Performing Art Business

List five performing art organisation 

• Costume hire companies 
• Ticket agencies 
• The Audience agency 
• Arts &Business 
• White light 

Production companies and venues 

Producing houses

Receiving houses 

Arts centres 

Film and TV

Education outreach 

Arts administration 

The Arts Council 

Business-based sponsors 

Marketing organisation 

Equity 

Broadcast Entertainment 

Casting agencies 

Services and hire companies 

Hire companies e.g lighting , Theaterssounds, scenic equipment

Audio Hire 

Flint Hire & Supply 

Production companies and venues

What is a producing house?

A producing house is a theatre which produces its own shows inTheatres house. which do not produce their own material are known as receiving houses. The term is generally used only in connection to plays, or opera, or dance. Musical performances are rarely considered a production of a particular theater.

What is a receiving house?

A receiving house (sometimes called a roadhouse) is a theatre which does not produce its own repertoire but instead receives touring theatre companies, usually for a brief period such as three nights or a full week. The incoming company may receive a share of the box office takings or a minimum guaranteed payment.

What is an arts centre?

An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for musical performance, workshop areas, educational facilities, technical equipment, etc.

Two theatre companies 

Adelphi Theatre 

The Adelphi Theater is a 1500-seat West End theater, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster. The present building is the fourth at the location. The theater has specialised in comedy and musical theater, today it is a receiving house for a variety of productions, including many musicals. The Adelphi Theater was Grade II listed for historical preservation on 1 December 1987.

History -It was founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil ("Without Compare"), by merchant John Scott, and his daughter Jane (1770–1839). Jane was a British theatre manager, performer, and playwright. Together, they gathered a theatrical company and by 1809 the theatre was licensed for musical entertainments, pantomime, and burletta. She wrote more than fifty stage pieces in an array of genres: melodramas, pantomimes, farces, comic operettas, historical dramas, and adaptations, as well as translations. 

The Old Vic 

The Old Vic programme encompasses invigorating new writing; works that engage with a wide social conversation; nurturing new musicals, mounting passionate revivals and famous old plays; experimentation with quirky, eye-opening and challenging pieces; and family shows and pantomimes. In addition, we work with over 10,000 people each year of all ages and backgrounds to unlock creative intelligence through school projects, employability schemes and community engagement.

History-The Old Vic, as it is now known, first opens on 11 May 1818 at a cost of £12,000 with design by architect Rudolph Cabanel. Building work had commenced two years earlier after Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales laid the foundation stone. Some of the material for the new theatre, named the Royal Coburg, is recycled from the original Savoy Palace on the Strand.2003 -An announcement confirms that The Old Vic will once again become a producing house, with Kevin Spacey appointed the first Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company.

Job roles for Performing Arts Industry  

Performers 

Actor

Singer 

Dancer 

Musician

Arts administration

Producer 

Production manager 

Funding offer 

Box office staff

Front-of-house

Marketing director  

Production roles  

Technical director

Stage manager 

Set designer 

Lighting operator 

Sound Engineer 

Wardrobe manager 

Scenery constructor 

Theatre outreach worker 

Director 

Choreographer

Arts administration and Production roles:

 What does a deputy stage manager do?

The role of the deputy stage manager [DSM] is extremely varied, having one foot with backstage crew and one foot with the director and actors attending every rehearsal and performance. 

Deputy Stage Managers do everything from get ins and outs, light and sound riggings, calling the show, writing show reports to dealing with any problems the cast or crew might have. Day are long and there are always production meetings to attend, props to make and sets to build. The Deputy Stage Manager may have previously worked as an Assistant Stage Manager and naturally progresses to Deputy Stage Manager, then Stage Manager, Company Stage Manager and Production Manager but a good knowledge of ASM duties is a useful base for many other broader theatre career paths.

What does an artistic director do?

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization.

The Artistic Director is responsible for conceiving, developing, and implementing the artistic vision and focus of the organization, and for major decisions about the ongoing development of the aesthetic values and activities, after extensive consultation with the chief administrative officer.

What does a marketing director do?

A marketing manager is someone who manages the marketing of a business or product. They can be responsible for several services or products, or be in charge of a single product. A marketing manager needs to have an outgoing, gregarious, and spontaneous nature.

The head of a company’s marketing department is the marketing director. In this role, marketing directors are responsible for strategizing and implementing the organization’s marketing campaigns. They see to it that the marketing projects are not only finished on time but bring in profit for the firm or the client. Marketing directors may either work in-house for a corporation or as a marketing director for a marketing agency handling various clients.

What does a production manager do? 

Production Managers organize the business, finance and employment issues in film and television productions. As a Production Manager, you would be in charge of how the production budget is spent and making sure that everything runs smoothly during filming.

