We Are Ian, In Bed With My Brother Edinburgh Artist Support 2019 Introduction so everyone canlearnandimprove the benefit of your time in Edinburgh, as well as• Follow upanddebriefopportunitiespost-Fringe tomaximize share experiences see your show internationally, tohelpensurethe rightpeopleknow aboutand programme tokeyindustrystakeholdersfrom acrosstheUKand • A commitmentfromthe Pleasance toadvocate directlyforour teams toaskforadvice andsupportduringtheFestival • Weekly drop-in sessionswithourproducingandmarketing and networking opportunitiesduringtheFestival meet otherartists,staffandguests. A range ofpanels, speakers • Artists Welcome Drinkswhen theFringe beginstonetwork and in advance ofthe Festival • Advice andsupport fromourEdinburgh Technical department • Marketingmeetingswithourteam workshops thatwalk you throughevery stepoftheFringe process • Pleasance Producer’s Club - regular monthly surgeries and companies -Monday 17thJune • PleasanceMeetandGreet:forprogrammed artistsand join ourprogramme -Monday 18thJanuary (time TBC) • PleasanceOpenHouse:foranyone interestedinapplyingto This year these include: after theFringe. extensive array ofsupportservicesleadingupto,during,and This beginsfromthesubmissionstageandcarriesonviaan the UK. supporting themost exciting new voices from across underpins ourkey charitable aimof discovering and come under thebanner of Pleasance Futures which levels of support from ourteam. These initiatives all quality of our venues andfacilities, tothehighest best possible performance experience -from the Programme, ourcommitment istoprovide the of the2019Pleasance Edinburgh Festival Fringe For every artist andcompany performing as part For Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019, we are adding even more artist support and development strings to our bow, significantly increasing our support to artists across the UK.
We are pleased to announce the most ambitious programme of support available anywhere across the Festival! Our aim is to enable even more people to join us at the world’s largest arts festival.
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a challenging economic environment. As such, the Pleasance is committed to championing sustainable producing practices, that better equip and prepare artists and companies to navigate and understand the financial commitments that presenting a show in Edinburgh represents.
In line with this approach, the majority of our opportunities are provided on a financing basis (with the Pleasance’s contribution recouped last, after core costs and artists fees).
We also acknowledge that demand for support will far outweigh supply. However, for those companies that want it, we are happy to offer financial advice and support through the festival cycle.
Presenting work at the Festival is expensive and we want companies that come to the Pleasance to grow audiences, develop longer term opportunities and ultimately develop pathways that are sustainable, therefore reducing their overall risk of coming to the Festival.
Electrolyte, Wildcard Theatre Our11. Pickof Pleasance Edinburgh 10. Popcorn Award Post-Edinburgh Opportunities 9. Scottish Drama Training Network - The Network 8. Young Pleasance Graduate Company 7. YoungPleasance OfferSupporting YoungPeople 6. Pickof VAULT Festival Award COMMON 5. The 4. LETAward &Greenwich Partnership Award 3. Pleasance Partnership Pathways Programme Partnership Support 2. Pleasance Associates -Edinburgh 1. Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund Direct Support Director’s Statement Introduction What is it?
The Charlie Hartill Special Reserve is a designated fund to support emerging theatre makers and comedians in bringing their work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Charlie Hartill Now in its 15th year, the reserve enables artists to hone their talents and focus on their creativity, by offering vital support in the form of cash investment and mentorship.
The fund was established in 2004 in memory of Charlie Special Reserve Hartill and consists of two strands - the Theatre Reserve and the Comedy Reserve. Direct Support Direct Charlie was a wit, writer, performer, ex-President of The Cambridge Footlights, 8 years a director of the Festival Fringe and the Pleasance’s man of the computer. He is very much missed not just for his practical skills and quite extraordinary contributions to the Pleasance, but as the most engaging of human beings.
