Camden Fringe Pod

We chat to Griffin Jenkins who programmed the Camden Fringe shows at The Cockpit this year and also produced his own show. We discuss the important things to companies to present to get themselves considered seriously by a venue and future plans for The Cockpit. We also go a bit true crime and talk about Jack the Ripper, as all podcasts must do at some point.As a bonus Zena's daughter Meredith reviews a couple of shows for us.More information about The Cockpit - theatre of ideas and disruptive panache... https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/More information about Out Of Office Theatre, Griffin's company that recently produced Ripper at Camden and Edinburgh Fringes https://www.oootheatre.com/More info on the Camden Fringe www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Another mid-Camden Fringe episode and we are beginning to lose our minds. I tell you who'd have something to say about that: Sigmund Freud. So it's very appropriate we are talking to 3 of the creatives behind A Series of Introductory Lectures On Psychoanalysis: The Musical which plays at the Camden Fringe on the 20th - 24th of August 2024 at the Kings Head.Alex Rawnsley is the writer, Harriet Gill is the director and Isobel Connolly is the musical director of this new musical and we have a great chat with them and include a couple of extracts from the shows. Exciting!Musketeer Productions: https://www.instagram.com/musketeer_productionsTickets for the show: https://camdenfringe.com/events/a-series-of-introductory-lectures-on-psychoanalysis-the-musical/More info on the Camden Fringe www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/

By some sort of magic we've managed to make a podcast in the first week of the actual Camden Fringe actually happening. We have a short but sweet chat with James Mackenzie who is the director of Zoo Venues at the Edinburgh Fringe and also a lighting designer. We speak to James about supporting and programming dance shows at fringe venues and festivals.Zoo online: https://zoofestival.co.uk/More info on James' Lighting Design: http://www.jamesmackenzielighting.co.uk/ All about the Camden Fringe www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/

It's our final episode of the Camden Fringe Pod before the 2024 Camden Fringe starts. And to help us out with all those last minute technical matters we're talking to Richard Williamson.Richard trained at LAMDA in Stage Management in Technical Theatre. Richard is a lighting designer and theatre consultant based in London who has work extensively at Edinburgh Fringe and is also on the board of trustees at the Kings Head Theatre, although we failed to ask him anything about that! This is quite a practial episode useful for everyone who is about to put a show on an actual stage for the first time.More information about Richard: richard-williamson.comMore info on the Camden Fringe www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/

We talk to James Seabright about being a producer. James has 25 years of experience in producing live theatre, with an emphasis on touring shows around the UK and internationally, as well as productions in various venues both on and off West End in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe. He's also written a book about this. See the link below.We also try and talk about football and politics in this episode to keep it topical. This isn't entirely successful.Useful links:Seabright Live https://www.seabright.org/So You Want To Be A Theatre Producer by James Seabright http://www.producerbook.co.uk/The Accidental Producer - How Anyone Can Get Their Show on Stage by Tim Johanson https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/accidental-producer-9781350338357/UK Theatre Producers Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/uktheatreproducersMore info on the Camden Fringe www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Our guest this week is Danielle Scott who self produced her one woman show Sex, Drugs & Hairy Bumholes at the Camden Fringe in 2023. We catch up with Danielle one year on to find out how the show - now titled Sour Candi - has developed ahead of it's run at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, and what she has learnt along the way.This episode was recorded and published 2 days ahead of the UK General Election so we are a bit excited about that too.For more Danielle you can find her online atInsta: @__danielle__scott__X: @_danielle_scottSour Candi preview at the Canal Café: https://canalcafetheatre.com/our-shows/sour-candi/Sour Candi at EdFringe: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sour-candiMore info on Directors Cut: https://directorscuttheatre.co.uk/More info on the Camden Fringe www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/

We talk to Emily Hunter and Gemma Green, the co-founder of Moonstone Theatre who are bringing their show Enough. to the Camden Fringe following an award winning run at the Greater Manchester Fringe is 2023.We find out about the inspiration behind the show, the challenges of moving a show away from your home town to a new festival and pick up some great marketing tips.You can find out more about Moonstone here (check out the merch in their shop) https://www.moonstonetheatre.co.uk/about.Tickets for Enough. which is performed at the Lion and Unicorn 8-10 August at 7pm https://camdenfringe.com/events/enough/More info on the Camden Fringe www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/

In this epsiode we speak to Oli Gordon who is the Professional Licensing Manager at Concord. Concord Theatricals provides the UK arts sector with theatrical licensing with a huge catalogue of works including scripts by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Harold Pinter and Rodgers & Hammerstein. If you want to put on an existing piece of work, at an amateur or professional level, then you'll need to get permission to do this from a company like Concord. Oli helps us to undersand the best way to approach this and addresses some common misconceptions. It was great to break down the mystique of theatrical rights (and wrongs),Concord Theatricals website: https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/More info on the Camden Fringe https://www.camdenfringe.comOur music is by: https://www.purple-planet.com/