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DavidEscapes![]() Inner circle I'm Special! 1003 Posts ![]() |
Hi everyone
I wonder if anyone knows of a good online guide to performing at the Edinburgh Festival, everything from a guide to the venues, street show pitches, who to talk too about publicity, that kind of thing. I would like to take a show there in 2008 for a 2 - 3 week run, and would be looking for a 150 (approx) seat theatre, located near a good busy street pitch so that I could go out and promote the show in the daytime. The show would be a mixture of sideshow stunts and escapes, and would lean towards comedy for the most part. So it would need to be in a location which is good for comedy and spec acts. Stage size wouldn't have to be huge, but I coudn't deal with a tiny stand up stage, something more akin to what a small band could deal with. 10ft x 8ft I guess would be a minimum. Thanks in advance David Straitjacket
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Well being the great show man and comedian that I am I have played at the festival many times ..... .unfortunatly only in my dreams so cant be of any help......
BUT I will say this:- its a GREAT idea David! nice one! I may even try and get up to see you. |
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Hi Dave
I have looked into it in quite a lot of detail and can report that the budget will be approx £8000 to cover basic expenses, that will include performing the full run at one of the top 3 venues at the Fringe, a publicity budget, accomodation, etc etc. The last few bits of the budget need to be confirmed, but the changes are a matter of 10's of £'s rather than 100's. I've done a lot of work and research so far and am confident I can put on a profitable show, 800 people (or an average of 22% capacity throughout the run) is required to break even, after that there is the very real possibility of a good profit. 800 amounts to 33 people per day over a 24 day run. Once I have the budget nailed down fully I will be putting together an investors package and looking for people (or one person with deep pockets) to invest all or part of the costs. For a good profit share of course. A local businessman, has suggested that he may well be interested in supplying the whole budget, so there is a possibility its arranged already. But if not I think I have a package that will attract interest. If anyone here has any stories, advice or pitfalls that they would like to share, I am all ears. Cheers David
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I just got a third of the investment confirmed, and not from the person mentioned above
![]() By the way, there is an error in one of my above posts. The budget should read £9000, not £8000.
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Jay Alexander![]() New user San Francisco 28 Posts ![]() |
David,
I am by no way saying it can not be done. Please don’t take the following as negative. Just reality… I performed there this year and had an amazing time. I was lucky to go with a producer who paid for everything. I have produced many theater shows in San Francisco over the past 15 years and think I have a good sense for producing shows. The thing about the Fringe is very few people make money. It is great fun, great for contacts and a great way to get out there but not great as a way to make money. Plan on spending more than you think and make less. Make sure you have publicity in place and a real marketing plan, posters have to be put up multiple times a day and a good poster helps since you need to stand out. The best way to fill the house is spend the day performing at a pitch and promoting the show. 90% of our houses were people I met during the day. The reality is you will make more street performing but won’t have the status of doing a theater show. I wish you the best of luck. Edinburgh is a blast! Jay Alexander |
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