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Edinburgh Fringe Festival Project
COURSE OVERVIEW
This unique and exciting programme offers the opportunity to participate in The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’;s largest performing arts platform.
Chichester College Group’s Riverside Theatre Company has established itself at the Fringe Festival since 2017 and we are ready to take this to the next level by forming a dedicated Fringe Company.
Candidates may apply for the performance or production strand of the programme.
Entrance for the performance strand is via audition. Successful candidates will be cast in the commissioned repertory company for our Riverside Theatre Company.
The programme’;s practice will emulate that of a professional repertory company. Company members will take part in research and development, skills development workshops, weekly rehearsals with the company directors and performances throughout the year culminating in a 7-day performance run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Entrance for the Production Arts strand is via interview. Successful candidates will explore a range of design, management and technical skills preparing you for the practical challenges of working on live productions. This will include scenic design, scenic construction, prop making, costume, lighting, sound and digital media production. You will work collaboratively alongside the performers and directors in order to develop and realise the production design and technical needs for the company repertory.
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The fees you pay will cover the cost of the rehearsal / workshop period as well as the trip to Edinburgh which includes travel, accommodation and venue hire.
The fees do not cover food and Festival Tickets when in Edinburgh.
FURTHER INFORMATION
This course is open to anyone with some experience and a real passion for the performing arts. This includes current students. You can be at the start of your training or looking for a way to expand your professional practice since leaving training. You do not have to be a current student or have trained with us before this date.
The only exclusion is you will have to be 18 years or older on the 9th August 2025.
We are very interested to see people from all performance disciplines from acting, to dance or music and musical theatre.
Production pathway entries – we would love to hear from people interested in technical, costume, design, media, stage-management, prop making (or transferrable skills in those areas)
Once you have taken this production to The Edinburgh Fringe you can include this as a professional credit on your CV.
You would also be welcome to take part in the course again the following year.
This project does not lead to a formal qualification. This is a commercial offering and there are no academic assessments.
As this is a professional development programme you will be given developmental feedback throughout which you will be expected to act upon. You will be expected to commit fully to the production and to engage with all the processes involved with mounting a show for the Edinburgh Fringe.
The course costs £950 per person. Payable up front or in instalments over a number of months by agreement. This fee includes the weekly sessions/rehearsals and all the costs of the trip to Edinburgh (excl food and tickets in Edinburgh)
There are no government funding options for a course of this kind. However if you are already a student at Chichester College Group (any campus) you might be able to offset some of the trip costs against our student experience fund. Please enquire at audition/interview.
There will be a requirement for each participant to fundraise a further £150 throughout the year through supported adjacent fundraising activities.
You will audition / interview to be part of an ensemble company. Once you have been accepted you will be cast/assigned to one of two productions that will perform independently at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025.
All performers and production applicants will be required to attend weekly rehearsals/workshops at Chichester College. They will take place from 4pm to 7pm once a week.
The dates for the trip to Edinburgh 2025 will be Saturday 9th August 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025.