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Creativity for art and industry

John Davies brings pleasure to people and practical benefits to organisations.

Enjoyment and entertainment
Cultural change and renaissance
Insight and understanding
Quality and clarity

John writes for the page, for the stage & performance, and for the screen.

He produces and directs award-winning films & videos and other creative arts and media projects.

His experience and understanding means that he can help you tackle naming, branding, marketing and communication challenges too.

Explore this website and discover his work in both the arts and industry

Shedman
If you're looking for John's alter ego Shedman, you'll find him here.

Latest news

June 2010

'Our Way' wins at HeSCA

'Our Way' - a series of short dramatised films to stimulate discussion about equality and diversity that John scripted and directed for Cambridge University Hospitals - has been awarded a 2010 Gold Award by the USA Health Sciences Communication Association.

John also won the prestigious HeSCA Holly Harrington-Lux Creative Design Award for his writing and direction of 'Our Way'.

These awards follow the 2008 HeSCA Gold Award and Elmer Friman Best of Show Award for 'Our hospital. Our future' about the new Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton.

'Our Way' won a UK Institute of Medical Illustrators IMI Silver Award in 2009.

John also wrote and directed two 2010 HeSCA Bronze Award winners - 'ACT: Building the future' about the work of the Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust and '2020 Vision' about the development of Cambridge University Hospitals and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

John has accepted an invitation to attend the 8th International Golden Boat Poetry Translation Workshop. The workshop will take place in Slovenia in the Karst village of Škocjan, the site of one of the world’s most spectacular caves. Poets from thirteeen different countries will be attending.

The first Pigbaby Literary Weekend Party over the weekend of May 1 & 2 supported by Pighog Press and Rachel Donoughue proved a great success. John and Rachel are very grateful to all the poets, writers and audience members who contributed so much. Thank you.

And Shedman is busier than ever in 2010!