Contents Overview 3 – About Just Festival On The Edge 4 – Vision 4 – What Makes Just Festival On The Edge Unique? 5 – Just Festival Audience Breakdown 6 – What Are We Looking For?

Services 8 – Venues, Scheduling And Ticket Splits 10 – Box Office 10 – Festival Publicity, Marketing And PR

Managing Your Show 11 – Insurance 11 – Performance License 11 – Contributor Publicity, Marketing And PR

Registration Process 12 – Registration Form 12 – Key Dates

Appendix 13 – Just Festival 2014 Media Archive

Overview About Just Festival On The Edge

Just Festival On The Edge is a curated festival, aims to share accessible, high-quality art and culture as way to explore achievable social justice and action. It provides engaging ways for those of all identities, faiths, beliefs or none to share their culture and ideas while discussing the important issues of the day. It will be held between 16 – 25 May 2015.

Just Festival

Just Festival On The Edge is created in partnership with Just Festival, a curated programme of around 300 events, across 20 venues taking place each year in August. We aim to celebrate diversity of cultures, faiths, gender-identities, sexualities, philosophies and ideas, challenge inequality and injustice and create a space for communities to engage with each other in productive dialogue.

In our fifteenth year, Just Festival features top-quality speakers, conversations, performances, film, food, exhibitions, family activities, workshops, art and much more. It has an established reputation as a fringe venue that delivers high quality events from all genres.

The Onion of Bigotry: A History of Hatred Black Dingo Productions at just Festival 2014 Programme Launch 3

Vision

Just Festival On The Edge aims to share accessible, high-quality art and culture as way to explore achievable social justice and action. It provides engaging ways for those of all identities, faiths, beliefs and none to share their culture and ideas while discussing the important issues of the day. We don’t all have to agree but that is does not have to be a problem. In a world of increasing division and violence we aim to bring communities together in friendship and dialogue with art and culture as the catalyst. Just Festival On The Edge aims to foster an atmosphere of life long learning and contemplation, celebrating that differences make us wiser and similarities make us stronger. Using spaces of worship as our host venues we aim to open these areas to the general public as safe, open and judgment free places to engage with the tangible and intangible with no agenda but the act of engaging itself.  

What Makes Just Festival On The Edge Unique?

As a not-for-profit organisation our priority is to encourage dialogue, community and personal growth. We want everyone who comes into contact with Just Festival On The Edge, not only enjoy an hour’s entertainment but also, take something with them to share throughout the year. Together we build a united multi-national, multi-identity, multi-belief community using the festival as a catalyst for conversation and cultural exchange.

4 An Island Between Heaven and Earth AJL Productions 2014

Just Festival Audience Breakdown

Each year we evaluate each of our events using paper feedback forms so that we know that audience members value our activities and that they take something away with them. By monitoring our evaluations we try to ensure we are reaching audiences from all backgrounds and ages. Our 2014 evaluations also show that Just Festival is improving year on year with a diverse, growing audience.

61.6%

40.7%

0.3% 0.6% 0.6%

Audience Gender

Female

Male

Non-Binary

Transgender

Prefer Not to Say

14.3%

16.8%

12.4%

11.7%

20.6%

21.3%

Audience Age

> 16 - 24

25 - 34

35 - 44

45 - 54

55 - 64

65 < 1.8% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0%

10.9%

5.4%

45.9%

28.3%

40.2%

64.1%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

2013 2014

Audience Rating of Just Festival 2013 and 2014

Very Poor

Poor

Satisfactory

Good

Very Good

5

What Are We Looking For?

We are looking for performances, films, talks, workshops, family events and exhibitions which celebrate culture, explore social justice or challenge narratives.

Performance We are looking for performances that showcase cultures from around the world, explore injustice, or pose ethical questions. We include all genres – music, theatre, dance, children's shows, poetry, and storytelling.

