the essential producer's toolkit
Welcome to the first day of the rest of your (producing) life.
Inside this bundle is a template for every document you’ll ever need to produce your next small to mid scale theatre show. Complete with tips, tricks, hacks, recommendations and tutorials for every single one.
Spend more time producing and less time reinventing the wheel.
This is the one stop shop.
This folder of goodies and accompanying tutorials means you can say goodbye to overwhelm and hello to action.
Included here are the layouts for every key document you need to produce your show, including specific, genuine recommendations for the best priced solutions to your production needs.
Whether you’re taking your show to the Edinburgh Fringe, another small scale venue or your very first tour, we’ve got your back.
what's included?
Budget & Ticket Projection (value £797)
A complete and structured budget template for your theatre show, with headings to guide you through every aspect of the production and recommendations on who and where to get the best prices and services.
It even includes a ticket projection calculator so you can see exactly how much money you’ll make, whether you sell 10% or 100% of your tickets!
Travel Tracker
(Value: £147)
Stop dropping balls, save your breath and regain your sanity. Track all your team’s travel to and from your production location with one central spreadsheet.
Include names, departure and arrival stations, train/plane tickets, key times and more. Keep your team feeling confident and taken care of without assuming the role of a primary teacher on school camp. Yay!
Rehearsal Schedule (Value: £197)
No stage manager? No problem!
Collate all your information about the who, what, where, when and why of your rehearsal period in our template and circulate it round the team for instant and stress-free organisation.
contact sheet
(value £47)
Strike a pose. She’s a seasoned professional.
Create a swish first impression among your creative team and collaborators with a clear, informative and efficient contact sheet for your production. Circulate one directory, one time and never again field the endless WhatsApp messsages asking, “can you send me the venue technician’s number again hun? I can’t find it!”
press release
(value £497)
Finally, the secrets of the universe are revealed. We’re not even joking.
Get your hands on a clear, informative and overwhelm-busting template for your show’s press release. All the info you’ll need and exactly how to format it for success.
show flyer & poster
(value £97)
Say goodbye to selling your kidney in order to pay for the world’s best show flyer & poster. Follow our guide to gather all the info you’ll need to include, lay it out the way you’d like and send it off to a designer on Fiverr.com for a few quid. Done. Breathe.
We like to make things easy around here.
tour pack
(value £447)
The unsung hero of your show’s marketing arsenal. Whatever your dreams for the future of your production, a shiny PDF with all its selling points, technical requirements and audience demographics is a must have.
Use our template tour pack as a guide for all the information a programmer or venue could require, how to format it and how to make it shine. Communicate your professionalism and competence as a producer in one beautiful document.
video tutorials with every. single. template.
We know what it's like to have the tools without the time and knowledge to get the most out of them. That's why every single one of our templates comes with a video tutorial from producer Hannah.
TOTAL BUNDLE VALUE £2,229
You pay:
£49
The Essential Producer's Toolkit will help you…
Save time and energy for actually producing your show instead of doing guesswork and formatting spreadsheets.
Avoid imposter syndrome, last minute panics and being caught by surprise.
Project the image of a seasoned, competent professional, even if this is your first ever producing experience.
Fully understand all aspects of your production so you can make clear and confident decisions.
Achieve easy and joyful success for your production. Your show deserves the best. Our bundle is your ticket to confidence and self-assurance in producing.
about
Hannah
Hannah Crawford (who created these templates) is a highly accomplished independent theatre producer and business coach with a wealth of experience in the theatre industry. She’s produced shows from the Hebridean islands to the London Palladium and raised tens of thousands of pounds for her own productions in the past. She splits her time between producing plays and musicals and teaching others how to produce and fundraise for their own work with ease and joy.
Hannah is the founder of Thistle And Rose Arts; a commercial production company, making small to mid scale plays and musicals by, for and about women and non-binary people. We exist to disrupt, innovate, inspire and care deeply about everything we do and create and everyone we help. We’re delighted that you're taking your place in our universe.
evie butcher
“Invaluable”
“Hannah's advice to us as a producer was invaluable. I couldn't recommend her services highly enough. She gave us some really clear, targeted steps for fundraising strategies and avenues for our show, and some defined and achievable milestones to get our show to the Fringe.”
simeon morris
“I literally couldn’t have done it without her.”
“Hannah's consultation session around self producing my one man show was utterly invaluable. I was coming into Fringe completely green with no idea where to start. She gave me some spreadsheets to help with planning and valuable insight into what I need to focus on to get my show there. I literally couldn’t have done it without her.”
natasha mould and richard vanryne
“I can confidently attest to her exceptional skills, dedication, and passion”
“Hannah is is professional, tenacious, level-headed, positive, and above all else, kind. She's a natural leader and a tenacious producer.”
faq
I'm not a producer, Is this toolkit right for me?
Yes! This toolkit was built for everyone. Everything inside is laid out simply, with detailed descriptions on how to use it. Hannah's tutorial videos bring things right back to basics, while also giving you the tips and tricks most seasoned producers don't know about! Even if you've never used a spreadsheet before, the toolkit will give you everything you need.
I AM a producer. Is the toolkit still going to be useful for me if I've produced before?
Absolutely! Not only will you be able to take bits and pieces from our template documents to polish up your existing setup, you'll also learn LOADS from the tutorial videos. Hannah's producing experience stretches from commercial to subsidised, big orgs to small, the Hebridean islands to central London. When she's not producing, she coaches entrepreneurs and business leaders. Whatever your background and experience, you'll find huge value in the video trainings.
How will the toolkit be delivered?
You'll recieve a link to a zip folder to download to your computer. Once you've downloaded it, the template can live on your system forever. When you have an upcoming production, you can choose to upload a copy of the folder to your Google Drive or Dropbox to customise and share with your team!
How long do I have access to the template toolkit?
As long as this product is still live, you'll always have access to it. If I ever plan to take it down and remove access, I'll give you at least a week's notice so you have time to save a copy.
Will there be future updates to the toolkit?
Yes! And you'll have access to all of them! Whenever we improve or expand the toolkit, you'll recieve a notification and have the option to re-download it with the most recent updates.
Can I buy items from the toolkit individually?
No, this isn't something we offer at the moment. Everything inside the toolkit is individually worth more than the bundle price, so you'll recieve exceptional value even if you only use a tiny portion of the resources offered.
Will you offer refunds?
Due to the digital nature of the product, no refunds will be issued.
This really is a bargain you can't afford to miss.