Northern Stage – Edinburgh 2015 info
Summer 2014 saw us embark on our most ambitious Edinburgh venture to date. We moved across town to our new venue, King's Hall, and in addition to supporting more artists than ever before from the North of England, we also broadened our programme to include artists from elsewhere in the UK. The ethos remained the same though; we want to create the conditions for artists to take their work to Edinburgh without unsustainable financial risk. 2015 will see us continue to build on our success.
BACKGROUND
The motivation behind our Edinburgh venue is the desire to create the conditions for artists to take their work to Edinburgh without unsustainable financial risk. The offer we make reflects this and though we take a first call on the box office this is purely to cover cost, we ask for no venue fee and crucially there are no re-charges. For the previous 3 years we have been in receipt of additional funding towards the Edinburgh project, this funding however came to an end in 2014 so we are now running the project through our core funding. This change has meant that we have had to alter slightly the offer we give out to artists but central to that offer continues to be sharing the financial risk.
EDINBURGH 2015 OFFER
· Tech support – inc. a team to op/run your show, dedicated tech time, and generous get-in/get-out time
· Marketing support – leading up to and during the festival. We also take a small team of volunteers with us who, amongst other duties, act as our street team
· Press support – we engage an agency to make sure we get the best press coverage possible
· Print run – inc. a run of posters and flyers
· No venue fee/recharges
Unlike in previous years, there is no accommodation as part of the 2015 offer. To help balance out this change we will be lowering the first call on box office receipts so that you can start making money sooner.
DATES & DEADLINES
· Monday 24 November at 12pm – deadline for submissions to Northern Stage Edinburgh Fringe programme
· Wednesday 17 December – notification sent to all companies as to whether or not they have made the long-list. This is usually done via email but we may call you.
· Friday 16 January – short-list decided and notification given to all companies. This is usually done via phone call.
· Friday 6 February – a day at Northern Stage for all companies who are part of the Edinburgh 2015 programme. It is important that a representative from each company is present at this day as it will be an opportunity to talk through all details of how the venue is run as well as go through the technical set-up of the venue. At this point we will also be able to give you the deadlines for when we will need your tech spec by and when set etc will need to be ready to go to Edinburgh.
· Friday 6 March – deadline for copy, image, run length and other show details to be sent to me in time for registration with EdFringe brochure.
· Monday 16 March to Wednesday 8 April – proofing period for EdFringe brochure. The team at Northern Stage will proof everything but you will need to make sure that one of your company is around to be able to respond to proofing requests.
· Thursday 4 June – EdFringe Programme Launch. This is when the embargo is finally lifted and you can tell everyone that you are going to Edinburgh.
· W/C 3 August – tech week at the Edinburgh venue
· Friday 7 August – official opening of Edinburgh Fringe
· Saturday 29 August – last day of the Edinburgh Fringe for the Northern Stage venue
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions for Edinburgh 2015 need to be sent to me – kcatling@northernstage.co.uk. Please do not send them to anyone else on the team as I do not want submissions slipping through the net, I would hate for anyone’s application to be mislaid. We have no set form for you to fill out but as a guideline you should include the following in your application where possible:
· Details and background about you/your company, including details of the creative team involved
· Details on what the piece is you would like to present in Edinburgh
· Any information about past work that you think might be relevant
· Any footage or images you can provide of the piece you are submitting or of any past work
· Why you want to go to Edinburgh and what you want to achieve
· Dates and venues of any showings/performances you are doing of the submitted piece or existing work
· Contact details