So, the Hans Christian Andersen project is all cast, contracts signed. I’m working on the translation/adaptations we’ll be using at the moment, we’ve got design meetings this week, it’s all systems go.
The Edinburgh show has just paid out its profits, to actors and investors alike, and we made a profit. We’re going to do it again this Christmas. How do I know? The same people who backed us for our shows up to now are already starting to back us again – these are business people, not theatre professionals. Investors are starting to put money in before we’ve even asked. Lets face it, in this current economic climate, where else are you going to get a 10% return on your money in just a matter of months, with a company that now has a track record of delivering profit on productions through the disciplined use of the model financial systems it has developed.
If you want to invest, please get in touch. If you want to see what’s going on with the Open Book revolution, buy one unit of investment so you can see how it all works behind the scenes – I’d especially encourage fringe theatre companies considering doing this as it’s a great way of getting hands on experience of our systems without the stress of running your own production.
We honestly believe that this model will not only reduce the ‘cap in hand’ attitude that companies have more often than not to take for funding , it allows us to stand on our own two feet as theatre professionals, with a business plan which marks us out as a viable profitable business too.
We’re still as serious and committed about all of this as when we started, if not more so. We’re getting emails from around the country and around the world about this new way of working. Because it works.
Join us. Use our systems and contracts, use our ideas. They’re all there on the website to download. For free.
Why? Because we believe in this.
As always, any emails at all to rafe.beckley@redtabletheatre.com
