Join us in Bedford for creative networking at The Quarry Theatre at St Lukes. There will be local inspiration - on the subject of good planning - and funding advice for businesses, including freelancers, from the Arts Council England. We are also here to celebrate the achievements of our network during 2015 and to look ahead together to 2016. Independent dance producer Jih-Wen Yeh, will talk about the importance of the planning skills of a producer to the success of creative projects across the performing and visual arts. The Quarry Theatre team will step front-of-house to offer practical planning advice, across the perspectives of: producing a local festival, an international festival and producing in a professional theatre. Questions are welcomed by all our speakers. The evening also includes a chance to tell us about your work, and to chat informally. With special thanks to The Quarry Theatre for generously providing our location. Creative Bedfordshire is a network of creative people and businesses in Bedfordshire and offers regular networking events and professional development opportunities. Sole traders, freelancers and creative businesses of all kinds are welcome to attend. It is funded by the economic development teams at Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council and is run by Bedford Creative Arts. For more information email sandrad@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk Follow us on Twitter @creativebeds or join our mailing list by emailing info@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk with ‘Creative Bedfordshire’ in the title.

1. Welcome!
Creative Bedfordshire!
10th December 2015!
The Quarry Theatre at St Lukes, !
Bedford, MK40 2NN!
7-9pm!
PLANNING TO SUCCEED hosted by Sandra
Dartnell for Bedford Creative Arts!
Join us for creative networking in December. Our focus is
good planning and you will hear from Independent dance
producer Jih-Wen Yeh, and the Quarry Theatre team. We
are also here to celebrate the achievements of our network
during 2015 and to look ahead together to 2016. !

2. Mentions!
Our host !
Bedford Creative Arts !
@wearebca!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Our venue tonight !
The Quarry Theatre!
@quarryatstlukes!

3. Mentions!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Tonight we celebrate some of the people, projects and
collaborations from across the Creative Bedfordshire network
on the big screen loop at the Quarry Theatre. Thanks to all who
submitted examples of work from 2015. For more information
about any of the work please email
sandrad@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk!
View the complete loop presentation http://www.slideshare.net/
CreativeBedfordshire/creative-bedfordshire-celebrates-the-
work-of-the-creative-network-in-2015-56346007!
Photo Credit to Cat Lane for Bedford Creative Arts. !
Work credits to David Litchfield. Erica Roffe. Katie Allen. Paul Pibworth. Paul Hutchinson. Kayte Judge. Cat Lane. Darren
Rose. Rebecca Cracknell. Claire Rulton. Matthew Rulton. Jon Canty. Charlotte Tenneson. Lisa Tilley. Kristina Bullen. Bedpop,
Animal Studio. Bedpop Fun Palaces. Circus of Illustration. The Bedford Clanger. The Bedford Film Festival. The Bear & The
Piano. The Bedford Song Book. Bedford College. BAFTA. Bedford Arts Choir. The Quarry Theatre. The Higgins. Sustrans.
Network Rail. Beauchamp Middle School. Culture Challenge. Do Something Brilliant. Hampton Court Palace. Central
Bedfordshire Council. Bedford Borough Council. And the many more who took the photographs, appear in the photographs,
hosted the events, attended the events, and bought the work – all contributing to our local economy and our business
ventures. !

4. Mentions!
Sole Traders Tax!
Handout!
Claire !
@AddisonAccounts!
Matthew!
@acuriousjoy!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

5. This evening includes a chance to shout-out about
your latest work, and to chat informally.!
We encourage you to share your
experience via Twitter, Instagram
and Facebook.!
http://instagram.com/creativebeds/!
http://facebook.com/groups/creativebedfordshire/!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

6. We encourage you to connect with the people you
meet tonight on LinkedIn.!
Create a profile, connect and create a network
of creative professionals at your fingertips
online. !
http://linkedin.com/company/creative-bedfordshire!
LinkedIn is the hub from which we share event
presentations via SlideShare.!
http://slideshare.net/CreativeBedfordshire!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

