producing your own work

How to produce your own work – part 5: casting

In the fifth post in her series on producing your own show, Kimberley Andrews sheds some light on casting: how do you go about finding actors? What should you expect from them? What are the pitfalls of asking people to work for free? Firstly, lets assume you and your director have agreed you’ll have some …

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How to produce your own work – part 4: Building your team

   Kimberley Andrews continues her series on producing her own show.  In her fourth post, she talks about how to build your team, what to expect from a director and the benefits of bringing other people on board… So, by this point, I had material, a venue and I had figured out that putting my …

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How to produce your own work – Part 3: Budgets & Profit

In the third post of the series about bringing her own writing to the stage, Kimberley Andrews talks money: can you produce a show without breaking the bank and should you dare to dream of making a profit? Producing my own show was many things: it was a small glimpse in to what it might be …

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How to produce your own work – Part 2: Finding a venue

Kimberley Andrews continues her quest to bring her own writing to the stage, sharing her top tips along the way. In the second post of the series, she looks at venues: how to find them, what to expect from them and when to run away screaming. In my case, finding a venue required looking no …

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How to produce your own work – Part 1: Getting started

Tired of rejection letters and fed up of waiting for someone else to produce her work, Kimberley Andrews decided to bite the bullet and bring her own writing to the stage. But where to start? In the first of an eight part series, she relates the trials and torments of self-producing, sharing her Dos and …

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