Freeman, Strictly Arts 1 Direct Support • Sharingandwork spaceatourLondontheatre • Rehearsalanddevelopment space and duringtheFringe • Mentorship,supportandadvice leadingupto Festival Fringe programme • Guaranteed inclusionwithinourEdinburgh advertising campaigns as partofourPleasanceFuturesmarketingand • PRsupportandadditionalmarketingpresence and brochure feesandtravel expenses support withaccomodation,Fringe registration Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This couldinclude towards the cost of presenting your show atthe Pleasance the from financing in £10,000 to Up • What do you get? Fringe more than two professional productions, including • Directorsandproducersmustnothave created or morecastmembers • The play musthave aperformingcompany of4 education onthefinalperformancedate must benomorethan5years fromfulltime • 40% of theentire production and creative team Reserve: Festival Fringe. To be eligible for the Theatre groundbreaking performanceattheEdinburgh opportunity topresentafullyproduced, theatre company withtherare andextraordinary Each year the Theatre Reserve provides ayoung Who isitfor? Theatre Reserve 2005 -Minor Irritationsby SamPeter Jackson (Playwright) 2006 - The Same ...ButDifferent-Jacob Tindle 2007 -Greedy Scratchers -Richard Marsh Artistic DirectorofNew Diorama Theatre) 2009 - A Stroke ofGenius-PIT(David Bryne, / Concorde Theatre Company 2011 -Fit forPurpose-CatherineO’Shea(Writer) Theatre Collective 2012 -DonQuoixte!Panta Rei 2013 -OutsideontheStreetInvertigo 2014 -Lorraine & Alan -Bucket Club 2015 -MollySquint 2016 - We Are Ian-InBed With MyBrother 2017 -FleshandBoneUnpolished Theatre 2018 -Freeman -Strictly Arts Theatre Reserve Alumni run post-Fringe • A programming optioninourLondontransfer performances) aspartofyour run performances (includingtheprovision ofcaptioned •Support todevelop anddeliver accessible 25th and26thFebruary 2019 Theatre Reserve try-outswilltakeplaceonthe 10am Thursday 31st January2019 Deadline: via pleasance.co.uk/charliefund Submissions forour Theatre Reserve are opennow How toApply Michael Odewale, “Receiving the Charlie Hartill Special the Pleasance staff -their extensive Strictly Arts, Charlie Hartill Theatre as inAmerica, Canada, Hong Kong venues around thecountry, as well Reserve Fund was amazingfor our ended, we have been contacted by company insomany ways. It’s not knowledge, quickresponse toany issue andproduction support was very useful it’s andburden lifting, also thesupport you receive from just themoney, which isof course invaluable. Since theFringe has Comedy Reserve 2018 Reserve Comedy Reserve Recipient 2018 and Peru!” Comedy Reserve Comedy Reserve Alumni “I was 18 when I first performed at the Pleasance, Who is it for? 2018- Helen Bauer, Jack Gleadow, Michael six months into becoming a Odewale & Chloe Petts After a series of try-outs at the Pleasance, four up and 2017- Catherine Bohart, Danny Clives, Sophie comedian and they gave me coming comics are chosen to perform in a nightly a break through the Charlie show at the Pleasance, Edinburgh without any Duker & Nigel Ng financial risk. To be eligible for our Comedy Reserve 2016 - Alasdair Beckett-King, Jack Carroll, Kae Hartill Comedy Reserve. you must: Kurd, Tom Lucy, Darren Harriott, George Lewis, Without the Pleasance Yuriko Kotani & Michael Stranney finding ways to bring new • Be an ‘up and coming’ comic 2015 - Malcolm Head, Tom Little, Jamali Maddix • Attend a try-out at the Pleasance, Islington comic talent to Edinburgh the & Joe Sutherland • Be able to attend the Fringe for the duration of the Fringe wouldn’t be quite the festival 2014 - Chris Betts, Evelyn Mok, Phil Jerrod & Brennan Reece same.” What do you get? 2013 - Jack Barry, John Hastings , Tez Ilyas & Tom Toal Jack Whitehall, • Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival 2012 - Suzy Bennett, John Kearns, Matt Rees & Charlie Hartill Comedy Fringe programme without financial risk Chris Turner Reserve Performer 2007 • Accomodation 2011 - Luke Benson, Jim Campbell, Julian Dean & Joe Lycett • Paid subsistence 2010 - Tom Goodliffe, Rhys James, Mark Restuccia & Daniel Simonsen • Marketing and PR support 2009 - Doc Brown, Pat Burtscher, Jared Hardy & Chris Stokes • In kind support including (but not limited to): mentoring from the Pleasance Comedy team; 2008 - Daniel Rigby, Gareth Richards, Lou rehearsal space, sharing and work space at our Sanders & Holly Walsh London theatre; additional marketing presence as part 2007 - Benny Boot, Brett Goldstein, Jack of our Pleasance Comedy marketing and advertising Whitehall & Tommi Walamies campaigns 2006 - Marlon Davis, Pippa Evans, Michael Fabbri & Stuart Hudson How to Apply 2005 - Lee Bannard, Simon Brodkin, Roisin Conaty & Oliver Maltman Submissions open early 2019
Make sure you follow @PleasanceComedy on Twitter and sign up to the Pleasance mailing list to be the first to find out! Helen Bauer, Comedy Reserve1 2018 What is it?