7. Jih-Wen Yeh !
Artistic director & producer!
Edinburgh Festival producer
trainee 2015 !
Escalator dance producer 2012!
Member of Independent Dance
Management Network!
@Twitter Handle!
Grants for the Arts !
Introduction sources!
Spring Surgeries!
Rescheduled Introduction talk from
Sue Hughes!
http://www.stepoutarts.co.uk/! http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

8. The Quarry Theatre Team!
Kati Donlon, Theatre Assistant !
(Box Office/Publicity & Marketing!
/Bar Manager/logistics)!
Fi Fowler, Theatre Assistant !
(Technical support/Speech & Drama
Teacher)!
James Pharaoh, Theatre Manager !
Jules Crossley, Director of Theatre!
@Twitter Handle!
http://www.quarrytheatre.org.uk/!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

9. Independent dance
producer Jih-Wen Yeh, will
talk about the importance of
the planning skills of a
producer to the success of
creative projects across the
performing and visual arts.!
Watch Rhiannon Faith ‘Scary Shit’ Promo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtprfoFobQc!
@StepOutArts!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Jih-Wen Yeh !
Photo Credit to Rhiannon Faith !
@jihwenyeh!

10. Gained BA (Hons)
dance degree at the
Laban centre, London in
1993. Have worked as a
dance artist and a
dance teacher. Set up
my trading company
Step Out Arts to
promote Chinese
Culture in 1995. !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Jih-Wen Yeh !
@StepOutArts!@jihwenyeh!

11. 2004, appointed as an artist consultant by Westminster
City Council to programme an action plan called
Chinatown Arts Space (CAS) and became project
manager of CAS from 2004 - 2008. !
Also a member of a judging panel Westminster Arts
funding. !
2008, made a critical decision to leave the post at CAS
and set up Step Out Arts LTD to focus on supporting the
visibility and sustainability of British East Asian dance
artists nationally through showcases, productions and
educational projects.!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Jih-Wen Yeh !
Photo Credit to Kimiya Yoshikawa !
@StepOutArts!@jihwenyeh!

12. 2009, had a successful application for funding to develop the sector which I
repeated in 2010.!
2012, selected as one of the 5 Escalator dance producers funded by Arts Council
England. !
Benefited me with a year of solid training including visits to regional, national and
international festivals. !
I branched out to my independent dance producer career and at the same time I
expanded my scope beyond only British East Asian artists.
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Jih-Wen Yeh !
@StepOutArts!@jihwenyeh!

13. There are many different
kinds of producers, and it is
for artists to seek the right
person by speaking to
different individual producers
to find the suitable one. A
producers can be the one
who assists only in the
planning, or the one
overseeing and managing all
aspects of the work. !
Watch Shaping sounds part 2!
https://vimeo.com/69823195!
@StepOutArts!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
What is a producer !
Photo Credit to David Ball!
@jihwenyeh!

14. For the one off project – !
Stage 1!
Meet up and find out what the project is about ?!
What stage it is of the project?!
What does the artist want to achieve?!
Would I be interested in the project and would I be able to help to
achieve the aim? !
Stage 2 !
Look into the resources, what’s there and what we need to find? !
Draw up the budget/ time line !
Submitting the funding application !
Stage 3!
Informing all artists and partners !
Contract all the collaborators !
Working toward the schedule !
Evaluation & Report !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
@StepOutArts!
Photo Credit to Mire Loew
@jihwenyeh!
David: A digitally interactive dance experience exploring
identity and community through the act of watching other
online. **You can interact with David online, right now! He
is on facebook (David David) and instagram
(david.da.v.id.david). Your decision and interaction will
change who he becomes and how he interacts with his
world. !
Currently crowd funding http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/david!
Jih-Wen Yeh !

15. For the long term development project !
All the above, plus; !
Plan ahead, draw up a yearly plan !
Profile raising !
Looking for opportunities and develop existing and
new partnerships for next stages such as further
development to premiere the work and touring!
Watch The Point at Which it Last Made Sense !
https://vimeo.com/84348935!
Direction: Robin Dingemans & Nick Bryson!
Performance: James O'Shea & Rosa Vreeling!
Video Design: SDNA!
Composer: Alessandro BosettiCostume !
Design: Louise Bennetts!
Lighting Design: Guy Hoare!
Producer: Jih Wen Yeh !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Jih-Wen Yeh !
@StepOutArts!
Photo Credit to Chris Nash!
@jihwenyeh!

