a big thank you to...

The Pleasance Theatre Trust would like to thank: Our media partners The Skinny, Fest Magazine, The List, The Scotsman and The Knowledge. The Fringe Society, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) and our EdFest venue partners: Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Just The Tonic, Underbelly and Zoo Venues.

Our partners at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Students’ Association, Chaplaincy Centre, Royal Medical Society, Festivals Office and Centre for Sports and Exercise, who recognise the development work of emerging talent and allow us to use the Bunker spaces free of charge.

Our technical and IT partners: BlackLight Production Services, Blue-i, Orbital Sound and Red61. Our charity partners Waverley Care.

Our friends Andrew Sykes, Arena Seating, Chloe Nelkin Consulting, Clare Furey, Eventotron, Integro, Jarvie Plant, Risk Control Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, SR Datacomms, Sue Cunningham, Theatre Futures, The Beach House, The Five Star Group, The Salvation Army, Edinburgh, Tom Dearden, Shyheim Weir, Gillian Hunt, Workspace, Claire Hill, Josh Hepple, Deaf Action, Petra Luckman, Charlotte Colbert, Martin Hunt, Jessica Malik, City of Edinburgh Council, Creative Scotland, Scottish Government and Islington Council.

We are also extremely grateful to all of our supporters, patrons and you, the audience!

We would like to thank our Pleasance Futures partners: Bristol Old Vic, Eden Court Theatre, York Theatre Royal, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Sherman Theatre, Home Manchester, Lyric Belfast, Leicester Curve, Les Enfants Terribles, The Popcorn Group and VAULT Festival.

We would also like to thank our selection panel for the Charlie Hartill Fund for UK-based Black, Asian and Global Majority Artists: Nikita Karia, Ameena Hamid and ShayShay.

Trusts and Foundations: The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust, The Backstage Trust, Capricorn Energy, Crerar Trust, H Mann Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation, Nancie Massie Charitable Trust, Schreier Foundation, Radio Forth Cash for Kids, The Russell Trust, Wavendon Foundation, Theatres Trust, The Rose Foundation and Equity Charitable Trust.

Thank you to our patrons Ellie and Duncan MacKinnon, Claire and Mark Bailey, Andrew and Kirsty Desson, David Gray, Josie Malcolm, Valerie and David Lindsay, Sarah Potter and Anthony and Claire Tait and Michael Dale.

A very special thank you to Jim Aitken MBE, a great supporter of the Pleasance over twenty years and Christopher Richardson, the Pleasance’s founder and patron, for starting this journey 39 years ago. Finally, thank you to our brilliant trustees, volunteers and staff, for keeping it going today.

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