Workshop

Budgeting For A Festival Show

  • When:
  • 12pm - 1pm
  • Where:
  • Online
Need help setting up a budget for your next festival show?

This workshop is suitable for any producers

Got a festival show coming up? Want to know how to manage it and ensure you’re maximising every dollar?

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:

  • Set up a budget for a festival show: Whether you’re gearing up for a comedy festival or a fringe festival, we’ve got you covered.
  • Manage your budget: Gain tips and strategies to keep your budget and money in check throughout your festival run.
  • Determine how much to allocate: Learn how you need each section of a budget
  • Tools: industry specific take-home tools that you can use in your own practice

Hosted by

Maggie Looke

Maggie Looke is an award-winning comedy writer, director and producer who has worked for over a decade in the comedy and television industry.

Her work has been seen on high-rating series such as Hard Quiz (ABC TV), Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network 10), At Home Alone Together (ABC TV), The Project (Network Ten), Aaron Chen Tonight (ABC TV), The Yearly with Charlie Pickering (ABC TV) and more.

Her 2015 directorial debut The Tokyo Hotel was nominated for The Golden Gibbo Award. It was later turned into the cult hit ABC Comedy podcast The Tokyo Hotel. Directed and co-written by Maggie, the show reached number one on the iTunes comedy charts.

Maggie frequently guests on top comedy podcasts such as Aunty Donna, Don’t You Know Who I Am? and Phone Hacks.

Winner of the 2022 Moosehead Award at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Maggie has written and produced several innovative live comedy shows touring internationally. Her recent collaboration Ultimate Hollywood Tours sold out at the Sydney and Melbourne Comedy Festivals and an encore season.

Most recently Maggie co-wrote and directed Ben Russell’s Director’s Choice-winning 2024 self-titled festival show. The Age described her work as ‘Unlike anything even the most seasoned festival-goer will have seen before’.

Location

  • Online

Pricing

  • $33

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