16. Good planning tips from producers (part 1)!
Dream
big
but
be
realis.c
Contract
all
collaborators
JWY! JWY!
Monitor
budget
JWY! JWY!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
@Twitter Handle!@Twitter Handle!
Get
to
know
your
regional
arts
council
officer
@StepOutArts!@jihwenyeh!

17. Sue Hughes !
Rescheduled: Sue Hughes from Arts Council England, will talk about the
Grants for the Arts programme of funding, including how to apply and tips for
successful funding applications. New Date 4th February 2014!
Key sources of information http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/grants-arts/!
Initial questions to Enquiries team on 0845 300 6200 or 0161 934 4317!
@Ace_National!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

18. Grants for the Art Spring Surgeries 2016!
Register your interest in our Arts Council England 'Grants for the Arts' Spring Surgeries with
Bedford Creative Arts. A limited number of one-to-ones will be held in Central Bedfordshire on 12th
January 2016 3-6pm with representatives from the Arts Council and Bedford Creative Arts, to informally
preview Arts Council England 'Grants for the Arts' draft applications and to help fine-tune them, in
readiness for submission. !
Register your interest: http://www.creativebedforshire.com!
The deadline to register interest is midnight Friday 19th December 2015.!
@WeAreBCA!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

19. News from Bedford Creative Arts !
@weareBCA!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
The Bedford Song Book!
https://www.facebook.com/Bedford.Creative.Arts/ !
@WeAreBCA!

20. The Quarry Theatre team!
The Quarry Theatre team step front-of-house to offer practical planning advice,
across the perspectives of: producing a local festival, an international festival
and producing in a professional theatre.!
@quarryatstlukes !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

21. A new theatre for Bedford!
The Quarry Theatre officially opened at the end of June 2015 but we started to
produce and stage plays from the end of April 2015 onwards. !
@quarryatstlukes !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!

22. The Quarry Theatre team!
Perspectives on planning:!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
International festival! Local festival!
The
team
Early
development
Venue
hire
Previews
Paying
the
actors
Accommoda.on
Marke.ng
and
publicity
Decide when!
Find a venue!
Insurance!
Brand & identity!
Sponsorship / In Kind
Support!
Accounting!
Programming Marketing!
Staffing!
Post event accounting!
And then…!
Eat!!
Sleep!!
Enjoy.!
@quarryatstlukes !

23. International Festival!
Valiant at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015!
@quarryatstlukes !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Aims !
Potentially transfer Valiant to a London Fringe theatre, either as it was or
for development!
Give our actors professional exposure !
Long-listed for the Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award !
Taking part in JW3’s International Women’s Day celebration, February
2016 !

24. Local Festival!
Bedford Fringe Festival 2015!
@quarryatstlukes !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Facts and impact!
Number of days: 10!
Number of venues: 5 (Auditorium, Studio, Bar, Gallery & Forecourt)!
Number of events: 95!
Number of tickets issued or sold: 3424 (a 47% increase on 2013)!
Number of performers: 191!
Number of Edinburgh previews: 39!
Cash raised for Keech Hospice Care: £372.15!
Front of House volunteer hours (23rd July – 1st August): 830!
Website hits counted (www.bedfringe.com home page): !
1st April (website launch) – 1st August = 69,214!
1st May – 1st August = 56,0781st June – 1st August = 45,919!
1st July – 1st August = 28,920!
Reads of digital brochure (April 23rd – August 1st): 2,498!

25. Professional Theatre!
The biggest challenges we’ve had so far!
@quarryatstlukes !
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Trying to meet everyone’s expectations while sticking to a budget, and while still sticking to
our own personal aims and artistic vision.!
Having enough hours in the day/building up our staff team! Also keeping our families/loved-
ones happy as they have hardly seen us for the past six months!!
Raising awareness of the fact that we’re here – people still regularly write to the local papers
saying “we need a theatre in Bedford” and they have us and The Place! We’ve had around
9,000 people through the door so far since the end of April 2015 so hopefully a few people
know we’re here at least.!
Because we’re brand new we’ve had to get systems into place as we’ve been going along.!
Learning by mistakes!
Getting our glass recycled!!!