Just Festival 2014 brought together a phenomenal programme of performances showcasing talent and knowledge on a local, national and global scale; from exploring the Sounds of Freedom with Edinburgh Brass Band, coming of age in rural Ireland in My Name is Saoirse discovering the new voices of Soweto with Soweto Melodic Voices and Simply Soweto Encha, to the enchanting Tibetan Dance and Music by Tashi Lhunpo Monks. These events celebrated the richness of global culture, confronted unacceptable behaviour and challenged audiences to reflect on their views, beliefs and actions.

Kitchen Porters K3’14 Theatre Company

Sounds of Freedom Edinburgh Brass Band

Nzinga – Warrior Queen Toto Tales

Fashion Show Weaving Destinations

Warrior Black Dingo Productions

Simply Soweto Encha Simply Soweto Encha 6

Films, Talks, Workshops and Exhibitions

We partner with a host of local charities and organisations to create an astounding array of activities for people to broaden their knowledge and skills. We want to bring communities together to make new connections, showcase their expertise and discover new talents.

Just Festival partnered with Simply Soweto Encha to produce Songs From Soweto, a fascinating documentary charting the remarkable journey of five a cappella singers from one of South Africa’s most notorious townships. Mercy Corps gave a talk about the efforts being made in Lebanon to ensure peace between Syrian refugees and their neighbouring communities. The Art Shed created an interactive experience for passers-by with everything from a pop-up miniature village to the Idea shop.

Songs from Soweto Simply Soweto Encha

Films on Women’s Rights Beyond The Veil

Tango Negro Africa In Motion

Building Peace in Lebanon Mercy Corps

Flights of Fantasy Bach to Baby

Punjabi Cookery Class Punjabi Junction

Way of Tea Mio Shapley & Co.

Table of Submissions The Art Shed 7

Services Venues, Scheduling and Ticket Splits

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church is in an intriguing location. Walk in any direction and you are just a few minutes away from famous and fascinating places. North is the British Museum and the squares of Bloomsbury. South is theatreland, Covent Garden and the cinemas of Leicester Square. East is Holborn and Lincoln’s Inn. And to the west is Oxford Street, Soho and the West End. The Church seats up to 600 people and can accommodate every kind of event.

St Giles In The Fields

St Giles is one of the most centrally located churches in London. The church is situated a stone’s throw away from Centre Point and Tottenham Court Road Underground Station, between Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue.

Many choral, orchestral and contemporary music groups have found the Church acoustics excellent and its distinctive West End setting perfect for drawing an audience. The Church seats up to 200 people.

St Giles In The Fields 60 St Giles High Street, London, WC2H 8LG 8

Swiss Church

The Swiss Church is a beautiful Grade II listed building set in the heart of London’s vibrant Covent Garden. The Church has a wonderful musical tradition and enjoys supporting contemporary arts. The Church seats up to 150 people.

St George’s Church

St George's is a thriving parish church, concert venue and centre for community arts and education located at the heart of Bloomsbury, two minutes walk from the British Museum. The Church seats up to 180 people.  

Scheduling

We traditionally cater for events slots of 60 minutes starting at set times: 7pm on weekdays and 11am, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm on weekends. If your show runs longer than 60 minutes then we can negotiate time slots. 30 minutes set up and take down are included between the slots. Our sites have very limited to no storage space, so any set or props must be minimal.

Ticket Split

As a non-profit organisation we are not charging contributors venue hiring fees or deposits but offering a 60%/40% ticket split. So the contributor receives 60% of the ticket sales and Just Festival On The Edge retains 40%. Therefore both Just Festival On The Edge and the contributor benefit from our shared success.  

9 St George’s Church Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SA

Nzinga – Warrior Queen Toto Tales at just Festival 2014 Programme Launch 10

Box Office We provide and manage ticketing for all events: free and paid. Audiences can buy or reserve tickets online all year round. During May we have our own on-site Box Office with dedicated Box Office and Front of House staff for audience members to buy tickets on the door. The cost for bookings online are passed on the audience meaning there are not deductions from contributor ticket splits.  We coordinate all ticket sales income through our Box Offices. We will provide you with a sales invoice and payout by 12th June 2015.  

