TPE ECOSYSTEM

The house

An institution built so the work outlasts the worker.

What started as one director's practice is now a studio, an academy, a workshop, a podcast and a network, held together by two sentences.

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What we are here for

The problem. Capable people lack direction, and good stories lack shape. Talent is common. Clarity is rare.

The vision. A world where every capable person and every honest story is given a clear shape that outlives the people who built it.

The mission. We help people and brands find clarity, we help stories take shape, and we build an institution designed to outlast us.

Our scope is global, transgenerational and transcultural.

How we work with you

The same promises hold whether you are commissioning a production, joining a cohort or asking for a placement.

You will know the price first

Every figure is given to you in writing before any work begins. Nothing is quoted after the fact, and no one here is allowed to invent a number for you.

You will know who decides

One named person owns your job from start to finish. If something changes, you are told by that person, not left to find out from someone else.

You will get an answer within a working day

No question goes unanswered past one working day. If the honest answer is that we are still finding out, you will hear that too.

We will say when we are wrong for the job

If the work needs someone we are not, we will say so and point you to someone better. We do not take on work we cannot staff properly.

These are not aspirations. They are the rules our own team is held to, and you are welcome to hold us to them.

What we do

Six working arms, plus the studios that grow inside the house.

ArmWho it servesYour first step
TPE Personal PracticeFounders and brands that need a clear point of viewTake the free audit
CMS ProductionsAnyone commissioning theatre, film or commercial workStart a commission enquiry
CMS AcademyPeople who want to be trained and formedAsk about the next cohort
The Process PodcastListeners who want the process behind the workListen, free
The Process WorkshopPeople who learn by doingJoin the workshop group
The Process NetworkLearners, practitioners and alumniJoin the network

Inside the house

Studios and services that open one at a time, as each one begins to run.

IMAGO Theatre

Some stories never reach a stage because nobody will take the risk on them. We carry new writing from page to stage, with proper rehearsal time, a real crew and a real audience in the room.

IMAGO TV

A performance that only exists on the night it happens is gone by morning. We film and cut our productions so the work can still be watched later, by people who could never travel to see it.

IMAGO Games and IMG

Most people forget what they were taught within a week. We turn our material into games and trivia, so difficult ideas are learned by playing rather than by being lectured at.

IMAGO Agency

Talented people are too often underpaid, misled or taken advantage of. We represent models, hosts and brand ambassadors, agree the rate in writing before anything is agreed in public, and put integrity ahead of looks alone.

IMAGO Nation

People finish a course or a production and then lose touch with everyone they met. We keep them connected, so they keep finding each other, sharing opportunities and growing together.

IMAGO Music and IMAGO Dance

A story told without music or movement only reaches half the room. Songs and choreography are part of how our work lands, so they belong inside the house rather than being added on at the end.

Where each one publishes

These accounts belong to the arms named above. Follow the one that matches what you care about.

ArmAccountOpen
Creative Mind Studios, where the screen work is published.YouTubeyoutube.com/@creativemindstudios_co
Creative Mind Studios, the studio itself.Instagraminstagram.com/creativemindstudios.co
CMS Academy, the training side of the house.Instagraminstagram.com/creativemindstudios.academy
The Process Podcast.Instagraminstagram.com/theprocesspodcast.ng
The Process Workshop.Instagraminstagram.com/theprocess.workshop
the_unshakenspeare, the written voice of the house.Instagraminstagram.com/the_unshakenspeare
Creative Mind Studios, the business page.Facebookfacebook.com/share/1DMcDwge7m/
Creative Mind Studios.Threadsthreads.com/@creativemindstudios.co
the_unshakenspeare.Threadsthreads.com/@the_unshakenspeare

The house also keeps a written voice called the_unshakenspeare, the essays and cultural commentary that run alongside the productions and the strategy work. Read the newsletter.

Start somewhere

If you have a problem you cannot name

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If you already know what you need

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Two things we hold

The Left-With Test

“Impact is not what you do to people. It is what they are left with after you are done with them.”

Process Comes First

“Before mastery, there is the process.”