26. Good planning tips from producers (part 2)!
Learn
to
say
no/be
selec.ve
Stay
calm
-­‐
there
is
normally
a
solu.on
TQT! TQT!
Accept
offers
of
help
whenever
you
can
TQT!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
@Twitter Handle!@Twitter Handle!
Don’t
offend
other
people
who
work
in
a
similar
field
to
the
opera.on
you’re
star.ng
–
collaborate
as
much
as
possible
@quarryatstlukes!
TQT!Make
as
many
funding
applica.ons
as
possible
–
you
will
underes.mate
the
.me
they
take
so
allocate
enough
.me
to
each
one
so
you
can
do
it
properly.
TQT!
Read
all
the
guidelines
the
organisa.on
gives
you
and
ask
them
for
help
if
they
offer
it
–
they
know
what
they’re
look
for
in
terms
of
giving
away
their
money
TQT!

27. @CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Over to the room. Who wants to say something
about their creative business or creative need?!

28. Shout outs!
Circus of Illustration!
http://www.circusofillustration.com/!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Pavilion at the Park!
http://pavilion.attheparkbedford.co.uk/!
Bedford Language Centre!
http://www.bedfordlanguagecentre.co.uk/!
Wood End Gallery!
http://www.tabwood.co.uk/!
Keeping it Social!
http://www.keepingitsocial.co.uk/!
Conscia!
http://www.conscia.org/ !
Auris Music Agency!
http://www.aurismusicagency.com/!

29. Next up: Connecting with your audience!
@PlatePeople!
14th January 2015!
Friends Meeting House, !
27-29 North Street, Leighton Buzzard !
LU7 1EQ!
7 – 9 pm!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Join us in Leighton Buzzard for creative networking on Thursday 14th January from 7 - 9pm at The Friends
Meeting House. Network and explore how to tailor your business behaviour and messages to your
audience. Our January 2016 speakers are Tabitha Mary and PlatePeople. Tabitha Mary will offer a +one-
year-in perspective and new business PlatePeople will tell you how they approached their first Christmas
and beyond. Both will speak about how they get their content right, covering: products, research,
channels, collaboration and commitment. !
Tabitha Mary, the brand of designer Tabitha Wainwright, has a following in Bedfordshire and beyond.
Selling own design prints and tea towels, Tabitha Mary has been commissioned by small businesses,
Bedford Borough Council and We are Anglesey.!
PlatePeople decorate plates and other ceramics. The creative child of Claire and Matthew Rulton, the
PlatePeople look is simple and distinct. The character is quirky and personalized, generating sales online
and at creative markets and pop-ups.!
http://www.bedfordcreativearts.org.uk/index.php/events/creative-bedfordshire-connecting-with-your-
audience/!
@TabithaMary!

30. Save the date!
Creative Bedfordshire
4th Feb 2016!
7 – 9 pm!
The Ents.Shed!
Bedford!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Creative Bedfordshire
3rd Mar 2016!
7 – 9 pm!
Venue TBC!
Central Bedfordshire location TBC!

31. Heads up!
Funding surgeries – Arts Council - Grants for the Arts
12th Jan 2016!
3 – 6 pm!
Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire!
@CreativeBeds !
#CBNetworking!
Creative Bedfordshire
‘Grow Your Creative Business’ Conference!
4th March 2016!
9.30 – 3 pm!
Bedford !

32. Thank You!
Creative Bedfordshire is a network of creative people and
businesses in Bedfordshire and offers regular networking events
and professional development opportunities. Sole traders,
freelancers and creative businesses of all kinds are welcome to
attend. It is funded by the economic development teams at Central
Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council and is run by
Bedford Creative Arts. For more information email
sandrad@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk!
Follow us on Twitter @creativebeds or join our mailing list by
emailing info@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk with ‘Creative
Bedfordshire’ in the title.!
Creative
Bedfordshire