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Van Hire

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Lighting Hire

Makeup Artist &

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Studio Hire

Venue HireDance & Music Performance

Studios

Venue Hire

Adress

AMCK Management
LTD 125 Westbourne Studios
242 Acklam Road
Notting Hill
London
W10 5JJ
Office Hours: Monday-Friday,
10.00am - 6.00pm

Who are they?

Web based casting agency for Dancer

The AMCK agent is there to
raise your profile;AMCK Management is an
International dance agency for dancers,
choreographers, and creative directors

T: +44 (0) 20 7524 7788

By Telephone: 020 8420 4209

Fax: 020 8421 9666
Post: 20 Sparrows Herne, Bushey ,
Herts WD23 1FU
E-mail:
Web based casting agency for actors
admin@castingnetwork.co.uk
By Telephone: 020 8420 4209
A company website that allows actors to join
Fax: 020 8421 9666
inable for them to get intouch with casting
Post: 20 Sparrows Herne, Bushey , companies in the performing arts industy.
Herts WD23 1FU
E-mail:
admin@castingnetwork.co.uk

Blue Compass Ltd

132 Upper Street Islington
London
N1 1QP
Registered in England
Company # 4749221

Set up in 2005. It allows the lives of dancers

become easier as they will do their best to get
dancers, jobs, information and help with
different casting opportunities. It contacts
dancers of upcoming auditions and contects you
into the dance industry.

The Musicians Union is

aindependent globally-respected organization
which represents over 30,000 musicians
working in all sectors of the music business.
MU HQ official address Musicians
Union, 6062 Clapham Road,
How it works?
London SW9 0JJ National Office NO. It is governed by its own members though
020 7582 5566
representative voting union members are
elected to the unions conference and onto
representative committees. It allows them to
make decisions and though the actions of the
network of union committees.

Equity is one of the

UKS performing arts trade union who
represent those who work in the arts
industry. The main pulpous of Equity is to
negotiate minimum terms and conditions
of employment, this includes things such
as payment/salaries and working hours.

Equity will fo all theses factors to ensure

performing arts employees are happy with their
working conditions and pay:
Negotiate with different companies
Supports
Protects
Influences
Provides Services
Advises the member on jobs, pay and other
aspects of the performing arts industy
Takes action if the performer is being treated
unfairly by their employer

Contact them on their contact

page:
http://www.bectu.org.uk/contact-us
Email us at info@bectu.org.uk
Tel: 020 7346 0900
Fax: 020 7346 0901

BECTU is the independent

trade union Reprosenting for those working
in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment,
leisure, interactive media and allied areas.

BECTU 373-377 Clapham Road, London,

SW9 9BT

True Sound Hire

Access Storage
Unit 9030
19 Moorfield Road
Slyfield Industrial Estate
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 1RU
T: 01483-564438
M: 07908-732936
E: info@truesoundhire.co.uk

Unit 1
Park Field Industrial Estate
Battersea
London
SW11 5BA
t: 0207 819 9669
f: 0207 819 9881
http://www.dance-floor-hireuk.co.uk/contact/

Ttue Sound Hire are a company based in

Guildford who provides equiptment hire
specialize in outdoor public address PA
systems from football tournaments,
festivals, local fete's to school
productions and sport days.

supply dance floors event

and hospitality industry.

Rising Brook Car & Van Hire

Walsall Road
Cannock
Staffordshire
WS11 0JB
Tel: +44 (0)1543 409692
Fax: +44 (0)1543 469055

Local West middlands van and

tuck suplier

By appointment: Mon-Fri 10am - 1pm &

2pm - 5.30pm
National Theatre Costume Hire
Chichester House
Kennington Park Business Estate
1-3 Brixton Road
London SW9 6DE
For Props hire
Phone: +44 (0)20 7820 1358
Email:
props_hire@nationaltheatre.org.uk
For Costume hire
Phone: + 44 (0)20 7735 4774
Email:
costume_hire@nationaltheatre.org.uk

