Tour Booking, Consultancy, Festival Management, Co-Producing, Tour Mentoring & Project Management

 

TOUR BOOKING

makin projects represents a range of quality dance and theatre companies of all scales available for national and international engagements. For details of currently represented companies please visit the tours page of this website.

TOUR BOOKING CONSULTANCY

A focused strategic assessment of the potential of your production is the key to a successful tour. These independent evaluations are tailor-made to address issues as diverse as tour scale, communication techniques, key selling points, suggested deal structures, contracts, supporting paperwork and partnerships, as well as identifying suitable target venues.
For more information please visit the consultancy page.

FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT

makin projects are the co-artistic directors and producers of the first ever Cheltenham Comedy Festival along with our partners the Wychwood Festival.

This festival will run from the 15th – 19th November 2012.

For more information please visit www.cheltenhamcomedy.com

 

 

CO-PRODUCING

Current Productions

Producers of Sherlock Holmes… the death and life

Performed by Roger Llewellyn and directed by Gareth Armstrong.

Produced in association with Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.
Touring extensively throughout 2012.

 

Please click on this link for further information or visit www.rogerllewellyn.co.uk

 

Producers of the Is That Your Vehicle, Sir? tour with Boothby Graffoe & Nick Pynn in association with Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan.

Touring through Spring 2012.

 

Please click on this link for further information or visit www.theboothbygraffoe.co.uk

 

Co-producers alongside Laurielorry Theatre Company of:

Roll Out The Beryl

in association with Leicester Comedy Festival and Cheltenham Comedy Festival

Sausage and Samosa

in association with Derby Live

Touring through Spring 2012.

 

makin projects are also proud to be tour producers of this wonderful companies existing productions Gusset and site specific performance piece Trifle.

makin projects are also exclusively producing and booking education workshops and residencies projects for Laurielorry Theatre Company through 2010.

 

Please visit this link for further details or www.laurielorry.co.uk

 

Rannel   – Flhip Flhop  

Co-producers on this acclaimed piece of 5 star hip-hop comedy theatre.

Flhip Flhop will be touring both in the UK and internationally throughout 2012

 

Recent touring has seen the piece travel to The Netherlands, Germany, North Norway, Australia and Sweden.

Rannel are also working on projects for the BBC for which makin projects act as their agents.

Please visit this link for further details or www.rannel.co.uk

 

 

TOUR MENTORING

Gerard Logan

makin projects are proud to be tour mentors for the first ever stage adaptation of Williams Shakespeare’s The Rape Of Lucrece performed by Gerard Logan.  

‘Powerful and horrifying... beautifully and excellently delivered by a master of his craft... You will rarely have the chance to experience great poetry brought to life this well.’  Fringe Review

‘Sensational.’ Sir Trevor Nunn

 

Touring throughout 2012. 

For more information, or to book dates, please visit www.gerardlogan.co.uk or contact makin projects.

 

Monkey Poet

makin projects also mentor the touring of Monkey Poet. As a performer Monkey Poet has won 7 fringe awards around the world and it available with his full length work Welcome!.  

Monkey Poet also available for shorter festival and comedy club engagements with his stand up poetry.

Touring throughout 2012. 

For more information, or to book dates, please visit www.monkeypoet.co.uk or contact makin projects.

 

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT  
recent projects:

 

National Dance Network (NDN) - Dance3

makin projects were project managers for nine new works from nine of the next generation of dancemakers featuring works by Tanja Raman; Ben Wright; Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Claire Cunningham/Jose Agudo; Tom Dale; Douglas Thorpe, Darren Ellis; Laila Diallo andMickaelRiviere.
 

The tour was accompanied by A Blank Canvas, a foyer installation by Heather Eddington’s State of Flux dancefilm company, blending dance, film and animation.

This production toured extensively in the UK from March-May 2010.

For more information please visit www.dance3.org

 

Dance 3 testimonials

‘makin projects have been a pleasure to work with throughout the production and tour of Dance3. This pilot project presented a set of unique challenges that required a sensitive but authoritative style which Mark Makin and his team did brilliantly.’

Stephen Munn, Director, Déda Derby and NDN Dance3 steering group

 

‘Mark Makin delivered a complex and logistically challenging touring project for the National Dance Network, which he did on time, on budget and with great capacity to solve problems and smile throughout.  He proved himself to be an efficient, reliable and generous professional with all the relevant skills – highly recommended!’

Wieka Eringa, Director, Yorkshire Dance and NDN Dance3 steering group

 

‘I have worked with Mark on a range of dance touring and other dance  projects for some time now and can say he is a colleague with the utmost integrity personal and professional. He has a positive can do approach and with his  team at makin projects makes even the most complex projects seem possible and delivers them with skilful managemen and on timet. He knows how to work well  with artists/ companies and venues and above all how to build relationships with people. He is a pleasure to work with and I would recommend him highly to manage any complex project.’

Marie McCluskey MBE, Director Swindon Dance

 

‘Mark never came with a problem without a solution.’ NDN Member

 

‘Mark is a fantastic communicator and I felt really well informed every step of the tour’ Choreographer from the Dance3 tour