Fringe Venue Management
Programming, front of house, and production management for Edinburgh Fringe venues, including leading Bedlam Theatre's return to the Edinburgh Fringe
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Running a venue at the Edinburgh Fringe means welcoming hundreds of performances in a month, and having to change between them in minutes. I’ve been there in several roles:
- 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.
- Bedlam Fringe 2023 (Front of House Manager & Programmer): I led the 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 consolidating the procedures based on last year’s experience.
- Bedlam Fringe 2026 (Production Manager): currently production-managing the venue for this year’s festival.