If you're hiring our space for a performance, you might have lots of questions. On this page, we've answered the questions we get asked the most!
What’s the process?
Once you have filled out our hires enquiry form, we will assess whether it’s something we can make possible. This will depend on a variety of factors including availability and suitability. If we think we can make a show or hire possible, we will reach out to you. If you have flexibility on dates, we may offer dates surrounding the ones you have provided.
We’ll then confirm the fees, dates and anything else you might need. We can pencil dates for up to a week if you need to discuss with other team members. Once we have an agreement on these, we’ll confirm this with a deal memo and an invoice raising request.
A deposit of 25% will be required to confirm the dates and we’ll ask you to fill out a series of forms on a platform called Eventotron. When the forms are filled out, we’ll send you a full contract and code of conduct. When we have these signed and returned to us, we can put your show online.
Once your show is online we can process any comp requests, help with marketing as laid out above and begin any preparations for your time here. The full payment for shows will be required a month before the first date of your time with us.
On the day of your show, we’ll have a technician show you the space and conduct an introduction into the building and you’ll complete your get in with them. An hour before your show you’ll need to meet with Front Of House to discuss house opening, your latecomers policy and go over any content warnings to make sure nothing has changed in the show. After that, it’s over to you!
How do I get to CPT?
We have wayfinding videos and directions here: https://cptheatre.co.uk/Your-Visit/How-to-get-here
What is accessibility like at CPT?
We have step-free access, wide doorways, and welcome assistance dogs. Please visit our accessibility page for further details and don't hesitate to get in touch if you need more information: https://cptheatre.co.uk/Accessibility
What are the ticketing options?
Sales via Camden People’s Theatre - We will ask you to fill out a marketing form with everything we need to put your show on to our website. Our Front Of House team will help to coordinate door sales and sort out any ticketing issues. We can also add discount codes and offers and arrange daily sales reports on request. This is our preferred option, and the option that most people use.
Independent Ticketing - You can set up and run your own ticket sales (ticketmaster, eventbrite, etc). This option is mostly chosen by companies that have their own ticketing system in place already. It means that you are in control of all the ticketing and will need to provide us with a comprehensive list of ticket holders on the day of performance.
Does CPT support hire shows with marketing?
Companies are expected to market their own shows. Your show can be listed on our What's On page. During quiet periods, we may be able to display posters or flyers in our foyer but this must be agreed with our Marketing Manager. Where we have capacity, we can display up to 50 A6 flyers (foyer flyer rack), one A1 poster (foyer poster frame), OR two A3 posters (bathroom poster frame). All posters, flyers, and use of the CPT logo must be pre-approved by our Marketing Manager. We will endeavour to share at least one of your company's posts to our Instagram story and reshare at least one post on Twitter/X.