The Edinburgh Associate Programme aims to help companies and artists with a track record of presenting Edinburgh excellent and innovative work at the Fringe, to take the next steps in their careers. Through a mixture of finance, mentoring and in-kind support, we want to guide ambitious projects and provide an opportunity for companies and artists to grow the scale, and maximise Associates the reach of the work they are presenting. Who is it for?
Direct Support Direct An artist or company looking to bring a piece of theatre or children’s work up to the Edinburgh Fringe. To be eligible for our Edinburgh Associates Programme you must have two years experience presenting work at Edinburgh Fringe and an aspiration to develop your practice and profile.
What do you get?
• Up to £3,000 financing towards the development and presentation of your show at the Fringe
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme
• In kind support including (but not limited to); mentoring from the Pleasance; rehearsal, sharing and work space at our London theatre and additional marketing presence as part of our Pleasance Futures campaigns. A guaranteed London transfer run post- Fringe
• Support to develop and deliver accessible performances (including the provision of captioned performances) as part of your run
How to Apply
Submissions are open now via our website.
Deadline 10am on Tuesday 15th January 2019
For more information visit: Molly, Squint 2pleasance.co.uk/edinburghassociates What is it?
The Pleasance is working with five partner theatres across the UK to identify and support exceptional Partnership artists and companies local to them who want to take work to the Fringe. Each partner is a leading national producing house, with a commitment to supporting and developing new artists. This programme recognises the extraordinary work Pathways being created outside London, and hopes to provide tangible support to these companies to present at the Fringe. Together, we hope to
make a substantial contribution to develop the Support Partnership next generation of leading theatre-makers and Programme companies.
For 2019 our partner organisations are:
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh 3 Who is it for? How to Apply
Working with our partner theatres we will identify HOME Manchester Award: Details on the dynamic artists at different stages in their careers. submission process for HOME will be available Each partner theatre’s submission process will from homemcr.org/about/jobs from Monday 17th be different, but the primary aim of the scheme December 2018. remains the same; to uncover and support the best companies and artists from across the UK to Leicester Curve Award: Selected artists for the present work at the Fringe! Curve Award will be drawn from the Breakthrough Programme, the theatre’s year-round artist What do you get? development strand. This means the Curve will not be accepting external submissions for this year. Partnership Support Partnership • £1,500 financing from the Pleasance towards the costs of presenting your show at the Fringe York Theatre Royal Award: Submissions for the York Theatre Royal Award will open on Monday • Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival 17th December 2018. Join their mailing list to find Fringe programme out more: [email protected] “Opportunities to support artists in • Edinburgh Fringe registration covered by local our region to create, develop and partner theatre Bristol Old Vic Award: Details on submission perform new work are vital and process for the Bristol Old Vic award will be so we are extremely delighted to • One-week minimum of in-kind rehearsal and available from bristololdvic.org.uk/ferment from partner on this programme.” development space from local partner theatre. December 13th 2018.
• A programming option in our London transfer Royal and Derngate Northampton Award: Erica Martin, run post-Fringe Details on how to apply will be available from Creative Learning Associate, Monday 17th December 2018. Please note: The Royal and Derngate Generate • Mentorship, support and advice from both local Royal and Derngate Northampton Award does not partner theatre and the Pleasance leading up to, include Fringe registration subsidy. and during the Fringe “It’s brilliant to partner with an organisation like the Pleasance on an offer that will help an artist or company from the “We are really excited to be part of this “We’re really excited to be a partner on South West get their show up to the Fringe. project, it’s an excellent way of supporting this project to support artists from our The economics of the Fringe are tough and local artists with taking work to Edinburgh. region to take their work to Edinburgh. It’s getting tougher, and in the current climate Financially making the Fringe work can be a brilliant opportunity for us to connect to the support of venues and organisations very tough, it’s important that venues can new ideas and take them to the next stage to help the very best emerging work find come together to work on projects like this of their development. We look forward to a platform on this amazing international to ease that burden.” lots of brilliant plans coming our way!” stage is vital.”
Jennie McCusker, John Tomlinson, Ben Atterbury, Head of Talent Development, HOME Producer, York Theatre Royal Producer, Bristol Old Vic Ferment What is it?
The LET Award, created by Les Enfants Terribles, offers an emerging theatre company the opportunity to take their exciting, risk-taking piece of theatre to the LET & Greenwich Pleasance for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019. We are also delighted to offer the Greenwich Partnership Award again, in collaboration with Greenwich Theatre, Partnership meaning there are two awards up for grabs. Who is it for?
