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Fringe Venue Management

Programming, front of house, and production management for Edinburgh Fringe venues — including leading Bedlam Theatre's return to the Fringe

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Theatre Operations

Running a venue at the Edinburgh Fringe is operations at its most concentrated: hundreds of performances, companies changing over in minutes, and an audience that doesn’t care that your tech desk just broke.

I’ve run Fringe venues from several seats:

  • Bedlam Fringe 2023 — Front of House Manager & Programmer. I led the strategic planning for Bedlam Theatre’s return as a Fringe venue after the pandemic, including setting up the management structure and allocating the £50,000 budget. I programmed and liaised with 23 shows from multiple countries for the 90-seat theatre, and recruited, trained, and led a Front of House team of 7.
  • Bedlam Fringe 2024 — Front of House Manager. Back for a second season running Front of House and Box Office operations, and developing the procedures the team runs on.
  • Bedlam Fringe 2026 — Production Manager. Currently production-managing the venue’s upcoming Fringe season.
  • theSpaceUK 2022 — Deputy Venue Manager. Co-ran the Triplex’s 130-seat and 65-seat spaces for four weeks: a team of 10 technicians and Front of House staff, and around 22 companies a day, changing over every week.