|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| About
Laughing Horse at the Brighton Fringe |
 Laughing
Horse will be operating two venues at for the Brighton Fringe in 2010: 'The
Quadrant' and 'The Temple'. This is the second year that we have run Fringe
shows at the Quadrant, and this venue was nominated for The Best venue in 2009 in it's
first year taking part in the Fringe. (click here for last year's
programme). The Temple is a new venue for 2010, and also a brand new venue to Brighton
- up until November 2009 it will be the 'Star & Sailor' when it will be fully
re-furbished for the new year. Both of our venues will be open daily throughout the 2010 Fringe, from May
1st to 23rd, and we will be operating the venues with the aim of keeping costs for
production companies and performers as low as possible, and also ticket prices for
customers as low as possible - our maximum ticket price is £5. We also encourage the
performance of free shows, with performers who perform for free taking a collection at the
end of each performance. (just like our Free Festival in Edinburgh - www.freefestival.co.uk)
The venues will operate with a mixture of paid shows, and
Free Festival shows alongside each other, and timeslots can be booked each day from 11am
to Midnight (or later on Friday and Saturday nights), and in our venues we are looking for
shows of all genres, including Comedy, Theatre, Cabaret, Music, Poetry, Spoken Word,
Storytelling and Childrens shows. |
| How does it work |
 As a performer
or producer you rent the performance space at the venues from us to produce your show, and
you are responsible for the running and publicity of your show. We provide a fully
equipped performance space for you to perform in, along with services including a
programme, venue publicity, venue staff, advertising and box office. You will also submit
your show into the Brighton Fringe programme, and the Brighton Fringe also provide
services for you including advertising for your show, a central box office and ticket
sales. |
| What will I get? |
 The Brighton Fringe is growing every year, and last years Fringe run
at our venue proved that it is possible to run a Fringe show in Brighton, get reviewed,
get promoters to see you, get a good sized audience - and make money. The Brighton Fringe is perfect for performers to bring their existing show,
or a show that is touring to the event, or for performers to use the Brighton Fringe to
preview Edinburgh Fringe shows. For Edinburgh previews it can turn into an extremely
valuable preview experience as you will be previewing under exactly the same conditions as
at an Edinburgh Fringe venue, giving you valuable feedback to work on your show through
until August.
 The size of the Fringe also allows critical
feedback, in 2009 every one of the shows in our venues was reviewed. As such it is
important you preview your show before bringing it to Brighton if it is a new show.
There is not the overbearing costs or saturation in
Edinburgh, or the desire of performers to do shows for the full run - most Brighton shows
run over only a few nights. All shows are capable of gaining a good audience if marketed
correctly, therefore you should have expectations of getting reasonable-to-good ticket
sales. |
| What will it cost? |
Will my
show be a Paid show, or a free show? |
|
| Tickets
are sold online and via the phone via the Fringe, plus cash box office at the venues bar |
The hire fee for each performance of the show is £15 |
| You
may supply your own door/tech person, do this yourself, or use one of ours for £15 per performance |
| You
keep 100% of your ticket sales (with the exception of the percentage the Brighton Fringe
take from the tickets they sell) |
|
|
| Show
performances are free and unticketed, or ticketed and booked via the Fringe box office |
| The hire fee for each performance of the show is £5 |
| You
may supply your own door/tech person, do this yourself, or use one of ours for £15 per
performance |
| You
keep 100% of your collection |
|
|
|
|
These
venue fees cover the costs of all venue equipment, signage and general publicity
for the venues, plus entry into the venues programme that is distributed around Brighton.
All shows must enter their shows into
the Fringe programme and pay the Brighton Fringe registration Fees. The cost for
shows to be listed in the Fringe programme is:
Early
Bird Fees - Register before Dec 31st |
Normal
Fees - Register before Feb 8th 2010 |
| Single performance -
£100+VAT |
Single performance -
£100+VAT |
| 2+ Performances -
£125+VAT |
2+ Performances -
£150+VAT |
|
(Please note
the Fringe is releasing pricing information on November 2nd, and this page will be updated
when we have details of the Fringe programme entry prices for 2010, probably on November
3rd)
|
On top of this you will have
to produce your own show advertising - posters and flyers, and obviously you will need
your travel and accommodation costs. (Don't forget Brighton is commutable from London on a
daily basis). We will have a print deal set-up with our regular Edinburgh and Brighton
Fringe printers Tenfold for discount printing, and hope to be able to offer discount rates
at a central Brighton Hostel. |
| Is there anything else I need to know? |
| Yes! |
| Full details of our two venues, and their
set-up is available here. Please look through this page to
see what our venues and performance spaces offer and to decide whether our venues are
suitable for you. |
| |
| Unless you request to use one of our door/tech
staff you will be responsible for operating the door and tech of your show (including
taking tickets and selling tickets), and using the technical equipment. If this door/tech
person is not requested at the time of confirming your slot we may not be able to provide
this, so please make sure you consider your decision as to weather you will need us to
supply somebody at the time of your application. |
| |
| Due to licensing restrictions we can only have
shows with a maximum of two people performing on-stage at the same time. (so shows with
larger numbers of performers, e.g. a three-hander comedy show is okay, as long as there
are only two performers on stage at one time). We welcome applications from all Fringe
genres, including comedy, stand-up, sketch, theatre, music and children's shows. |
| How do I apply for a Space? |
| If you would like to apply to the venue
for May 2010, please email info@laughinghorse.co.uk
with the following information. 1. Your
Name and contact details (please include email address, phone and mobile
numbers - we will use email as the primary method of contact so do make sure you check
your emails regularly)
2. Your show title, and description
3. Your Show Genre (Comedy / Theatre /
Music / Cabaret / Childrens / Classical / Events / Film / Workshops / Visual Arts)
4. Summary of your show (Maximum 200 words please. Do include as much information as possible.)
5. Show Running Time (The full
performance length, not including get-in and get-out time - this would normally be 1 hour
to fit into our schedule)
6. The dates and times you would like to perform
(include several preferences in order to help us)
7. Your preferred venue - Quadrant or
Temple.
8. Technical Requirements
9. Do you require us to supply a door/tech person for
your show?
10. Marketing Plan (How do you plan to
sell your show and get an audience in? Posters, Flyers, Advertising, PR, Websites,
Internet Marketing, Etc.)
11. Any other information that will help with your
application (Examples of this may be: Performances we can come and see,
Photos, Audio, Video and other information online or which can be emailed to us, Scripts,
Previous Reviews, Your website, Anything else that you think will help your application)
We will decide on programming over the coming months, and
will start to programme slots in mid-November to December. We will take applications for
space right up until the final Fringe deadline in February, but obviously the sooner you
get your application to us the more likely you are to get preferred times and dates. Although
programming decisions are not made on a first-come first-served basis, it is advantageous
to get your application in early.
if you have any questions on anything, please don't
hesitate to contact us via email: info@laughinghorse.co.uk
|
|
|
| 2010 Performers Downloads |
|
|
Download Quadrant Logo for Advertising
Download
Temple Logo for Advertising
Download venue
map for Advertising
Download
Laughing Horse Logo for Advertising
Download a Free Festival Logo for Free shows Advertising |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