As a production manager, you'll be involved with the planning, coordination and control of manufacturing processes. You'll make sure goods and services are produced efficiently and that the correct amount is produced at the right cost and level of quality.

Job roles in categories 
Performers
Director 
Artistic director 

Dance 
Singer 
Actor 
Arts Administration 
Front house/box office manager 
Deputy stage manager 
crew 
Administor/finance manager 
Company manager/company stage manager 
Production manager 
Production roles 
Scenic painter 
props master 
lighting design

costume designer 

Sound technician
Set design


Organisation 

The Arts council 
We invest public money including National Lottery money to help bring great art and culture to everyone. Because it’s your money, it’s very important that we can give an honest account of every penny spent. But none of the funding, or advice, or development, or policy we’ve helped shape, would be possible without a large number of very dedicated people. 

It’s equally important we recognise their contribution to making great art and culture for everyone a reality.Over the next three years we'll invest £1.1 billion of public money from Government and an estimated £700 million from the National Lottery to help create great art and culture for everyone, everywhere. 

Equity 

Equity is the UK trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners. As a leading industry organisation, Equity is known and respected nationally and internationally for the work we do with, and on behalf of, our members working across all areas of the entertainment industry.

 Being part of Equity gives members a voice in these places. The union has a team of full-time staff in offices across the UK who have a wealth of experience and expertise when it comes to advice and representation. They are able to deal with the issues raised by members working in all areas of the industry whether it be a major feature film, a theatre in education show, radio voice overs, a circus act or any other live or recorded work.

The National Theatre 

The work we make strives to be as open, as diverse, as collaborative and as national as possible.Much of that new work is researched and developed at the New Work Department: are committed to nurturing innovative work from new writers, directors, creative artists and performers.Equally, we are committed to education, with a wide-ranging Learning programme for all ages in our new Clore Learning Centre and in schools and communities across the UK.

Spotlight 
Spotlight connects performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions. Casting professionals choose Spotlight to cast their projects because performers on Spotlight are recognised as the industry’s best. Spotlighters are a diverse bunch. But everyone here is passionate about television, film and theatre - from our developers and product teams to our studio teams, our events team to our customer support team, our finance and data teams to our membership and publishing teams.
We know the industry inside out and use this knowledge to support our members. We're motivated by bringing people together, helping actors to get cast and casting directors to find the right performer for every role. 

In what way could you fund your own performing arts organisation? 

Research 

o Find out as much information as possible about the venues/companies that you wish to contact,  before getting in touch with them. For example, the size of the venue, the work they have been involved with over the last two years, the types of audience they attract.

o If a venue has presented similar work to yours, find out which promoter or organisation produced it and add them to your list.

o Your research should enable you to narrow down the list of promoters/organisations you are going to contact to those that you know are interested in your type of work and/or are interested in work from your country or region.

o There are different types of research that may be appropriate to your goals. It may take the form of Internet research, consulting publications, networking, telephone or face-to-face conversations or writing.

Develop relationships

o Networking and meeting people face-to-face is an excellent way of establishing contacts and finding out who you should be talking to and how. Look out for networking events that you could attend and consider joining networks specific to your interests. 

o Building relationships of trust and respect with these contacts are crucial.

  o If you succeed in performing in the UK, make sure you invite other promoters to the performance, even if it is just at the ideas stage

o Be ready to negotiate; you need to be clear as to your basic needs (travel, fees, staffing,  accommodation etc).

Getting in touch

o Include a brief outline of the technical specifications of a performance: for example, information on  the size of the space needed, the area/height required for sets, the number of people travelling, lighting requirements, sound. Have more details available should a promoter ask for further information.

o An early visit by someone in your company to the venue is useful if at all possible.
 o Include photographs and printed material to give visual appeal and colour to your work.
o Your letter or email should be clear, enthusiastic and brief; avoid exaggeration and hype.
o Include all your contact details - make it easy for someone to get in touch with you.

Different types of funding for performing arts organisation 

Public Funding - This is when organisation receive funding from a government based organisation like the Arts Council or a regional arts broad. 

Private Funding - This is when organisation receive funding privately. This could be in the form business sponsorship.

Commercial funding -This is when organisation are able to make money from things like merchandise and ticket sale in order to fund themselves.


The National Theatre 

• Is the NT a producing or receiving house? 

National theatre is receiving house, they're working with some of the world’s greatest theatre-makers to make around 25 new productions for our stages each year and In 2016 they're staged 35 productions, employing 508 actors, 131 musicians.

• How is the NT funding? 

The NT had a better than expected financial outturn for 15/16 due to strong box office income and continued support from generous donors. We face a challenging landscape of declining revenues from transferred productions and, whilst some decisions have been taken to reduce costs, we will rely more than ever on support from our donors and self-generated revenue.

