Beaten to it

Well, in a moment of (in my opinion) sheer bravery on my part (and mild procrstination...) I have faced my nemisis (technology) and created a blogger account. Not bad I say for somebody who still doesn't really know hwat a bolgg is. So, here I am all ready to add a Producer stylee blogg, only to find that certain Miss Lewis has beaten me to it with the most exciting news of the last week - the AKM funding!

For anyone who didn't have to endure one of these last term, the AKM interview was nothing short of gruelling, and we've got £300 pounds out of it! Rose to the challenge, I like to think :)

So, our current finances are beginning to look a lot healthier, with £250 in the bank already, a further £500 promised to us and unconfirmed amounts from St John's Mummers and Balliol Drama Society. All in all, looks like floating costs (£1,298 off the top of my head... can't resist going to check... ooh so close, £1,298.48!) are going to be covered one way or another, especially considering I haven't heard back from the vast proportion of funding bodies. The full budget is just under £2,500, but the theatre charges are taken out of the final box office sales and should we fail to break even (which, frankly, is forbidden in my book and unlikely with Sarah and Ashleigh's collosal marketing efforts) Cam Mac should cover the shortfall. Although I haven't heard back from them yet either...

My one minor concern at the moment is actually getting said funding from said funding bodies any time soon. Trouble is we need money in the bank now with a show in second week and it all has to wait until everybody goes back up next term and start posting me contracts and cheques. Personally, the only thing I need to spend money on at this stage is rights, which are £404.10 and need to be paid and liscence received before any publicity material is released, according to Casarotto, the people issuing them. Will check out overdraft facilities, and make up the difference out of my own pocket for the time being if needs be. I'm instinctively loathed to do so, a)because it's quite a substantial piece of money and my overdraft doesn't look to healthy as it is, and b) because I'm still owed money from Cuppers which was in Michaelmas, but it has just dawned on me that I'M in charge of the money now, so I'm sure chasing myself up for reimbursement shouldn't be too much of an issue! Mwahahaha the power...

Right, before I get too carried away... Should really return (return?? Haven't done any today!) to my reading/catch-up-essaying etc etc.

Now comes the interesting part of seeing if I post this successfully... (I'm guessing 'Publish Post' is the way forward, but who knows in this crazy modern world...)