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My Other Half by Raising Cain Productions

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My Other Half by Raising Cain Productions

My Other Half by Raising Cain Productions

My Other Half by Raising Cain Productions

My Other Half by Raising Cain Productions

My Other Half by Raising Cain Productions

An Investment in New Theatre

An Investment in New Theatre

An Investment in New Theatre

An Investment in New Theatre

Christopher Sainton-Clark
Christopher Sainton-Clark
Christopher Sainton-Clark
Christopher Sainton-Clark
1 Campaign |
Norfolk, United Kingdom
$856 USD $856 USD 19 backers
69% of $1,231 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Welcome to Raising Cain Productions, a brand new Norfolk-based theatre company, producing its debut play, "My Other Half".

Chris Sainton-Clark wrote and self-published this dark comedy thriller during the UK's first lockdown. Now that vaccinations are starting to be rolled out, and venues will hopefully be opening their doors again soon, Chris has seized the opportunity to independently produce this production using his career experience in stage management, lighting and sound design, simultaneously kickstarting his company and providing opportunities for young local creatives.

With two Norfolk venues, Sheringham Little Theatre and St George's Theatre, Great Yarmouth confirmed to house the play, the next stage is creating this production.

 

With the bulk of our budget being applied to through the Arts Council UK, we have come to indiegogo to fund the remaining budget. Paid opportunities for young local creatives is of extreme importance to us. Your donations will mean that even if we do not acquire our arts council funding for this project, we can begin to pay intial artistic fees for our creatives in addition to a profit share for them after the show has been produced. If we do not raise our full amount on indiegogo, no matter the amount, those fees will go towards our creatives. If we acquire arts council funding and earn more on our campaign than expected, then these funds will go towards taking this production to the next level and touring it nationwide.

 

Theatres and independent creatives have been hit incredibly hard by the coronavirus pandemic, especially in rural locations such as Norfolk, where support for venues is much less than bigger cities, with or without considering the pandemic. Now more than ever, it is vital that small productions find their feet and start creating work, to support their development, the development of venues and that of artists who have been struggling to find work in these tough times. Donating to this project will mean helping protect the ability for creative talents to express themselves.

 

There are risks to this production in the same way that there are risks to any, especially considering how hard gathering an audience can be at the moment. But Raising Cain Productions is fortunate to be working with venues that offer a large support network. Sheringham Little Theatre and St George's Theatre have a strong audience base that make an effort to support local small-scale theatre. Despite reduced seating size, the few productions that they have put on during the pandemic have been very popular, most notably the lockdown pantomime which was live-streamed to 210,000 school children across the country. Chris Sainton-Clark has been working alongside these productions providing lighting and sound design and operation, lending his hand to all aspects of putting on a production and is confident to bring his own creation to the stage.

Another risk is the production being postponed. Our planned date for the production is in June 2021, but this could easily not be feasible with COVID restrictions. However, our two housing venues have confirmed they want to have this production on stage and postponing it is an option.

If you can't donate to this project, following Raising Cain Productions on social media and sharing their posts will make a huge difference.

You can also purchase the script as an ebook or paperback from amazon here.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Other-Half-Play-One...

 

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