Various dates, Derby Theatre,
Bridging the gap between training and the industry, The Optimists supports the artistic careers of the future. The programme offers artistic inspiration and practical support. China Plate runs a series of structured sessions focussing on collaboration, developing artistic practice and the practicalities of making, funding and marketing work.The legacy of each programme is a new self-supporting network of theatre makers with their own identities.In Good Company have teamed up with China Plate to deliver an Optimists training course right here in the East Midlands, this course will include the following modules
What is a producer?
Budgets and Expenditure
Income
Fundrasing
Marketing – Audiences and how to reach them
Marketing –Press and social media
Venues and theatre: getting your work through the door.
Company Management
Working Inclusively
Festivals
This course is delivered in two sessions per day (10-5), and you must be available for all of the sessions, the dates are;
Wed March 28th
Fri April 13th
Fri April 27th
Saturday May 12th
Mon May 14th
Recent graduates have gone on to win Herald Angel Awards, Ideas Tap Awards and National Student Drama Festival Awards. Graduates in previous years have gone on to create award-winning productions including Bitch Boxer by Charlotte Josephine (Soho Young Writers Award) and Bound by Bare Trap (Fringe First Award, Herald Angel Award, Adelaide Critics Circle Award, Off West End Award and many more).
This workshop is presented by The Big House. Big House is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is aimed at developing your company as a business. We help you develop new audiences, identify funding opportunities, boost your profile with venues and develop your company into a sustainable business.
