The Bid

With the initial idea in place we proceeded to work on everything that was required for ‘The Bid’. Taking a show to Edinburgh is a pretty big task: being enthusiastic and hard working is not enough. You need more than two people. You also need financial backing. There are a lot of things you need. So the way we were heading was to bid our piece to RHUL (Royal Holloway University of London) Drama Society’s Edinburgh show. Every year they receive bids from students to put a play on in Edinburgh. At the bids meeting each group presents their idea along with a document that outlines all of their plans. The committee then decide which group is the most viable for the slot. That show then gets help from the Society to launch the project and go on to perform at Edinburgh! So this is the stage we were at. We had to outline a detailed budget, plans for the devising process and provisional schedules. In the proceeding days we spent hours on end without seeing the light of day, eventually coming up with an initial story board for what looked like an exciting new piece.

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