Theater Cotume and Prop Hire

Shop organisation
Costomers have to visit to look at
the props they may require

Hawthorn Theatrical Ltd

Crown Business Park
Old Dalby
Leicestershire
LE14 3NQ

Hawthorn is one of the UKs largest

suppliers of technical production services
independent suppliers to the Theatre,
Corporate and Entertainment industries

Tel : +44 (0)1664 821 111

Fax : +44 (0)1664 821 119
http://www.hawthorns.uk.com/main/
contact/

Contact the on their web adress:

http://www.makeupartist.co.uk/make_up_artist_cv/

Freelance Makeup artist who has

gained a BA (Hons) Degree in Make-up
for The Performing Arts

Phone: 01708680753
Mobile: 07957262355
sarah@makeup-artist.co.uk

Producing Wigs, Makeup, and Prosthetic

makeup.

DanceXchange
Birmingham Hippodrome
Thorp Street
Birmingham
B5 4TB

Producing house theater

Telephone // 0121 689 3170

Ticket Sales // 0844 338 5000
Email // info@dancexchange.org.uk

hosts a Large variety performances and

dance classes

54-57 Floodgate
St Birmingham, West Midlands B5
5SL
0121 314 5830

mac birmingham
Cannon Hill Park
Birmingham
B12 9QH

ACE Dance and Music is a performing

arts Dance company specialising in
African and Contempoary Dance

opened in 1962, The Mac is a is a

non-profit arts centre, it is registered as a
charlity.
mac develops work with children,
families and young people of all
backgrounds.

Host Plays,
Dance performances,
Dance classes
Sales and Information: 0121 446
Music Studios
3232 (Open 10am - 9.45pm
weekdays & 9am-9.45pm weekends) Performance rehurals spaces
Public Cinemas
Community Events
Admin: 0121 446 3200
Fax: 0121 446 3201

Alcester Street Redditch B98 8AE

01527 65203

The theatre hosts a programme of

touring comedy, drama, plays and an
annual pantomime.
It is Redditch Operatic Socity main base
and other local Drama groups

Service Provicded

They offer clients and companies looking for specific

dancers who will fit their parts.
For dancers they offer opportunities for clients and
companies to spot them for employment.
They allow you to list your CV and physical
appearance, You can also put show real on your
profile.

Companies and Actors can subscibe and registerthey are given a membership ID this will allow
them to seach for spesific people
Allows companies to seach spesific actors who are
relevent to the work they are producing. It allows
casting agencies to minimilise their seaches
through a seach database.
It also allows actors to put their personal
informantion and experiences onto a database
where companies can seach them for jobs

Allows more professional dancers to list

their portfolio onto their database which is
accessible to over 350 employers and
dance companies.
It allows the dancer to tag key words related
to themselves which makes employers
able to seach them. It also allows the
dance to receive feedback from casting
directors though the site, network with other
dances and also browse their resource
database.

They offer a range of services for freelance

musicians providing assistance for professional and students of
all ages.

Offer help, information and supports people

who work within the performing arts industy

Reprosents freelance workers who are based in the

UK.
They Negotiate pay, conditions and Contracts with
employers
Advices and reprosentations for individual
Memebersx

Ttue Sound Hire specilises in

PA Sound & lighting Hire company,
They also provide services such as Dance floor
rental
Projector Hire
Staging Hire
Radio and mirophone hire
True Sound Hire offer different Dance floors ,
such as: Black and white checked, plain white,
traditional floors, black floors, LED starlit
floors.

Offer Rentals of event equipment including

dance floors, stages, catwalks, podiums, bars
and banquette seating, discos, lighting and
Flambeaux.
The offer floors such as : LED Lit floors,
wedding event floors, Coloured floors, Mirroed
floors, Circulare dance floors.