Festival Publicity, Marketing, And PR Programme entry entitles each contributor to:

- Entry in our printed programme - Programme entry on www.justfestivalontheedge.org.uk - Social media posts - Promotion to our mailing lists and in our newsletters - Listing your event on listing websites with web sales links - Promotional opportunities – such as street performance - Opportunity to take part in just festival launch, opening and

closing events We will also issue guidelines for performance publicity material, such as posters and fliers, that will ensure all the booking information is correct and easy to follow.

Managing Your Event Insurance Contributors are responsible for ensuring they have the right level of insurance – public liability, employer’s liability, and damage and loss insurance. Just Festival On The Edge already has our own insurance arrangements but our insurance will only cover the venue’s activities and structures and not what happens during your event. You will be responsible for your own insurance and we may insist on seeing proof of adequate cover before they allow you to contribute in our and partner venues to the public. Two insurance providers are:

Rees Astley - www.insurance4performingarts.co.uk/buy-online/index.asp Wrightsure Insurance Group - http://wrightsure.com/performers.php

Please note that these contacts are not endorsed by Just Festival On The Edge but provided to help your enquires.

Performance Licenses and Copyrights If you are performing any material not written by your company you are required to ensure they obtain performing rights licenses and permissions from copyright holders. These include grand right works, PRS for music, PPL. We will send detailed information relevant to your show when you have registered with Just Festival On The Edge 2015.

Contributor publicity, marketing, and PR Contributor publicity is the key to a successful event. With so many events competing for audiences across London it is important that contributors are out there spreading the word. There are a huge amount of tools and resources to promote your show. We will send a guide to promoting your event once you have registered. It is crucial to the success of your show that you have a strategy in place for promoting your event.

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Registration Form

Please fill in the registration form at http://ow.ly/Jlr40. We will send email confirmation that we have received your registration. You will also need to agree to the terms and conditions found at http://ow.ly/JJK8t. The deadline for registration is 20th March 2015. All registrations will be confirmed by 24th March 2015 at the latest. We may phone or ask to meet you to learn more about your event. If you have any questions about this pack, the venues or the registration process please email Festival Director, Katherine Newbigging at katherine@justfestivalontheedge.org.uk.

Key dates

20th March 2015 – deadline for registration 24th March 2015 – registration confirmed

27th March 2015 – deadline for printed programme text and art work

16th May 2015 – first day of Just Festival On The Edge

25th May 2015 – Just Festival On The Edge closing event and last day of Festival

12th June 2014 – ticket sales statements sent and confirmed

   

12 Tibetan Monks Dance and Music Tashi Lhunpo Monks

Registration Process

Appendix 2014 Media Archive and Credits

To get an idea of what a Just Festival looks like explore our 2014 media archive. You will be able to see our vision come to life and won’t be able to resist becoming part of this exciting, vibrant festival. For more information on Just Festival visit www.justjust.org or email info@justjust.co.uk

Photo Credits: Fraser Cameron - FC Event Photography, Sandrine Cazalet, just Festival Media and Communications Intern, Lukas Powroziewicz, just Festival Volunteer, Syrian Refugee by Cassandra Nelson for Mercy Corps, St Giles In The Fields by Andrew Liu, just Festival logo and brand colours by a visual agency and Sophie Dyer.

JIAFF Programme http://ow.ly/ERlLF

JFFF Programme http://ow.ly/ERllD

just Festival ‘14 Programme http://ow.ly/ERkgc

’14 Festival Highlights http://ow.ly/ERkxc

The Onion of Bigotry http://ow.ly/ERkGi

Soweto Melodic Voices http://ow.ly/ERkNC

Songs from Soweto http://ow.ly/ERkYC 13

   

katherine@justfestivalontheedge.org.uk www.justfestivalontheedge.org.uk

All information subject to change. Under license from Just Festival A company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland No: 399201

Scottish Registered Charity SC042638