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The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters 2018

Creating an illustrated book and CD of the show and taking the show to Edinburgh Fringe 2018

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The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters 2018

The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters 2018

The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters 2018

The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters 2018

The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters 2018

Creating an illustrated book and CD of the show and taking the show to Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Creating an illustrated book and CD of the show and taking the show to Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Creating an illustrated book and CD of the show and taking the show to Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Creating an illustrated book and CD of the show and taking the show to Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Fay Roberts
Fay Roberts
Fay Roberts
Fay Roberts
2 Campaigns |
Cambridge, United Kingdom
$2,450 USD $2,450 USD by 103 backers
$2,312 USD by 98 backers on Jul 31, 2018
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Overview
After losing my voice and a year of career development to a mysterious and debilitating illness when I last performed this show, I'm hoping to bring it back to the Edinburgh Fringe, and I'm asking for your help to make this a reality.

Introduction

Hi, my name’s Fay Roberts. You may know me from Hammer & Tongue, Allographic, Wild Strawberries, Other Voices Spoken Word Cabaret, Spoken Word @ PBH’s Free Fringe, the BBC Slam, or even Poetry Kapow! from back in the day. Alternatively you may be a friend, relative, or colleague. Hello!

I write, produce, and publish poetry and prose, and provide platforms for performers, focusing on providing spaces where people can be bold, and especially where they can tell their stories that may otherwise go unheard.

Short version: I wrote a show called “The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters”, it was well-received, I performed it at Edinburgh Fringe 2016, and subsequently got so sick that I could barely sleep, eat, or speak. I’m better recovered now and would like to bring The Selkie back to life – give her a voice again. I’ll be performing the show at Edinburgh Fringe 4th-15th August at 52 Canoes, Grassmarket, 12:30pm every day except Wednesday 8th, and – for once – I’ve decided to ask for people’s help to make this happen.

It’s expensive to take shows to Edinburgh – even with The Free Fringe, an organisation I’ve been an active part of for several years now. Publicity, accommodation, transport, props, hiring a technician to provide music cues, insurance, costume – they all cost money. And creating merchandise to sell to try to recoup some of that cash means spending money up-front. In all it costs between one and two thousand pounds to take a show run of eleven days up to The Fringe. And no – as far as I can tell, there are no official grants available!

My health is fragile enough that working extra hours for extra income while I’m up in Edinburgh may very easily damage my health again, and I cannot stress enough how keen I am to avoid that! Similarly, in order to take everything I need with me, I need to hire a car, which gets really expensive really quickly.

You can help me by pledging money in exchange for a reward (anything from a hearty thanks through badges and copies of the book or album, up to a writing or performance coaching session with me, and plenty of other goods and services), or just sharing this with other people!

 

What I Need & What You Get

Publicity £347.20
Equipment £22.17
Merchandise £645.52
Support £220.00
Accommodation £228.75
Transport £211.36
Total £1,675

 

(Total accommodation for my full time there will be £915, and transport £845.44, but I am taking another show (Other Voices Spoken Word Cabaret) up for the full run, so am assuming a 25% share of resources, for want of a better phrase, for The Selkie, even though I’m not running any crowdfunding campaign for that show.)

The perks offered are a mixture of physical (badges, postcards, books, CDs, etc.) and virtual goods (pdf of the show, digital download of the album), plus services (bespoke poems, coaching sessions, performances). The goods will all carry Sa’adiah Khan’s gorgeous artwork inspired by the show, and will be signed by me – either directly or on the packaging. These will be unique mementos of the show or even more unique treats for you or gifts for loved-ones (bespoke poems are an amazing way to show someone how you feel about them, or to commemorate an event!)

If I don’t reach my entire goal. the priority for using the funding will be for publicity (without which I don’t get an audience), and support (technician – without which it will be next to impossible to run the show, and flyerer – without which I’m less likely to get a decent audience, and also run the risk of making myself more ill flyering by myself). The next priority will be to produce the book and CD for minimal merchandise (without which I stand less of a chance making my money back), followed by transport (without which I don’t get get to bring as many items that will help me run the shows and maintain my health while at The Fringe).

If I make more than my goal (!), the extra money will go towards my total costs of accommodation and transport.