Supply a range of commercial

vehicles such as:
small vans
Large pickup trucks and removal vans

Offer many crafted props from past National

Theater Prductions.
Their probs were made in the Nationals
renowened workshop this ensures that each
piece is unique and made at a high quality

Suplys state of the art lighting, sound,

AV, rigging, staging and drapes rentals
lighting hire stock includes:
Control Desks
Lanterns
Colour Changers
LED Fixtures
Intelligent Lighting
Strobes
PyrotechnicsWind
MachinesOutdoor Lighting

ProducesWigs, Makeup, and Prosthetic

makeup, and costumes
Makeup for Events
Dairly Hiring for Large productions
Birdal Makeup
TV, Comercial and Photoshoot Makeup

Offer three studios and

The Patrick Centre-206seat studio theatre
They rent out dance studios to small and large
dance companies.
They also offer rehursal space for the pubilc.

They offer studio rental catering

for up to 30 people

Foyle Studio Rent for rehursal and

performances
Audience seating 120

Offer different rooms and theater spaces

which seat up to 420, or smaller thater spaces
for smaller performances.
Offers Theater hire for the performing arts
companies- Professional and Amateur
Accepts Exhibition, Confrences and product
launches to hire the venue

Costing of membership
or Hireing Equiptment

FREE

Benefits of Joining
the Organisation

Allows companies to seach for secific

performers to fit their specific parts
Makes the performer become known in the
industy
Gives Choreographers the opportunity to
seach
new dancers/ performers
Up to date information on performers
Gives performers their own profile and CV

Have submissions made on behalf for

quality film, TV, commercials, corporate and
theatre work.
Allows members to have their CV attached
with a full sized headshot. It will be placed on
the website
Instant contacts, messages, emails from
A subscription to CastNet
casting directors
is 6.50 per week.
There is no minimum commitment. The subsctiber
Allows members to recieve a weekly
may stop, start or suspend their subscription at
summary report wich gives them information
any time
on every production they have submitted to.
Members and gain access to employers
Databases.
Secure- there is a registration id and
password to enter the site to see peoples
profiles

Dancers Pro have two levels of

subscription - a monthly subscription of 15+VAT and an
annual subscription of 100+VAT.

Alerts dancers of up coming jobs

Companies and Employers can see profiles of
dancers

JOIN ONLINE

Insurance schemes- Members are

insured forof 10m, this covers injury to
members of the public or damaged
property

he annual membership rates are:

Legal assistance

Cash or debit card

183.00
Quarterly Direct Debit (4 payments)
45.75
Monthly Direct Debit (12 payments)
15.25

Rights Protection

Student Rate 20 per year by Credit/debit

card only. (There is no Direct Debit option)

Subscriptions are based

on your previous tax year's gross earnings from
your professional work,
Current subscription rates.
Gross Annual Income
Annual Subscription
Less than 20,000
116
Between 20,000 and 35,000
203
Between 35,000 and 50,000
349
Income of more than 50,000: Members pay at
the rate which is in line with 1% of their gross
income: 582 873
1,164
1,455
1,746 2,037
2,328
Students can also Join equity for the
FEE OF 17 per Year

Careers & business advice

Personal injury package
Teacher services- with lesson planning
and

Many performers sign

an Equity Contract which follows a set of
rules and regulations for pay rates, their
working conditions, rehearsal schedules. It
keep employers responsible for the health
and safety of their performers.
Pay: Equity contracts set minimum rates of
pay
Fair Treatment: negotiated to protect
your working conditions
Protection: if managements, employers,
agentss treat you unfairly Equity will
intervine.
Compensation: If injured or made ill
through work then our legal services will
seek proper compensation for you.

Membership is Voulanty
it also is for anyone working and seeking
employment
Aplying can be done online:
http://www.joinbectu.org.uk/index.html
The first year's membership for new members is
120 before any promotional discount

charge 375 + VAT for a

14ft X 14ft white or black LED starlit dance
floor

Negotiating pay, conditions and contracts

with employers
Gives Personal advice and representation
for individual members
Advice and representation on health and
safety
Benefits and servicesfor BECTU members
A website designed to improve access to
the union's advice and support.
Benevolent Fund which provides the
possibility of grants to members in financial
difficulty.

The company caters for lage

buissnes requirements aswell as small
requirements

PACKAGES: they offer a range of

They offer a range of different packages
packages for staging and lighting, sound which would be suitable for a company
system packages.
who is putting on a show

They offer a range of products.

