Mansfield Public Talk with Ita O'Brien - Enacting Intimacy

Ita O’Brien, the world’s leading intimacy co-ordinator and founder, Intimacy On Set, in conversation about the ethics, aesthetics and politics of portraying sex on stage and screen.

Ita O'Brien is the UK’s leading Intimacy Coordinator and founder of Intimacy on Set. O’Brien pioneered the role of the Intimacy Coordinator and since 2014 has been developing best practice Intimacy on Set Guidelines, which have been widely adopted in the industry and championed by the TIME’S UP movement and others, advocating for safe, fair and dignified work for everyone. O’Brien has worked on numerous high-profile productions including Normal People (BBC3/Hulu), Sex Education 1&2 (Netflix), Gangs of London (Sky Atlantic), The Great (Hulu), I May Destroy You (BBC/HBO), Brave New World (Peacock/Sky One), It’s A Sin (Channel 4) and has been widely covered in the national and international media as the leading spokesperson in this space.

Mansfield Public Talks are free and open to all. See this term's full programme here: https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/mansfield-college-public-talks.

To view the video played during the talk, please follow this link: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2019/apr/16/staged-sex-how-an-intimacy-coordinator-works-with-actors-on-sex-scenes-video

Recorded on 28/01/2022.

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