• Any emerging theatre company that feels they’re ready Support Partnership to take the leap and debut their show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
• The company must apply with an original piece (newly written, devised or adapted). Productions of existing material are not eligible
• Works must not yet have been fully produced or performed
What do you get?
• £1,000 cash injection towards the costs of presenting All Quiet On The Western Front, your show at the Fringe Incognito Theatre • Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme
• Industry mentoring and support from LET and Greenwich Theatre
How to Apply
Submissions will open on the 21st of December 2018 and close on the 20th January 2019.
A shortlist of ten companies will then be chosen to perform an extract of their show at the LET Award Showcase on the 2nd March 2019 at the Pleasance, Islington, and the two winners are chosen on the evening.
For more information and to apply please go to 4 lesenfantsterribles.co.uk/awards What is it? Working-class voices have always been at the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. To support working-class artists or companies in their early or mid-career make The COMMON the most of the incredible opportunity that the Fringe provides, we have joined forces with COMMON to create this new award to support an exceptional theatre or children’s show made by a working-class artist or company. Award Who is it for? To be eligible for The COMMON Award, the working- class artist or company must meet the criteria which are Partnership Support Partnership outlined in the application form.
What do you get? • £1,000 of financing towards the cost of presenting your show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which may include travel, accommodation, Fringe registration and subsistence
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme • In-kind support including (but not limited to): mentoring from the Pleasance Theatre team; rehearsal, sharing and work space at our London theatre; additional marketing presence as part of our Pleasance Futures marketing and advertising campaigns, and more • Mentoring, support and advocacy from COMMON in the lead-up to and during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe • Access to COMMON’s network of industry relationships with established venues, arts organisations and high-profile industry members • A guaranteed London transfer at the Pleasance Theatre (London) post-Fringe
How to Apply Submissions will open mid December 2018. To find out more join COMMON’s mailing list via their 5website: commontheatre.co.uk/whatwedo What is it?
The Pleasance’s Pick of VAULT Festival gives a company in the 2019 VAULT Festival programme the opportunity Pick of to transfer their show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019, as part of the Pleasance’s Programme.
This is part of a reciprocal award whereby the Pleasance and VAULT Festival identify and support remarkable productions to transfer VAULT between our Festivals. Who is it for? Partnership Support Partnership To be eligible to receive this award you need to have Festival presented a theatre or children’s show as part of the VAULT Festival 2019 and be available to perform for the whole Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2019.
What do you get?
• £1,000 financing from VAULT Festival towards the costs of presenting your show as part of the Pleasance’s Edinburgh Fringe Programme in 2019
• Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme
• Industry mentoring and support from VAULT Festival to support you during your Edinburgh Festival run
How to Apply
All theatre and children’s productions presented as part of the VAULT Festival 2019 are eligible, and further information on how to nominate your show will be circulated by VAULT Festival in early-2019.
“A major London festival … showcasing new and rising talent” Ladykiller, The Thelmas 6 The Independent Young Pleasance Edinburgh Residential Support for Support People Young
The Red Shoes, Young Pleasance 2018 What is it?
Each year Young Pleasance creates a company of young aspiring creatives (performers and non- performers). The company specialise in large-scale ensemble work, creating dynamic and original shows with high production values and runs for two weeks at the Fringe. Having staged original productions for the Fringe for the last 24 years, the company has launched the careers of many performers, writers, directors and technicians.
Who is it for?
Participants aged 16-21 interested in both on and off-stage theatre roles.
What do you get?
The Edinburgh Residential Company gives young performers and backstage crew a professional theatre experience, creating a large-scale production, before and during the largest arts festival in the world. “Young Pleasance is
How to Apply Extraordinary”
Submissions are open. For more information visit British Theatre Guide pleasance.co.uk/yp Deadline to apply: “Superbly 10am Wednesday 12th December 2018 multi- talented” Scotsman
“Breathtakingly skilful ensemble” 7 BBC Scotland What is it? XYP is an initiative designed to offer emerging theatre XYP: Young Pleasance makers, previously participants of Young Pleasance, the opportunity to develop a company. We provide the vital and tailored support they need to produce their first piece of work at the Fringe. Graduate Company Who is it for? Theatre companies where at least 40% of the company “We can say without a shred of doubt must have come directly from our Young Pleasance in our minds that the most influential, programme. instrumental and galvanising step in the
Support for Support People Young creation of our theatre company was being What do you get? granted the status of Young Pleasance • Up to £5,000 financing from the Pleasance towards Graduate Company 2018.” the cost of presenting your show at the Fringe. This may be used to cover Fringe registration, brochure fees, Clay Party, XYP Company 2018 accommodation, travel expenses and production costs • Guaranteed inclusion within our Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme • PR support and additional marketing presence as part of our Pleasance Futures campaigns • Mentorship, support and advice leading up to and during the Fringe • Rehearsal and development space • Sharing and work space at our London theatre • Support to develop and deliver accessible performances (including the provision of captioned performances) as part of your run • A programming option in our London transfer run post- Fringe
How to Apply Submissions will open via our website in January 2019. Our Man In Havana, Spies Like Us 8 What is it?
