ARTIST RESOURCES

Our Live Q&A answering questions all about applying to be part of VAULT Festival 2023, with our Director & Co-Founder Andy George, and Head of Programming Bec Martin.

On Wednesday 2nd November 2022 we hosted our Digital Meet & Greet event for artists bringing a show to VAULT Festival 2023. It was an opportunity for the VAULT Festival Team to introduce ourselves, talk through important aspects of the festival, provide insight into what bringing a show to the festival involves, and answer a few questions.

Our Live Q&A answering all your questions about applying for VAULT Festival

Every show is different - join us at a talk about the basics of budgeting and cash-flow for a show, along with lots of useful tips for budgeting a show specifically at VAULT Festival.

Join the VAULT Festival Senior Producer in a workshop on how to budget and manage the cash-flow of a fringe show. There will also be some general advice on fundraising.

Learn how to crowdfund your next project from Greenlit, a British-based crowdfunding platform designed specifically for creatives. In the session, Greenlit will take you through the process of pitching your project, creating your page, and using crowdfunding to expand and mobilise your existing network.

Learn how to crowdfund your next project from Greenlit, a Birtish-based crowdfunding platform designed specifically for creatives. In this introductory session, Greenlit will guide you through the key concepts behind running a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Learn how to crowdfund your next project from Greenlit, a British-based crowdfunding platform designed specifically for creatives. In the session, Greenlit will take you through the process of pitching your project, creating your page, and using crowdfunding to expand and mobilise your existing network.

What is a press release and how do you write one? Do you need to hire a PR? And what are the next steps once your reviews are out? In this workshop we'll bust some of the myths around getting press into your show, and walk through the whole process of creating your press strategy: from tickets going on sale, right through to thinking about a life for your production beyond VAULT Festival.

Tax is an unavoidable part of being a freelancer, but not as scary as it seems. Accountant Jon Harris (Accounting 4 Actors) will demystify the tax return process, talking you through all the need-to-know basics plus tips and tricks.

Tips, tricks & insights into what to expect from your tech rehearsal at VAULT Festival and how to make the most of your time. A short presentation by the VAULT Festival production team followed by a Q&A with your questions.

An online discussion with theatre critic and journalist Lyn Gardner and VAULT Festival’s Head of Programming Bec Martin, on the challenges facing early-career artists and what the future of theatre might look like. This virtual In Conversation With will include an opportunity for questions from artists.

This workshop provides practical tools and tangible take-aways, and ensures a supportive and structured space in which groups can work through difficult topics and think laterally around problems. Looking for a safe space to explore what we mean by equality, diversity and inclusion? Join us in this session to help you and your team develop an understanding around language and terminology, and learn strategies to help drive positive change in your work.

You'll receive tips on coordinating a fringe show with a focus on how to get the most out of performing at VAULT Festival. This will be helpful to you if you're a new producer or are self-producing your own work.

Producing for the first time? Or producing your own work? Join us at a workshop exploring what it is to be a producer. Learn the basics of producing and get tips on self-producing a show at VAULT Festival.

Staging Change is a grassroots artist-led organisation, which supports theatre makers responding to the climate crisis. In this workshop, you’ll find creative ways of making shows that have the biggest impact, with the smallest footprint. From the moment the idea wants to become a thing, to when it gets into the rehearsal room, to when you start telling people about it. You’ll learn the ins and outs of what it means to make theatre in the context of the climate crisis.

Join the VAULT Festival Communications Team to find out how to approach marketing your show at the festival. You'll learn all about how to identify target audiences, what techniques and tactics you can use to reach them, and how to craft a marketing strategy that will sell tickets and get audiences into your show. Plus we'll give you plenty of tips & tricks that you can use on your future projects.

Selling tickets to your show at VAULT Festival can be a daunting prospect. Learn how to be in control of your ticket sales by identifying your target audiences, understanding the best ways to reach them, and crafting a strategy that looks after your budget, and your time. This workshop also includes many tips on how to market your show to VAULT Festival audiences.

Bec Martin, VAULT Festival’s Head of Programming sits down with Dilek Latif (Talent Producer at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester) and Matt Applewhite (Managing Director at Nick Hern Books) to talk with members of the VAULT New Writers Programme.

What is a press release and do you need to write one? How do you get reviewers in to see your show? What is PR anyway? Join the VAULT Festival Communications Team in this workshop where we'll demystify the world of press and PR, and give you the tools you need to create a press and media strategy for your show. We'll take you through the whole process from tickets going on sale right through to thinking about the life of show beyond VAULT Festival 2023.

Want to make your show more sustainable and improve your environmental impact? Producer and Creative Environmental Consultant Ben Weaver-Hincks will lead an engaging workshop exploring how to embed sustainable practices into your theatre-making, regardless of the scale and budget of your production.

Considering taking a show to Edinburgh? Our panel of Fringe programmers will give you all the insights in what to expect - from applying to venues to making the most of your performances at Festival.

To celebrate their 20th year, Les Enfants Terribles discuss how they have survived and thrived over the two decades and why they want to pay this knowledge forward through opportunities for emerging artists and companies. Presented by LET Founder & Artistic Director, Oliver Lansley, and Creative Director James Seagar.

Talk and Live Q&A with BBC Studios Script Editor Josh Treacy as part of VAULT Creative Studios. Josh covers a range of topics including entry schemes, getting an agent, how to get noticed, de-mystifying writers rooms, developing original ideas with a production company, and much more!

Talk and Live Q&A with BBC Studios Script Editor Josh Treacy as part of VAULT Creative Studios. Josh covers a range of topics including entry schemes, getting an agent, how to get noticed, de-mystifying writers rooms, developing original ideas with a production company, and much more!