Not just dance floors
Contact the Organisation for prices

The dance flooring can be used for

outdoor and indoor events
Cater for large event and small events

Easter Car & MPV From 16 per day

Small Vans
Peugeot Partner/Citreon Berlingo: Hire
for 1 week 168 3 days 99 1 Day
37.50

services cover the whole of the

Midlands area
offer FREE delivery
NO deposit

Large Vans
Extra Long wheelbase High Roof Panel
Van : Hire for 1 day 73.50 3 days 192
1 week 333

guarantee to beat any other quote in the

area

Ocasional Offers
XL Vans:
7.5 Tonne Iveco Box Van inc Tail Lift :Hire Suply Large and small vans
for 1 day 120 3 days 318 1 week 540

Their Props have made inhouse in their

National Theater production workshops
Hire fees are very competitive, offering
educational discounts and a sliding scale for
longer hires.

Anyone can hire our their props

Offers a range of different props to
choose from.
They also have Costumes for Rent

Beam Lighting :
Par 16 Birdie Box (silver):
Daily Rate8.50
Weekly Rate10.00
Exhibition Lighting
Source Four Par, MSR
Daily Rate45.00
Weekly Rate55.00

Provides Services 7 days a week

Suply to big corporations and
small independent firms

Strobes
NJD JL10 Strobe
Daily Rate17.00
Weekly Rate20.00

TV/ COMMERCIALS/ PHOTO SHOOTS:

Daily rate: POA (starts from 200 for 10 hr day,
including hire of my kit)
BRIDAL
Make-Up Trial 50.00
Make-Up On Day 100.00
SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Parties/ Prom: 60.00

She covers large based work and

smaller compaines
offers a range of different production
skills such as:
Wigs
Makeup
Designing ideas
Costume
Prosthetics

State of the Art Studio Rehursal

Space includes:
All studios 12m x 12m
Fully sprung floors
Studios
non-slip harlequin dance flooring
Full length mirrors
Air conditioning
Prices starting from 30+VAT per hour
Sound equipment including CD player
(additional charges may be made for
and MP3 options
equipment hire, technical support and/or staff
Male & female accessible changing
cover required).
facilities including showers and toilets
Discounted rates are available for West
Midlands based artists.

The studio has:

costs 15 + VAT per hour.

Available to hire
Mon to Sun throughout the year.

a sprung floor
dance mats (11.2 metres by 8.45 metres)
mirrors
male and female changing rooms
including showers and toilets (the space
is accessible for people with disabilities)
sound equipment
capacity for 30 people

Retractable seatingFelixble as the space

allows you
to pull the seating our
can be used as a rehursal room or as a
theater
Full Day (9am-5pm) - 200 + VAT
Seats a seated audience
Half Day (9am - 1pm) or (1pm - 5pm) - 120
+ VAT

Suplys Mirrors

Hourly Rate* - 50 +VAT

Blackout facilities:
Mirrors:
Hourly Rate is available after 6pm on Monday Lighting Fluorescent
Friday and all weekend.
2 changing rooms with toilets and
showers capacity 10 people eac

Performance / conference (including

technical, F.O.H manager, and box office
for
1 hour up to the start of each
Open 7 Days a week
performance)
Hire out to both Profesional and Amature
Mon - Thurs up to 10:30pm : 1,012.00
performers
Fri - Sat up to 10.30pm 1,134.00
Sun & Bank Holidays up to 10pm 1,518.00
All Performing arts companies can hire
the venue
For a public performance add the
e.g Drama clubs, Dance Companies,
appropriate hourly rate for technical
Exhibition companies
staff and additional fees.
up to 6 performances including Sunday get in
9am - 6pm : PER WEEK 4,380.00

Negatives of joining
the Organisation

Who would contact

the organization

The company may end up

producers of film and tv
taking more money in for
programs
themselve more then you earn
overall
Moderling agencies
They take a percentage of
your earnings

Famous peoples agents

You have to pay 6.50

to join per week this could be
costly for an actor who is out of
work
The company may end up
taking more money in for
themselve more then you earn
overall

Actors
Casting Agents
Company Directors

They take a percentage of your

earnings

You dont nessassary

always get work as you could
be signed up for months
without any success in any
company employing you

Dancers would
contact a dance agency to allow their
CV and profile to get seen by dance
companies and agents

NONE - because unions

are set up to supprt and
advise performers.

