Mo Lovatt has a BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from the University of Oxford.
She has been actively involved in political and social issues debating groups for a
number of years, including The International Research Group (IRG), The Oxford Union,
The Philosophy Society (Oxford),
Newcastle
Philosophy Society and The Great Debate.
As well as having a keen interest in political, philosophical and social issues, Mo has
considerable experience as a project and events manager in the arts, having spent 3½ years
as a Programming & Planning Manager for Northern Stage theatre company, where she was
responsible for managing the produced, presented and touring programme of the company.
Mo also has a wide-ranging knowledge of project fundraising at the regional, national
and European level.
For The Great Debate, Mo has brought together her dual interests in theatre and
politics
by convening and chairing two public discussions / post-show discussions at Newcastle
Playhouse: Is Anti-Americanism Xenophobic?
(In association with The Ashton Group’s production of Lockerbie 103);
What does it mean to be human?
(In association with David
Glass Ensemble’s production of The Chimp That Spoke). She also chaired a session on
Sustainable Development at the Day Conference:
Development, Sustainability and
Environmentalism at Newcastle Civic Centre.
Mo is currently a freelance arts consultant / events manager in the North East of
England, having worked on a number of large-scale projects including the Tall Ships
Races 2005, the NewcastleGateshead Winter Festival 2005 and Holocaust Memorial Day
2005-07.
