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CPH STAGE is an open festival for professional adult theatre. This means that the participating performances must be suitable for audiences from 16 years of age and that everyone must comply with the applicable collective agreement. Registration is free and the festival is open to all types of performances – both revivals and premieres. In addition, readings, emerging and school performances are also welcome.

Participating theaters and groups are independently responsible for their own finances, including all production costs, and that all regulatory requirements are met and necessary permits are obtained. Participants are also responsible for finding a venue and determining the details of the collaboration between the visiting group and the stage. It is the participant's responsibility to enter events in Tereba and validate the information entered. It is not possible to add a performance to the festival via Tereba until you have registered via Eventotron and signed the registration agreement.

CPH STAGE is responsible for the running of the festival itself, including administration, communication and production of selected industry and audience initiatives. Participating theatres and groups are primarily responsible for marketing their performance and related events. The festival is obliged to include the performance in the festival's printed program and on the website.

The festival expects the participating theaters to comply with the applicable collective agreements. Danish Theatre enters into a special collective agreement with the Danish Actors' Association on CPH STAGE. YOU CAN READ THE AGREEMENT HERE. As CPH STAGE receives funding from the Danish State and the Copenhagen Culture and Leisure Committee, it is a prerequisite for our support that our partners, including sponsors, meet the requirement for labor clauses. This means expectations for pay and working conditions, including working hours and residence and work permits. READ MORE ABOUT LABOR CLAUSES HERE.

The festival conducts a number of group sales initiatives, including corporate, organizational and media collaborations, as well as the festival's own host-driven group tours. This is done as part of the festival's audience development work, as well as to increase visibility and ticket sales. This could be for socially vulnerable groups, for example. This means that the festival can sell tickets with a reduction corresponding to "adult group" via a promotional code. It is possible to opt out in the contract with CPH STAGE.

The festival also has a number of VIPs who receive personalized promotional codes that entitle them to 2 free tickets per performance during the festival. This is a service for the press, sponsors, etc. that it is expected that all participating organizers/theatre producers will want to show their performances to.

CPH STAGE's festival wristband is for both audience and industry. The wristband can be used on the day for all performances that are not sold out. When you buy a ticket for a festival wristband on our website, you are automatically subscribed to our audience newsletter, where we will send daily tips during the festival about which performances are still available. Participating venues are automatically included in the wristband scheme and are obliged to register how many audience members with wristbands they let in. The proceeds from the festival wristband will then be distributed among the theaters based on a distribution key that guarantees 25% of the ticket price. The wristband costs DKK 350.

PLAY TIMES

Experience from previous years shows that most performances play at 8 pm, which creates unnecessary competition for the audience. At the same time, experience shows that there can be good occupancy at off-peak times. We have therefore established the following guideline for playing times during the festival:

If a show plays more than 3 times during the festival, we encourage at least one show to start at a time other than 20:00.

We encourage you to schedule the performances at even times, e.g. 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, so that the audience has the opportunity to see several performances on the same day,

It is a good idea to engage in a dialog with the festival secretariat about scheduling. The goal of this is to better coordinate performance times to ensure more opportunities for the audience to see multiple performances in one day.

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TICKET CREATION

Participating theaters and groups that register for the festival through the open registration receive all ticket revenues and set their own ticket prices. Performances for the festival must be created for sale via Tereba, so the performances will be available for sale www.cphstage.dk and Teaterbilletter.dk.

The festival uses Billetten A/S as ticket operator and ticket portal. If your theater is a member of Scenit or the billetbillet collaboration, you automatically have a ticket agreement that can be used during the festival. The organizer has access to Billetten's statistics, new users will receive an email with a link and password when they sign up.

If you do not have a ticketing agreement, we encourage you to use Billetten A/S, as it gives the audience the best user experience. We have negotiated a good deal for all participating theaters. Selling tickets in the system costs a click fee per ticket sold, which Billetten A/S deducts when settling the total ticket sales. There is also a click fee on free tickets. Ticket handling for free performances is without a click fee.

For more info about ticketing, contact Billetten A/S on tel. +45 75 54 20 81.