40...

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nine o'clock slot

The Nine O’Clock Slot opens

25.03.14

We are working with ice&fire for the first time, a theatre company who explore human rights issues. Their new immersive theatre project, The Nine O’Clock Slot, uses the rapidly rising numbers of so called ‘paupers' funerals’...

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Clean Break’s Pests

03.03.14

As part of our current work on Clean Break’s commission Pests, a co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre and Royal Court Theatre, we collaborated with Impact Marketing to create a trailer for use across the tour marketing campaign. This wa...

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