Checklist before enagaging an artist:
- Make sure you have all of the required approvals before letting the agency/ company/ performer know you wish to go ahead
- Consider where the performers will get changed, take breaks and leave their personal belongings throughout the booking. (Ask yourself where you would feel comfortable getting dressed for work, taking breaks, eating lunch and leaving your bag to get an idea of an appropriate space. Would you take your work lunch break in a public toilet?)
- Refine and clarify the scope of the booking, and your budget, before contacting performers
- Check the performer's/agency's website first and be clear about what it is they offer that you are intersted in
- Be prepared to pay a travel fee if you are located outside a CBD area
- Have a back-up performance area in mind in case of wet or windy weather
- Only send supplier forms and admin once you are sure you are going ahead with the booking
- It is considered unethical to re-book a performer directly if you have previously booked them through an agency/company. This puts the artist in a compromising situation and can cost them future work and their reputation
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