3guk Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Hey Guys, Just wondered if anyone was working at the fringe festival this year ? Pretty sure I am working up there, and just wondered if anyone was up for a meet at some point ?? Could offer lifts if anyone needed it from manchester on the 19th of July too. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Q Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 For the second year in a row (and first time ever in my Edinburgh Fringe history) I will be working in the same venue, which will be Assembly @ St George's West, at the West End of Prince's Street. Just discovered we not only have one huge venue, but they crept in a drama space without thinking we would notice... Will be up there from 19th July, building the thing... Definitely should be a Blue Room meet up! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Cunningham Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 :( For the second year in a row (and first time ever in my Edinburgh Fringe history) I will be working in the same venue, which will be Assembly @ St George's West, at the West End of Prince's Street. Just discovered we not only have one huge venue, but they crept in a drama space without thinking we would notice... Will be up there from 19th July, building the thing... Definitely should be a Blue Room meet up! :) Where on earth are they going to stick another space into SGW? For the 3rd year running I'm doing the American High Schools Theatre Festival at the Church Hill Theatre in Morningside & like as not the Assembly fit up. The Church Hill is almost unique on the Fringe as it's a proper theatre, used year-round by the Am-drams not a broom-cupboard conversion. The refurb is almost complete as well so I can stop climbing over the joiners & sparkies downstairs. Nearly 11 months to do the work and they manage to run it right into the last 3-weeks - typical Council. As I live just outside Edinburgh I get the bonus of sleeping in my own bed in my own house (thank god for night buses ;) ) A Blue Room meet sounds damn fine to me! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Just thought I'd add a quick note to say that I'm going to be based up in Edinburgh for the first few weeks of the festival to provide backup and technical support for any Zero88 products at the festival. If your venue is using a Zero88 desk, please drop me an email (pkirkup@zero88.com) and let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamtastic3 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Is there any places left in the Fringe for LX ops, designers, riggers, etc in places like the Underbelly, C Venues, Gilded Balloon etc? I'm just asking because I'm working partially in the daytime, programming and making sure LX things are fine in my usual venue (yeah a nightclub to say the worst!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieR Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Is there any places left in the Fringe for LX ops, designers, riggers, etc in places like the Underbelly, C Venues, Gilded Balloon etc? Check out the forums on the Fringe website. There is one specifically for 'staff wanted'. Bear in mind that a lot of groups are looking for techs for free and that the rates of pay from the venues are usually pretty low. This has been driven by the fact that a lot of techs look to do the Fringe for the kudos factor rather than trying to earn a decent months pay! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Q Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 solus-ts.... Candlish Hall - the room we liked to store all our flightcases in... not sure where they are going to go instead, or where the production office will be, as no doubt it will become a dressing room for the space.... All good fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beware Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I will be racing up and down between Greenside and Blueside (another American High School Venue), opping, troubleshooting and probably running box offices too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3guk Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Pretty sure C-Venues are still looking for techs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beware Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Actually, since you mention it, I need a tech manager for week 2 (and a little before for a run down of gear), as I'm having to travel back down to work (not enough holiday for the whole month). It wont pay, but food and accomodation can be provided, and my Venue manager can be pretty generous in the pub... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lyall Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 if all goes well, I might just be there... making tea for floating earth.... hey, its better then nothing! simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 "Break a leg", everybody - hope you all have a great festival, whatever you wind up doing in that most fabulous of cities, at the artistic highpoint of its year :) Just don't forget to read this thread before you sign up to anything; along with this one, if they even so much as mention the word "drive"... :) ...and have a Search through the Safety forum (especially) for things like heights, helmet, ladders, tallescope, noise, etc... You know... all those boring little things that can put you in hospital (and court) if you ignore them and it all goes pear-shaped :( ...and don't forget that you are probably not really "employed on a freelance basis and therefore responsible for your own Tax & National Insurance", unless you have at least registered as self-employed with the Inland Revenue; before doing which, you would be well-advised to engage the services of a professional accountant and start shopping around for some Public Liability Insurance. Forearmed is forewarned (or something like that) :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilT Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I'll be working in an 'established' :) venue for the Festival (and before and after it I suppose). Richard I'll be seeing for definite, not sure about anyone else..... The Traverse Bar may feature in my plans though, see you there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I'm looking forward to the Traverse, seems rather 'civilised' compared to the rest of the Fringe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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