Too see the official budgeting sheet and what our money was spent on, visit the technical document page on the Blog.
I’m not going to write a lot about the budgeting in terms of Fragment theatre company, due to it being all evidenced on the budgeting sheet. However, due to the large beginning budget we had ( £575.75) it made this process quite easy. Most of the money within the budget was spent on props through out the process with a total of 53 props through out the show and a total of £290.73 being spent on these.
organisation was a skill I had to learn through out this process, making sure I kept every single receipt in my ‘producer’ folder was essential in order to be able to keep track on where all the money was going.
it was my job to designate people to buy certain props, giving them a budget in which they has to stick to, this was to ensure we did not go over the budget. Microsoft excel was a computer programme that became my best friend throughout being the producer of Fragment theatre company.
when keeping track of the money it was important to think about the quality of the purchase, as we intent to be a long running theatre company the props need to be a good standard of quality in order to last. meaning that the cheapest option wasn’t always the best.
I the end of this process I believe I successfully had control as to where the money was going, meaning that the whole show came in within budget. Including buying gifts for those that helped us along the way.
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