• What is the Arts council and how much do they provide the NT?

60% of our income came from ticket sales for live theatre and our Arts Council grant represented 15% of total income.They're earned £6.4m from our commercial transfers and generated a surplus on unrestricted operations after designations of £5.5m.

• Who is the Artistic Director of the NT theatre?

Ben Power is the Artistic director of the National theatre 

• What kind of theatre have the NT produced in the past?

The National Theatre Archive is a treasure trove of material, encompassing all of the creative, technical and administrative records of the National Theatre. The Archive is open to everyone by appointment. 

Acting 
What training is required to be an actor?
There are no formal education requirements to become an actor but a bachelor's degree in theater arts, drama, acting and performing, may be helpful in learning technical skills. Experience is of great importance in this career, as experience leads to bigger and higher paying roles.

Skills an actor needs include creativity, speaking skills, literacy and reading skills, memorization, physical stamina, persistence, discipline, dedication, and ability to communicate with a wide variety of people.An actor communicates a character or situations to an audience through speech, body language and movement. This usually involves interpreting the work of a writer under the instruction and support of a director, although some work may require the actor to devise a character or improvise the reactions of a character to a situation.

Drama schools 

Course: E15, BA Acting 

Length of the course: Three years course 

What student study on the course 
Year 1: 
the first year focuses on introductory acting, voice, articulation, singing and movement. You explore your own individual creativity and responsiveness to other actors. 
During your first year you will:

• Develop skills in observation and self-assessment
• Create individual character studies
• Learn to re-create through reflection, research and improvisation
• Understand how to act and react to emotional upheaval through a wide variety of texts

Year 2:

Your second year focuses on a variety of texts and acting styles while continuing to develop character. We put emphasis on integrating vocal, movement and singing skills into a role and the opportunity to build your own characters independently is combined with honing these technical skills. During your second year you will:

• Adapt to the demands of different projects and directors
• Take responsibility for your own creative work
• Experience a range of challenging roles, from nineteenth-century naturalism to the textual and psychological complexity of Shakespeare, as well as Brechtian cabaret and Commedia dell’Arte
• Develop your skills for television, film and radio acting

Year 3

Your third year focuses on understanding the demands of professional performance industries before you graduate. You deliver a wide variety of plays to extend your performance repertoire as well as work with experienced industry professionals in recorded media. Productions enable you to develop advanced acting skills as well as to understand the research demands and commitment required for different roles, and place a strong emphasis on actor contribution within the ensemble.

• Audition technique
• CV and letter writing
• Tax and self-employment
• Marketing and promoting yourself as an actor

Course: Alra, BA Acting 

Length of the course: Three years course 

What student study on the course:

• Building Performance – Devised Work and Scene Study; you will work on a variety of texts – Shakespeare, Greek, C19th Realism, American Classic, Tragedy, TV Comedy, Contemporary writers. 
• Acting Studies –  Acting Technique, Screen Acting, Acting for Radio, Improvisation, Skills building.
• Voice Studies – Voicing Text, Technical Voice, Articulation and RP, Choral.
• Movement Studies –  Creative Movement, Body, Movement Studies, Period Movement and Dance, Combat.
• Contextual Studies –  Text Analysis & Preparation, Voice Physiology, Physical Theatre Practices, Musicianship, Critiquing, Professional Practice and Industry Opportunities.

 Jobs Roles

Performers 

Actor -Interpreting others' words in order to bring a script to life, and to put flesh and blood on characters and also use speech, movement and expression to bring characters to life in theatre, film, television and radio.

There are no formal education requirements to become an actor but a bachelor's degree in theatre arts, drama, acting and performing, may be helpful in learning technical skills. Experience is of great importance in this career, as experience leads to bigger and higher paying roles. Skills an actor needs include creativity, speaking skills, literacy and reading skills, memorization, physical stamina, persistence, discipline, dedication, and ability to communicate with a wide variety of people.

A good start to a professional stage acting career often begins in high school or college productions, where students get experience working on and around a stage and become familiar with acting terms and concepts. It's possible to begin stage work by attending an open audition and getting cast for a role on the basis of the audition performance, but a resume showing previous experience on the stage will be helpful.

Dancer -

Dancers use movement to perform for live audiences or in recorded performances.Dance is a performance art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture. Dance can be categorised and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin.

Most dancers start their training before adolescence and audition for full-time work by the age of 18. Even after a dancer finds employment, training must continue throughout the dancer's entire career. Many students attend dance training programs in their teens. Private dance or performing arts schools and colleges can provide the experience needed to join a professional dance company. To gain acceptance into an advanced dance school, students often must participate in a summer workshop, which can serve as an audition for a full-time dance training academy,