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We
have now taking applications for our venues for Fringe
2012 - please read this page fully, and send us the show
application information needed, that is listed further
down this page. |
| About
Laughing Horse at the Brighton Fringe |
 Laughing
Horse will be operating four venues at the Brighton Fringe in 2012: 'The
Quadrant' and 'The Temple' which were both
nominated for Best Venue in 2010 will return (The
Quadrant was also nominated in 2009 for best venue),
alongside 'The Hobgoblin' and 'Caroline
of Brunswick' that where our new venues in 2011. This is the
fourth year that we have run Fringe
shows, and we have been the largest promoter at the Brighton Fringe
for the last two years.  All of
our venues will be open daily throughout the 2012 Fringe, from May
5th to May 27th, 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 £6. Alongside the paid shows, 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 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.
 The Laughing Horse has received a number of awards
and nominations at the Brighton Fringe - as well as both it's
original venues being nominated as
best venue for each year that they have run, there have been awards and nominations for
Outstanding Contribution, Star of the Fringe and various best show awards.
Our venues are generally very busy, with multiple shows
and performances programmed daily creating a buzz around
the venues.
Along side it's Brighton Fringe shows and venues, Laughing
Horse has a presence through the year in Brighton with it's weekly shows at the Quadrant.
Laughing Horse is also one of the largest promoters at the Edinburgh Fringe, running over
6,300 performances of 350 shows in it's Edinburgh venues in 2011,
and Laughing Horse also run Fringe venues at the
Adelaide Fringe and Hollywood Fringe. So we know what we
are doing at worldwide Fringe festivals! (and are the
only promoter working and booking venues at the worlds
three largest Fringe festivals). Full details of Laughing Horse can
be found on the main Laughing Horse website - www.laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk |
| 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, general venue staff and advertising. 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
the last few years Fringe runs
at our venues have 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 with it's ideal timing in the year for Edinburgh previews.
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 2011
nearly  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 or a week. All shows are capable of gaining a good audience if marketed
correctly, therefore you should have expectations of getting reasonable-to-good ticket
sales as long as you put the work in to promote your show. |
| What will it cost? |
Will my
show be a Paid show, or a free show? |
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| 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 £17 |
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You may supply your own door/tech person, do this
yourself, or use one of ours for £20 per performance |
| You
keep 100% of your ticket sales (with the exception of the percentage the Brighton Fringe
take from the tickets they sell) |
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| 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 £7 |
| You
may supply your own door/tech person, do this yourself, or use one of ours for £20 per
performance |
| You
collect money at the end of each performance, and keep 100% of your collection |
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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.
You will need to supply your own door/tech person if you do not hire one of ours (or do it
yourself) - we do this to keep the costs as low as possible for performers rather than
hiring in lots of staff in and charging much more for each performance -and a lot of
performers prefer to do this or organise this themselves.
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
are below (and yes, the Fringe have upped their prices
again for 2012)
FRINGE
PROGRAMME FEES - The
cost for putting your show in the Fringe programme in 2011 will be
as follows |
| Show entry under
Laughing Horse Group Entry - £105 + VAT (Submit & Pay by Feb
1) |
| Show not under LH Group
entry submit & Pay by Dec 31st - £130 + VAT |
| Show not under LH Group
entry submit & Pay by Feb 6th - £190 + VAT |
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Full fee details are
available from the Fringe,
here |
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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, but it is much better to stay in Brighton to fully experience the Fringe). 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 four venues, and
their set-up is available here.
Please look through this page to see which of our venues and performance spaces offer and
to decide whether our venues are suitable for you. |
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| Unless you book 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 on the door), 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 whether you will need us to
supply somebody at the time of your application. |
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| We welcome applications from all Fringe genres,
including comedy, cabaret stand-up, sketch, theatre, storytelling, music, workshops and
children's shows. Our venues are sadly not suitable for Art displays. |
| How do I apply for a Space? |
| If you would like to apply for our
venues for May 2012, 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)
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 - longer shows may need to book
two slots per day)
6. The dates and times you would like to perform
(include several preferences in order to help us)
7. Your preferred venue - Quadrant,
Temple, Caroline or Hobgoblin.
8. Technical Requirements - Please read the venues page for what each venue provides
9. Do you require us to supply a door/tech person for
your show? - please state NO, ONE PERSON or TWO PEOPLE. Please note that tech for
the Quadrant is backstage so it is impossible for a door person to also do sound cues etc.
The Hobgoblin, Caroline and Temple one person should be able to do both unless your shows is
very tech heavy.
10. Marketing Plan (How do you plan to
sell your show and get an audience in? Posters, Flyers, Advertising, PR, Websites,
Internet Marketing, Etc.). Note you will need to supply posters and flyers to
promoter your show.
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
during November & December,
and will start to programme slots in in late November - 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
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| 2012 Performers
Downloads |
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Download QUADRANT Logo for Advertising
Download
TEMPLE Logo for Advertising
Download
HOBGOBLIN Logo for Advertising
Download
CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Logo for Advertising
Download venue
map for Advertising (2011 Version at the moment)
Download
Laughing Horse Logo for Advertising
Download a Free Festival Logo for Free shows Advertising |
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