Festival/Event Management

Festival & Event Management Portfolio

Example technical requirements application from artist

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Assembly Festival 2012

Intern to Technical Director

Following Production Management at the Roundhouse I was offered a placement assisting the Technical team in the get in, get out, and festival production where I witnessed first-hand what it meant to put together and take apart 13 venues from scratch.

Daily responsibilities included:

Delivering notices to Assembly Venue Crew
Organising casual workers for get in/get out
Minute-taking when meeting with Edinburgh Council
Organising Venue Assets
Assistant Stage Managing in various venues
General admin/office work assisting Technical Administrator

Assembly are committed to programming and producing exceptional international work, which meant I was able to meet artists and learn about their practices, especially when put under the pressure-cooker that is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Venue Asset Form

(assembled for Assembly Technical Staff)

Accidental Festival 2012

Deputy Production Manager

Take 21 young producers and let them takeover the Roundhouse and you get the Accidental Festival 2012. The second year BA Theatre Practice Performance Arts students of Royal Central School of Speech & Drama produce a four-day festival every year in established venues across London.

AF2012 saw the eigth Festival with over 300 artists across four venues programmed, produced, and executed all by students. As Deputy Production Manager I liaised with all areas of programming and production to deliver information to the Roundhouse staff. With a technical team of over 30 volunteers, we managed the budgets, equipment, get ins and get outs, as well as changovers and operation of acts.

13 venues across 3 areas of Edinburgh's Old Town

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Fire Evacuation Procedures

(assembled for Assembly Staff with Sygma Safety & Events Ltd.)

Props sourced and constructed

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Twin Peaks Festival 2012

Production Coordinator and Front of House

In 18 hours, four colleagues put together the trailer parks and diner of Twin Peaks, Washington, in the upstairs of Riverside Studios, London,

With a props budget of £100 and one day to create the design, we executed and delivered a unique gathering that immersed audience with stars from the series who talked about their time and met fans for autographs, coffee, and donuts, but not after witnessing the David Lynchian Burlesque of The Double R Club.

Oracle #cloudworld Event

ExCel London - by Smyle

Registration Host

I did my first corporate event this past May with Oracle, run by Smyle Event Management and Production. As Registration host I checked in all clients including speakers and the President of Oracle, was a point of contact for the Stage Management team to the clients and Smyle Team, and made sure all sessions and plenaries started on time by coordinating clients around the venue.

"Even though the client appeared to be quite stressed at times, because you were your usual professional calm self, we have had excellent feedback!"

- Sarah Poole, Event Manager, Smyle