 

Risks & Challenges

I acknowledge that this is a niche project to say the least – not only is it an arts project, but it’s a poetry project to boot. Added to which: it’s for a show that’s difficult to explain or describe, and doesn’t even have the courtesy to stick to one genre! And then we have the fact that I’m notoriously poor at asking for help (ask pretty much any of my friends or family about this stubbornness).

I’m banking on the audiences that I’ve entertained over the years, plus the artists I’ve hosted on innumerable stages over the last ten years, responding favourably to helping me out with a few quid each, and that some of them will be keen to get hold of the more elaborate perks such as bespoke poems, coaching sessions, and the like.

I will be using social media (Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, even Instagram, if I can work out how to do it!), my specialist mailing lists, and live performances over the next few weeks, to push the crowdfunding campaign, plus putting out a press release.

 

Other Ways You Can Help

I understand (believe me!) that it’s not always possible to share cash support – let’s face it: times are tough for all but the super-rich at the moment. If you can’t spare even the £1 for some hearty thanks, please consider sharing this campaign with your friends online or in person – IndieGoGo have some lovely social media sharing tools and literally every little helps.

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Selkie Paperback With CD

Currency Conversion $15 USD
£12 GBP
The physical copy of the script of the show with a CD of the album attached to the inside back cover in a flat case.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Album Physical CD
  • Selkie Paperback
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
40 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Hearty Thanks

Currency Conversion $1 USD
£1 GBP
You’ll be listed as a backer on my website and blog.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
Estimated Shipping
August 2018
0 claimed

Badge (25mm, metal pin)

Currency Conversion $2 USD
£2 GBP
A single pin badge (25mm, metal pin) of your choice of ten designs by Sa’adiah Khan (the Main Image, the Mermaid, The Dragon Boy, the Selkie Child, Sedna, the Hill Cave, the Scorpion Man, Tarantella, Baba Yaga's hut, and the Selkie Family), made by Badges & Stickers, a local and trusted company.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Pin Badge
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
1 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Ephemera

Currency Conversion $4 USD
£3 GBP
A leaflet and poster for the show, signed by Fay Roberts.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Ephemera
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Pocket Mirror

Currency Conversion $5 USD
£4 GBP
A small mirror (59mm diameter), designed not to scratch easily, with your choice of two designs by Sa’adiah Khan (the Main Image or Sedna), made by Badges & Stickers, a local and trusted company.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Pocket Mirror
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
0 out of 20 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Selkie Book pdf

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
A pdf of the script of what survived the editing culls for time and comprehensibility. It also includes the beautiful images that Sa’adiah Khan created in response to the work. Time and again she captured absolutely what I was trying to portray, often adding elements I’d never considered before, rendering them into something frankly magical.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Book pdf
Estimated Shipping
August 2018
2 claimed

Selkie Album Digital Download

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
An mp3 of the studio-recorded version of the show, plus musical accompaniment provided by Fay Roberts (and, in the case of Misted, Anaïs Bokanovsky, following a tune mapped out by Gavinash Sirisena), and some bonus material in the form of the whole versions of the songs and some live recordings.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Album Digital Download
Estimated Shipping
August 2018
2 claimed

Selection of 10 badges

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
Ten pin badges (25mm, metal pin) with one of each of the designs by Sa’adiah Khan (the Main Image, the Mermaid, The Dragon Boy, the Selkie Child, Sedna, the Hill Cave, the Scorpion Man, Tarantella, Baba Yaga's hut, and the Selkie Family), made by Badges & Stickers, a local company.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selection of 10 badges
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
4 out of 20 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Selkie Postcards (pack of 10)

Currency Conversion $7 USD
£6 GBP
A pack of postcards with one of each of the ten designs by Sa’adiah Khan (the Main Image, the Mermaid, The Dragon Boy, the Selkie Child, Sedna, the Hill Cave, the Scorpion Man, Tarantella, Baba Yaga's hut, and the Selkie Family).
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Postcards (pack of 10)
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
2 out of 10 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Selkie Album Physical CD

Currency Conversion $10 USD
£8 GBP
A physical CD of the studio-recorded version of the show, plus musical accompaniment provided by Fay Roberts (and, in the case of Misted, Anaïs Bokanovsky, following a tune mapped out by Gavinash Sirisena), and some bonus material in the form of the whole versions of the songs and some live recordings. In a jewel with inlay sheet.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Album Physical CD
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
4 out of 25 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Selkie Paperback

