2016 RATE CARD QUESTIONNAIRE THEATRE (England & Wales)

Rate Card Questionnaire (E&W) 14.12.16

2016 RATE CARD QUESTIONNAIRE – THEATRE (England & Wales)

To help compile the new Rate Card, we are asking all members in England and Wales for fee information on freelance directing jobs in any category of which they have knowledge, not only their own. (N.B. Scottish members, and Opera members have a different form.)

Please enter for actual shows, or for typical ones you have reliable information on….

a)The company name.

b)The preparation period in weeks and days. c) The rehearsal period in weeks.

d)The fee earned for a full length play, or a fee range e) Any royalty paid.

f)A fair fee for this job, in your view, if different from (d).

Just replace the question marks with figures, for either an actual production or a typical one.

If you have more than one example just copy and paste the relevant block. Please add in Commentsany extra details e.g. on unpaid work, or on touring allowance, or expenses,or on project funded productions. If your production doesn’t fit any categories please type the information at the end of the form, under category heading (G). Thank you very much for your assistance!

A) SUBSIDISED BUILDING BASED COMPANIES (NPO/APO)

1. RSC & NATIONAL THEATRE

Company Name
Director / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Royalty ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Dir (Studio) / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Royalty ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Asst/Assoc/Res(specify) / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Comments / (Expenses, Conditions, etc)

2. MAJOR LONDON BUILDING BASED COMPANIES

(eg. Royal Court, Almeida, Young Vic, Donmar, etc)

3. MAJOR NATIONAL/REGIONAL BUILDING BASED COMPANIES

(eg. Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester RE, Bristol, Chichester, WYP, etc)

4. MIDRANGE BUILDING BASED COMPANIES (London & National/Regional)

(eg. Hampstead, Tricycle, Nottingham, Leicester, Clywd, Sherman, Belgrade,Crucible, Northampton, Derby,Salisbury, Colchester,Stratford E15, etc)

5. SMALLER BUILDING BASED COMPANIES (London & National/Regional)

(eg.Bush, Gate,Unicorn, Soho, Watermill, etc)

B) SUBSIDISED TOURING COMPANIES

6. MAJOR NPO/APO TOURING COMPANIES

(eg. NTWales, ETT, Headlong, etc)

Company Name
Director / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Royalty ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Asst/Assoc/Res (specify) / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Comments / (Expenses, Conditions, etc)

7. SMALLER NPO/RFO TOURING COMPANIES (Please specify if no guest directors employed)

(eg.Paines Plough, Forest Forge, Eclipse, etc)

(Continues...)

8. PROJECT FUNDED PRODUCTIONS & TOURS (Please specify if you fulfilled more than one role)

Production type
Company Name
Funding Source / Budget?
Director / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Royalty ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Other Role / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Royalty ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Assistant / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Comments / (Expenses, Conditions, etc)

C) COMMERCIAL/SPONSORED SECTOR

9. MAJOR COMPANIES (Old Vic, Globe, Regents Park, etc)

10. OFF WEST END (Orange Tree, Rose Kingston,Southwark, Arcola, 503, etc),

11. FRINGE& SMALL SCALE COMPANIES (London & rest of country, incl Wales)

(Continues…)

D) THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR

12. LONDON WEST END

Company Name
Director / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Royalty ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Associate / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Resident / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Assistant / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Comments / (Expenses, Conditions, etc)

13. COMMERCIAL REGIONAL/TOURING

(eg. Kenwright, Bath, etc)

E) COMMUNITY/LEARNING/PARTICIPATORY (14)

Production type
Company Name
Funding Source / Budget
Director / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Royalty ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Other Role (e.g Producer, Productionmanager) / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Assistant / Prep wks ? / Rehwks ? / Fee £? - ? / Fair Fee £? - ?
Comments/Expenses? / (Expenses, Conditions, etc)

F) DRAMA SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

We are excluding this sector from the Rate Card for now, even though it is an important sector for many members.However the variations are huge: RADA and Central can payup to around £5k, while small independent and 6th formcolleges offer much lower ‘educational rates’.

G) PLEASE ENTER HERE DETAILS FOR A PRODUCTION IN ANY CATEGORY NOT INCLUDED.

Please return the form by January 5th 2017 to .

Thank you! Your information will help to improve rates for all directors.