My Life as a Festival Director, Part 1
Author: Jonathan Kaufman, Director
2 April, 2010: I’m in Huddersfield for Easter but luckily still in email range to continue planning what’s turning out to be another bumper event. Every day I hear of another new event somebody wants to stage during our Summer Season. And as someone who these days seldom says ‘no’ to anything, I then have the unenviable task of finding a slot for it in the increasingly crowded schedule. Most recently I got to hear of Simon Cummin’s intriguing project ‘Home’, which brings art installations and site-specific theatre into a house on the Sydenham-Penge border. It sounds fascinating and too unusual not to include – why didn’t we hear about it last year?
I’m also trying to get a ‘Battle of the Bands’ back up and running after a potential organiser pulled out. If anyone out there knows of bands in the local area and would be keen to talk to the manager of Livesey Hall, I know we could get a great event organised. It was a real disappointment not to include a music event for young people last year, so this is a fantastic opportunity for those of you wanting to get involved!
Now, I’d better get back to writing the script for Three Musketeers (opening 17th August at The Dolphin) and scheduling rehearsals for my forthcoming theatre show, Ocelot Gymkhana: Heat 2 at The Hob from 27th April. It’s a real headache, nothing like scheduling a three-month festival season…
