Producing

First and foremost the producing team is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective communication is maintained between every aspect of the show.

This includes the scheduling of meetings, including full production meetings and meetings with every department.

The producing team is responsible for constructing a balanced budget, finding funding from various sources and ensuring that the limited funds are allocated between departments as best suits the production.

The producing team is ultimately responsible for the safety of both the members of the company and the public. This will involve writing a risk assessment, and ensuring compliance, as well as purchasing insurance.

The producing team is responsible for crewing the show, think carefully about your show and your venue and which departments require what kind of experience.

The producing team​ is responsible for the logistics of the show, this includes obtaining and storing all acquired items, as well as provision for what happens to them after the show finishes. This also includes scheduling get-in and get-out.

The Producer is the one ultimately responsible for every aspect of the show, though needs to respect the autonomy of their heads of department. They will be directly responsible for the budget and safety, though aspects of these may be delegated to Associate/Assistant Producers.

In a small production, the Producer must also take on the responsibilities of a Production Manager if no dedicated Production Manager exists on the production.

Executive Producer is a vanity title given to someone who did something to support your show that doesn't itself carry a departmental responsibility. This may include the providing of grants or the loan of equipment, or providing unique expertise in an aspect of your production.

An Associate Producer is typically delegated a subset of the Producer's responsibilities, this is often useful on a larger production and should be someone who is capable of fulfilling Producer level responsibilities from a smaller show, sharing some of the burden of a larger operation.

n.b. A show with both Associate and Assistant Producers should take care that AP does not become a confusing term​​​​​

An Assistant Producer assists the Producer by fulfilling particular tasks. This is a good role for an aspiring producer to take, to see how to effectively fulfil the various requirements for a producer.

The Production Manager is the most senior non-executive position with a production. They are responsible for the logistics and operation of the venue throughout the production run, ensuring that all items and all people are where they ought to be when they ought to be and that a safe working environment is maintained at all times. In particular, the Production Manager coordinates get-in, and the schedule for technical and dress rehearsals, as well as pre-production meetings.

An Assistant Production Manager typically aids in coordinating the movement of items and personnel, particularly in responding to unexpected changes.

First and foremost the producing team is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective communication is maintained between every aspect of the show.

The producing team is responsible for constructing a balanced budget, finding funding from various sources and ensuring that the limited funds are allocated between departments as best suits the production.

The producing team is ultimately responsible for the safety of both the members of the company and the public. This will involve writing a risk assessment, and ensuring compliance, as well as purchasing insurance.

The producing team is responsible for crewing the show, think carefully about your show and your venue and which departments require what kind of experience.