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UPCOMING ACADEMies:
Topic
Date
Time
Speakers
How to Market Your Event
Wednesday 21 January
17:30 - 18:30
Tom Hooker - Lost Hippo, Caz Slota - Spark Arts
How to Market Your EVENT
Wednesday 21 January 2026
Join Caz Slota from Spark Arts AM&PM and Tom Hooker from Lost Hippo to chat about how to best market your event for Brighton Fringe 2026.
Caz Slota founded Spark AM&PM in 2018, providing marketing consultancy services for arts companies across the UK – from hyper-local community projects to major organisations with an international audience. Caz began her career in arts marketing and management at The King’s Head Theatre in London before moving on to Norwich Playhouse, spending the next 10 years promoting performances of every possible size and shape, and running the venue as part of the senior management team. Caz mentors early-career arts marketers through the AMA mentoring scheme.
Meet Tom – Director of Lost Hippo, Brighton’s cheekiest boutique immersive theatre company, where audiences don’t just watch the show… they actually get to play in it! With a background in Chinese Pole and Clowning, Tom spent over 10 years travelling the world performing in live circus shows before diving headfirst into the jungle of social media. There, he grew his own account to a whopping 3 million followers and ran accounts for heavyweights like Cartoon Network UK, BBC Eurovision, and Guinness World Records.
With years of experience in branded #AD campaigns on TikTok and Instagram, he discovered that applying those same principles to his own Brighton Fringe marketing helped turn modest budgets into sold-out shows.
How to Crowdfund - Hosted by Zoe Rees-Oliver from Crowdfunder. Outlining the basic steps from start to finish, of how to crowdfund your idea and raise the funds you need.
Box Office 101 - Hosted by Elin Eaton (Brighton Fringe). Everything you need to know about ticketing and the Box Office.
My First Fringe 2025 – Hosted by Sarah French and Megan McEvoy (Brighton Fringe). Panel members: Aiden Bex, Selena Mersey and Mustafa Algiyadi (Artists).
Brighton Fringe 2025 Registration Launch – hosted by Sarah French and Hannah Turk (Brighton Fringe).
2024:
How to ProduceYour Show – Hosted by Hannah Turk (Brighton Fringe).
Press Panel – Hosted by Maddie Lock (Brighton Fringe). Panel members: Suzanne Crosby (Broadway Baby and Brighton Source), Si Hawkins (British Comedy Guide), Brian Butler (Scene), Adam Englebright and CM Kavanagh (Brighton Seagull), Paul Levy (FringeReview).
Everything You Need to Know About Brighton Fringe Box Office – Presented by Ben Pearson (Brighton Fringe).
MarketingYour Event 2024 – Presented by Rhiannon Lingwood (Brighton Fringe).
My First Fringe 2024 – Hosted by Maddie Lock (Brighton Fringe). Panel members: Selena Mersey (Artist), Adam Englebright and CM Kavanagh (Brighton Seagull), Ben Carter (Programmer/Venue Manager), Paul Diello (Artist and Venue Manager of Ironworks Studios).
How to Crowdfundwith Crowdfunder2024 - Presented by Jason Nuttall (Crowdfunder UK).
How to Brighton Up Your Fringe (at Edinburgh Fringe 2024) - Hosted by Rhiannon Lingwood, Maddie Lock and Sarah French (Brighton Fringe). Panel Members: Ben Alborough (Artist, Producer and Programmer for the Weekend of Weird), Mustafa Algiyadi (Artist), Alex Caulfield (Underbelly).
2023:
ACE Project Grant Surgery - Hosted by Cameron Brown (Brighton Fringe). Panel: Anna Jefferson and Claire Soper (ACE).
How to Promote Yourself as a Performer with Spotlight – Hosted by Cameron Brown (Brighton Fringe). Presented by: Mel Brown (Spotlight).
How to Crowdfund with Crowdfunder 2023 - Hosted by Cameron Brown (Brighton Fringe). Presented by Jason Nuttall (Crowdfunder UK).
My First Fringe 2023 – Hosted by Cameron Brown (Brighton Fringe). Panel- Sarah Johnson (Sweet Venues), Hattie Snooks (Artist).
Rural Touring in the UK with NRTF – Hosted by Cameron Brown. Panel: Holly Lombardo, Hattie Thomas, Emily O’Shea and Mair George (National Rural Touring Forum).
How to Market Your Brighton Fringe Event 2023 – Hosted by Rhiannon Lingwood with Maddie Lock and Matt Evans (Brighton Fringe)
Around the World in 300 Fringes with World Fringe Network - Hosted by Cameron Brown (Brighton Fringe). Panel: Holly Lombardo (World Fringe), Cath Mattos (Wandsworth Arts Fringe), Melissa Marino (Milano Fringe and Catania Fringe), Lois Neville (Hollywood Fringe), Amanda Tunsberg (Oslo Fringe), Anastasia Lavina (Ukraine Fringe), Chris O’Reilly (Gothenburg Fringe), Tope Sanni (Lagos Fringe and Abuja Fringe).