Musicians,

NONE - because unions

are set up to supprt and
advise performers.

Agents and Dance

Companies would also
contact the Dance agency
to look for employable
dancers who fit their work
criteria.

NONE - because unions

are set up to supprt and
advise performers.

those working
in broadcasting, film,
theatre, entertainment,
leisure, interactive media
and allied areas

School
Theaters
The further distance
Football clubs
away from the company the Festival organisers
costing of transport increases DJ'S
Small dance schools

School
Theaters
Football clubs
Festival organisers
DJ'S
Small dance schools

Large Theater Companies

Small Theaters
Touring Dance Companies
Musician companies

Props which are

TV
Film producers
Theater production
Companies
Photographers
Schools
Colleges
Amateure Societies
Fancy Dress Costumes for
the public
Marketing and Publishing
Companies
Event Organisers
Opra Companies

Theater Companies
Banks
Airlines
Tv chanels
Supermarkets
Schools
Dance companies
DJ'S
Party Venues
Car sales Companies
Phone Companies
Advertisement companies
Modeling agencies

Celebrities Agents
Theater Companies
Dance Companies
Wedding planners
Tv compercials
West End performances

Dance Companies
Dancers
Dance teachers
Students

During theie production

times,availability is limited.

Dance Companies Directors

Dancers
Dance teachers
Students

Confrence Performing
arts organisers
Dance Companies
Music Companies/ Bands
Lighting and broadcast
teams

Additional Charges are added

onto the hiring charge
such as:
Drama Companies
Dance Companice
Opening the Bar after 11pm
Music Bands
charge of 50
Orcestras
Exhibition Companies
Mis-use of the facilities eg.
Marketing Branders
Toilets unblocking 40
Orchesta Replacement: 15

Do they work with

any other agencies
or Who have they worked with

5 AMCK Dancers
joined Alicia Keys on stage at the 7th
annual Los 40 Principales awards in Madrid
Dancers employed MR SELFRIDGE - ITV

ROYAL ACADEMEY OF DANCE

SADLERS WELLS
CHANNEL 4
IDTA
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
SOUTH EAST DANCEX
FAITH
THE PLACE

Work with members of the union

Employers of their members

They will work

alongside their members workplace/
employers
Employers of their members

Sponsors:
Art Conucil England
Travelex National Thater
Worked With:
Royal Shakespear Company
Punch Drunk Theaterical Experiences LTD
Opera Theater Europe
London Sinfonia
Westminister School
Bishop Thomas and Royal Docks
Community School

Avon
ITV
Thames Water
BAE Systems
Sainsburys
EA Games
British Council
London Underground
Canary Wharf Management
SKY
Lloyds TSB
Endemol
Thomas Cook
Honda
Celebrities
Peter Andre
Tony Hadley
Wendy Richards
Toyah Wilcox
Clients
Walt Disney Productions
Cameron Mackintosh
The Royal Opera House
Productions
The Lion King
The Phantom of the Opera
Various Operas & Ballets

Running the Centre for

Advanced Training for South Asian and
Contemporary Dance, in partnership with
sampad South Asian Arts,
partnership with Regional Dance Agencies
Dancefest, Dancescape and Dudley
Performing Arts
DanceXchange, in partnership with
Birmingham Hippodrome

Trusts & Corporate Supportrusts &

Corporate Support
Birmingham Common Good Trust
Birmingham Future
Bordersley Green Junior & Infant School
Bruce Wake Charitable Trust
The Bryant Trust
CB and HH Taylor 1984 Trust
The Charles Henry Foyle Trust

Ullenhall Players
Rowney Green Theatre Group
Indigo Arts
Wythall Theatre Company
Studley Operatic Society
Alcester Musical Theatre Company
Redditch Borough Council
Forge Mill Needle Museum