Currency Conversion $10 USD
£8 GBP
Physical copy of the script of what survived the editing culls for time and comprehensibility. It also includes the beautiful images that Sa’adiah Khan created in response to the work. Time and again she captured absolutely what I was trying to portray, often adding elements I never considered before, rendering them into something frankly magical.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Paperback
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
9 out of 25 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

All the small things

Currency Conversion $12 USD
£10 GBP
Ephemera + badge ten pack + mirror + postcard ten pack. Basically: all the small, physical things in the perks packages.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Pocket Mirror
  • Selection of 10 badges
  • Selkie Postcards (pack of 10)
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
4 out of 10 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

One-to-one coaching session

Currency Conversion $62 USD
£50 GBP
A one-to-one coaching session with Fay Roberts regarding either writing (looking over already written/ draft pieces, discussing general techniques) or performance (looking at techniques for you to improve your performance – poetry, storytelling, public speaking – and how to bring out your strengths) for two hours.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • one-to-one coaching
Estimated Shipping
October 2018
6 claimed

Bespoke poem (virtual copy)

Currency Conversion $62 USD
£50 GBP
Bespoke poems make an amazing and very unique gift or memento. Fay will interview you then write a poem to order (in the style of your choosing – if you have a preference) about whatever or whoever you would like. She has written poems for all sorts of occasions in all sorts of styles – LITERALLY anything goes!
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Bespoke poem
Estimated Shipping
November 2018
0 claimed

Bespoke poem (physical copy)

Currency Conversion $74 USD
£60 GBP
Bespoke poems make an amazing and very unique gift or memento. Fay will interview you then write a poem to order (in the style of your choosing – if you have a preference) about whatever or whoever you would like. She has written poems for all sorts of occasions in all sorts of styles – LITERALLY anything goes! Plus a physical copy of the poem.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Bespoke poem
  • Physical copy of poem
Estimated Shipping
November 2018
1 out of 15 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Bespoke poem (physical, audio)

Currency Conversion $93 USD
£75 GBP
Bespoke poems make an amazing and very unique gift or memento. Fay will interview you then write a poem to order (in the style of your choosing) about whatever or whoever you would like. She has written poems for all sorts of occasions in all sorts of styles – LITERALLY anything goes! Plus a physical and audio copies of the poem.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Bespoke poem
  • Physical copy of poem
  • Audio copy of poem
Estimated Shipping
November 2018
0 out of 8 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Troubadour

Currency Conversion $124 USD
£100 GBP
A local (Cambridge) perk only: a bespoke poem for the person/ people of your choice, delivered as a physical presentation (default: parchment scroll) and a performance in person – exactly like the troubadours of old, but without the lute.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Bespoke poem
  • Physical copy of poem
  • Personal performance of poem
Estimated Shipping
December 2018
0 out of 5 of claimed

Group Performance Coaching

Currency Conversion $124 USD
£100 GBP
A group (up to four participants) coaching session with Fay Roberts regarding performance (looking at techniques for you to improve your performance – poetry, storytelling, public speaking – and how to bring out your strengths) for three hours.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • one-to-one coaching
  • Group Performance Coaching
Estimated Shipping
December 2018
1 out of 3 of claimed

The Selkie (local performance)

Currency Conversion $124 USD
£100 GBP
A full performance of the show in its entirety anywhere within 50 miles of Cambridge. Please note that the delivery date is pretty flexible (i.e. can be a lot later than December 2018) and dependent on when and where you would like to host this.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Album Physical CD
  • Selkie Paperback
  • Full Performance of The Selkie
Estimated Shipping
December 2018
0 out of 3 of claimed

The Selkie (other performance)

Currency Conversion $186 USD
£150 GBP
A full performance of the show in its entirety anywhere within 100 miles of Cambridge. Please note that the delivery date is pretty flexible (i.e. can be a lot later than December 2018) and dependent on when and where you would like to host this.
Included Items
  • Hearty Thanks
  • Selkie Album Physical CD
  • Selkie Paperback
  • Full Performance of The Selkie
Estimated Shipping
December 2018
0 out of 3 of claimed

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