The Scottish Drama Training Network (SDTN) is a unique organisation of Scottish colleges and Scottish Drama higher education institutions, offering support and enhancement opportunities. Since 2017 SDTN, in partnership with the Pleasance, have created an annual Graduate Production Ensemble, The Network, with Training Network the aim of creating new opportunities for Scotland’s emerging artists to work with industry professionals. Each year The Network take a fully produced large scale production to the Fringe in collaboration with a professional theatre company. Support for Support People Young Who is it for?
Recent drama graduates trained at colleges in Scotland.
What do you get?
This year, The Network will collaborate with Scottish theatre company Grid Iron, who specialise in site- specific productions. This is an opportunity for graduates from all over Scotland to be part of a fully produced, large scale theatre production at the world’s biggest arts festival, benefiting from this experience at a key stage of transition from college to career, with accommodation covered, to overcome some of the barriers to participation.
How to Apply
Please visit the SDTN website for further information on how to attend their development workshops, auditions and interviews: sdtn.org
“Being part of the Fringe was a wonderful opportunity to get exposure to other work and other artists, which was an opportunity many ensemble members had not had previously and would not have had without being part of the ensemble.”
Briana Pregado, Propeller, STDN 9 The Network Independent Researcher What is it?
The Popcorn Writing Award from Popcorn Group celebrates writing excellence, fearless work which Popcorn playfully and artistically questions and addresses current affairs, societal trends and contributes positively to public debate. The Popcorn Group with the Pleasance Theatre seeks to support writers and artists inciting, igniting and challenging the status quo Writing Award through innovative and thought-provoking theatre. Who is it for?
Post-Edinburgh Post-Edinburgh Opportunities To be eligible to receive this award you need to be premiering a new piece of text-based theatre (New Writing) as part of our 2019 Edinburgh Fringe programme.
What do you get?
• The credited writer of the winning production will receive the The Popcorn Writing Award - a £2,500 cash prize to support the writers career.
How to Apply
All productions presented as part of the Pleasance 2019 Fringe Programme are eligible, and plays submitted to the Pleasance shall be eligible for the Popcorn Writing Award, unless the applicant elects otherwise. The winning submission for 2019 will be announced at the end of the 2019 Festival.
“We are excited to be working with the Pleasance in championing and supporting bold and thought-provoking new material which questions and challenges the status quo.” Charlotte Colbert and Jessica Malik Popcorn Group 10 What is it?
VAULT Festival’s Pick of Pleasance Edinburgh Pick of Award gives a company in the Pleasance’s 2019 Fringe programme the opportunity to transfer their show to London’s VAULT Festival in 2020. Pleasance This is part of a reciprocal award whereby the Pleasance and VAULT Festival identify and support exciting productions to transfer between our festivals.
Edinburgh Who is it for? Post-Edinburgh Opportunities To be eligible to receive this award you need to have presented a theatre or children’s show as part of our programme, be available to perform during the VAULT Festival.
What do you get?
• £1,000 cash investment from the Pleasance towards the costs of presenting your show as part of VAULT Festival 2020
• Guaranteed inclusion in VAULT Festival 2020
• Industry mentoring and support from the Pleasance to support you during your VAULT Festival run
How To Apply?
All productions presented as part of the Pleasance 2019 Fringe Programme are eligible and further information on how to nominate your show will “The epitome of underground be shared in mid-2019. theatre… a cavernous treasure trove… the spirit of the Fringe is alive, well and thriving in SE1.” A Younger Theatre on VAULT Festival 11 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme
Submissions for our programme are now open! You can find out more information about bringing a show as part of our programme by visiting: pleasance.co.uk/perform
Please note that applying for the opportunities contained within this document does not automatically enter you to be considered for our Fringe programme as a whole. Therefore, if you would like to bring a show to the Fringe, please do make a separate submission.