Agrippa Productions
We'll manage the practical side of your creative production
We make it easy for you to see your creative vision on the stage. From budgeting, finding funding and buying to casting calls, scheduling and marketing - we do the donkey work so you can get creative.
We specialise in grass roots and fringe productions and have all the contacts and knowledge to make your performance stand out from the crowd.
Totally flexible, we can do as much or as little as you need us to - just get in touch and let's see how we can work together.
Our service
We will work with you to get your production on the stage. We can help find venues and negotiate prices, find the right personnel, plan an entire project and do all those things that take you away from your creative vision.
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Venues and negotiation
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Funding and budgeting
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Marketing and advertising
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Sourcing of tech, props & costumes
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Planning and project management
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Contracting and legals
Who we are
Agrippa was set up and is managed by Richard Douglas, a published playwright, fringe theatre producer and project manager.
Richard first wrote and produced his own play, Barbara the Zoo Keeper, as part of Studio Salford's Write for the Stage programme back in 2014. In March 2017 he produced his second play Marina and the Clone, for which he successfully applied for Arts Council England funding and has subsequently worked on Avoidance by award winning playwright Mike Heath, the development of Just Turf by Tom Hogan where he was again successful in winning Arts Council funding, production management of Cells - a body of work by Proud and Loud Arts, a disability led theatre company, at Edge Hill University and Manchester Art Gallery, his third play Margaret, a monologue which debuted at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2017 and was subsequently staged at Oldham Library Theatre, and The Script by Robert Pegg which is on at the Kings Arms Theatre in November 2018 and for which Richard won another Arts Council England grant.
Outside the arts Richard has many years experience curating and managing successful business events, high profile awards and senior level conferences across the North West of England. It is there that he learned the skills of planning, budgeting, negotiation and marketing - all key to putting on the best production at the best possible price.
Get in touch with Richard at agrippa_productions@outlook.com
or call 07970 797 160
"What you want in a producer is someone for whom nothing is a problem - it’s a challenge to be solved - and this is my experience of working with Richard as the producer for Marina and the Clone.
"He was organised and professional and planned everything meticulously so that when it came down to working in the rehearsal room, everything was there for us, meaning that we could focus entirely on putting a great show together.
"Richard was approachable when there were issues and had a can-do attitude that meant that nothing escalated into a problem that interrupted the rehearsal process. I would wholly recommend Richard as a producer. In fact, I’ve already hired him again for my next play."
Barbara the Zoo Keeper
by R.P. Douglas
May 2014
"Barbara The Zoo Keeper is a great debut for RP Douglas. It delivered a big dollop of something that is often missing from a lot of plays – fun. Not only was it a complete joy to watch, it looked like the cast were having a whale of a time performing it."
The Good Review May 2014
Marina and the Clone
by R.P. Douglas
March 2017
"It’s a play that you may find odd or you may find strange, but one that you will definitely enjoy and one that will stick with you long after the performance has ended."
Rob Gemmell - Lancashire Life. March 2017
Avoidance
by Mike Heath
May 2017
Tom has been dead for 15 years. At least, that’s what his sister, Michelle, thinks. Their mother has since passed away, leaving her with husband, Damian, trapped in a house haunted by memories. Damian is desperate for them to move to make a fresh start.
When Tom appears on the doorstep, hope rears its head for Michelle and presents an opportunity for Damian.
But why did Tom disappear, and what has he come home to tell her?
A tale of truth and hope, when all hope has been jettisoned.
Starring Ant Bacon, Jo Dakin and Greg Kelly
Just Turf is being performed as a script in hand development piece at The Met, Bury on 19th July 2017
This will form part of Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2017
Book tickets here
Just Turf
by Tom Hogan
July 2017
“Just Turf” is a poignant, original and dark exploration of one woman’s personal fantasy to dance with Michael Flately and smother him in her prize winning creamy mashed potato.
Like many Irish families Martha’s siblings have migrated across the globe and as the youngest she is left at home, dealing with her demanding, ailing, feckless father The only sanctuary and solace for her is found in the field by her house, when she tends her prize winning, blight resistant potatoes.
This is a play exploring a passion of youth, now lost in a starchy, tuberous crop and the frustration of the dance repeatedly whumped out on a hard kitchen floor.
Margaret is on at the Kings Arms Theatre, Salford from 24-26 July 2017.
Book tickets through the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival website here
Margaret
by R.P. Douglas
July 2017 & February 2018
Margaret is dying - that's a given - but she wants to be in control of exactly how and when she goes. From funeral arrangements and her will to the cocktail of drugs she intends to consume to finally finish herself off.
Margaret is a darkly comedic monologue looking at how we deal with the end of life in the UK and it forms part of the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2017.
"I’d like to be buried in my navy blue, Marks and Spencer’s suit. It’s wrinkle free so they can have an open coffin if they like." Margaret.
Production Manager for the July 2017 production of Cells at Edge Hill University
Cells - a body of work
by Proud and Loud Arts
July 2017
Established in 2000, Proud & Loud Arts creates accessible performance which explores social understanding and the use of disability labels.
Cells - a body of work' is a collection of live art installations
created in response to the Manchester Evening News report, in
October 2015, describing a 140% rise in reported hate crime
incidents against people with disabilities.
These witty yet challenging artworks offer a thought provoking
and creative glimpse into the extraordinary and explore the
stigma often attached to those who dare to be different.
Some labels are given special treatment and a glass of
champagne, some are put in a safe place where no one can
find them. Others are hung out for everyone to see, as an
example of what happens to normality when it wanders off
the path.
The Script
by Robert Pegg
November 2018
A young mother finds herself on the Syrian border while on a family holiday in Turkey. She is arrested and brought back to the UK to be questioned on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.
The police want to know the truth about why she was there. Her lawyer wants to protect her at all costs.
The Script by Robert Pegg is at the Kings Arms Theatre, Salford
from 14 - 18 November 2018
Buy tickets at www.kingsarmssalford.com
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Sherry Trifle
by R.P. Douglas
March 2020
Sherry Trifle is a comedy about a family trying to make it through Christmas Dinner in one piece.
Philip has some big news and Joe wants to introduce his new partner, unfortunately Anastasia, their mother, is the guest from hell and she’s not going to make it easy for either of them.
Sherry Trifle by R.P. Douglas is being performed as a script-in-hand rehearsed reading as part of the Studio Salford Development Week 14 at The Kings Arms Theatre at 7.30pm on 7th March 2020