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1. Seeing/hearing the latest work from some of your favourite artists.
2. Discovering artists you might never have heard of through your work.
3. Meeting like-minded people, including fantastic writers and editors.
4. Creating lasting relationships with PR people, press officers and venues.
5. Being given the opportunity to meet some of the world’s best and most respected artists.
6. Having the freedom to research, write and pitch pieces daily.
7. Being able to combine your love of writing with your passion for the arts.
8. Receiving exclusive news of season launches, new ventures and coveted arts programmes before the general public.
9. Having the opportunity to experience new work.
10. Creating lasting memories of work you love (or hate).
11. Having people ask you for recommendations, because they respect your opinion.
12. Meeting talented artists who genuinely love what they do.
13. Having the chance to recognise talented artists who genuinely love what they do.
14. Seeing the world through the experiences and work of different artists and performers.
15. The pride of seeing your review quoted on a poster/DVD cover/social media/online
16. Writing about the arts, just for the love of writing about the arts.
17. The feeling of being completely absorbed in another, artificial world created by artists.
18. Being able to escape the pressures of everyday life for a few blissful hours in a cinema/theatre/venue.
19. Creating a lasting record of some of the best (and worst) work from some of the world’s best (and worst) artists.
20. Being able to champion the work that you truly love.
21. Dictating how you get to spend your time and what performances you review, because your time is precious.
22. The thrill of reading about a new project from a great artist and counting down the days until you can go to see it.
23. Planning your cultural calendar around some of the world’s best festivals, events, seasons and projects.
24. Free interval drinks (my favourite is orange juice, yes, really).
25. Press launches that serve coffee. Praise be to coffee.
26. Being thanked for writing a review/interview, or just being thanked for what you do.
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