As a co-producer, one of my most important responsibilities is to source funding for our play. However before I can do this, I needed to figure out how much funding we would actually require in order to produce the show. Therefore Charlie and I drew up both an actual budget and a real life budget, pictured below.
Real Life
Actual
As you can see, Charlie and I plan to raise £150 via crowd funding, our website of choice for this being Indiegogo.
As we begin the module that will lead us to our last performance of university, I have been asked to fulfill the roles of Co-Producer and Assistant Director in order to assist both the Producer and Director with the many tasks and responsibilities they have. The role of Co-Producer is something entirely new to me and it will no doubt take some getting used to – I personally prefer to be on the stage rather than part of the production team but I feel like this may be something that I could potentially excel at; only time will tell I expect.
Assistant Director is, on the other hand, a position I am much more familiar with. I have never myself been an AD but I am aware of the general roles and duties they must perform in order to aid the Director. I predict that the importance of my role as AD will increase as we come closer to the end of the process and have a script to work from. The roles of Railcard Theatre are as follows:
Zach Begg – Co-Producer/Assistant Director
Rebecca Bierton – Health and Safety Officer/Choreographer
Emily Cooksey – Stage Manager
Chloe Harrison – Director
Chris O’Donoghue – Lighting Designer
Chris Petit – Marketing Director
Emma Rewse – Costume Designer
Lauren Towell – Set Designer
Charlie Watts – Co-Producer/Sound Designer
Laura Welberry – Hair and Make-Up Artist