This is a guide to every aspect of putting on your own solo show. It includes choosing the subject, raising the finance, booking the venue, and performing it!
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What's Your Motivation? | |
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| What's Your Inspiration? | |
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| What's Your Show? | |
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| A previously performed play | |
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| A play using your own life experiences | |
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| A play based on a real-life character or characters | |
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| A play based on a fictional life | |
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| A play revisiting a fictional creation | |
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| A play celebrating a literary life (by impersonation or in recital) | |
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| A play adapted from other media | |
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| A play for children | |
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| A play based on utilising a special skill | |
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| A play based on none of the above | |
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| Finally, the First Word | |
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| Getting Your Act Together | |
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| Money | |
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| People | |
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| Timing | |
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| Rehearsals | |
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| First Night | |
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| Next Steps | |
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| Publicity | |
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| Booking Agencies | |
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| The Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
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| Life After Edinburgh | |
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| Touring | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| Rural Touring | |
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| International Touring | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Appendices | |
