For the first time, the Scottish Falsetto Socks have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the brand new 2018 show. I've no idea how it'll go, but fingers crossed we can make this year's show a great big biggie. The whole campaign is to be found here, and it's all below.
Lots of fab and fun incentives to be had, please spread the word, no contribution is too small.
Earth’s funniest footwear, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their 10th all-new show, and with your help we want to make it the best ever, and bring it to a town near you afterwards.
Hello, we are the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
- And so am I -
- And so is he, and we’re hoping you’ve heard of us by now. We’ve been making people laugh on stage and screen for a decade now (our first Edinburgh show was in 2007). We know a few thousand of you follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and over 100,000 of you watched our videos online last year (the DUP one and a Doctor Who one did particularly well). Even better, about 2000 of you came to see our last Edinburgh show – Socks Do Shakespeare in 2016 – and even more came to see the show when it toured throughout 2017.
Socks Do Shakespeare was our most successful show, and the one we’re proudest of (though we hope you also liked Socks In Space, Minging Detectives, Boo Lingerie and all the rest), and we want 2018’s to be even better. We’re going to make a big splash in Edinburgh then tour the show around the country, possibly internationally. And we can do it, with your help.
Why are we going to Edinburgh?
The Edinburgh Fringe is the biggest showcase in the world. It’s where we attract some of our biggest, most enthusiastic audiences, and where we get seen by the promoters who book us for our subsequent tour dates. The chances of our show coming to a venue near you are based on the impact we make in Edinburgh. It’s also where we garner fabulous reviews, tempting more theatres to book us. And it’s where those lovely people from the TV get to see us, edging the Socks closer to the big audiences we know you’d like to be part of.
What do we want the money for?
Putting a show on at the Edinburgh Fringe gets that little bit more expensive every year. And, once we’ve paid for our venue hire (we’ve been invited to the prestigious Gilded Balloon for the tenth year running), our listing in the programmes, our accommodation, the tiniest bit of advertising, our posters, our flyers, and sundry other costs that you forget about until they’re upon you, even a small self-contained show like the Scottish Falsetto Socks doesn’t have any change from five thousand pounds. And we don’t see a penny of any profits till the Autumn.
Firstly, what’s the show called?
A good question, and one that we’ll be answering when it debuts in Leicester. But guess what – you’ll find out first! Yes, no matter how tiny the bit of help you’re able to give us, you’ll get the Top Secret Show Title revelation first. You’re welcome.
Secondly, what do you get?
Take a look at those rewards (on the right). We’ve put together some smashing things that you and you alone will get your hands on. We hope you’ll lap up a few of these priceless, exclusive goodies and help us make this show a great big biggie!
Thirdly
The astute Socks-followers among you might have noticed that a couple of our past shows (we’re thinking of 2015’s Minging Detectives and 2014’s And So Am I) suffered a little because – and we’re letting you into a bit of a behind-the-scenes trade secret here – in order to fund the show, Kev F (our star performer) was also running comic art classes in libraries in Edinburgh during the days. Which meant he had less time to devote to preparing and promoting the show and, on a couple of occasions, was in danger of losing his voice. Which, as you can imagine, is one thing the Scottish Falsetto Socks show can do without.
We’ve never asked for your money quite like this before. We just know we can prepare and run a better show with a little more financial support at the start. So, in order to devote maximum time to writing, preparing and running the best – and funniest – Socks show you’ve ever even dreamed of, we would be helped by every penny you’re able to cough up to stick in our coffers.
Loving you in anticipation
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
And so am I
And so is he
INCENTIVES
Pledge £10 or more
SUPPORT SOCKS
We’ll tweet and Facebook our thanks to you, and you get a credit on the Socks websites for as long as these things last
Pledge £20 or more
STRETCH SUPPORT SOCKS – BADGE AND POSTER
As well as the online thanks and credit above, we’ll send you a special Limited Edition “I Support The Socks” badge, and a limited edition signed Socks show poster. (So you can have it before Edinburgh, it will be from a previous Socks show, only a finite number of which were printed)
Pledge £30 or more
SHIRT ‘N’ SOCKS – BADGE, POSTER, T-SHIRT
A very special “I Support The Socks” t-shirt will be yours, as well as your Limited Edition “I Support The Socks” badge and a Socks show poster, +online credits etc.
Pledge £50 or more
SHIRT‘N’SOCKS PLUS WITH T-SHIRT & VIDEO
Inclusion in a special Socks video, mentioning our high-ranking Socks Supporters, will be yours, via Youtube. Plus you get the limited edition badge, t-shirt and poster, and the online goodies as above.
Pledge £150 or more
BESPOKE VIDEO STARS + T-SHIRT etc
Congratulations, you’ve just commissioned a Socks video uniquely for you, from your suggestions. Name the subject, namedrop anyone you like, send it as a gift or greeting, and we’ll turn you out a little something special. And, of course, you get the limited edition badge, t-shirt and a poster, and a mention in the Sock Supporters video, above.
Pledge £250 or more
SPECIAL GUEST STAR
Well done, Special Guest Star, you just got yourself mentioned in the show (we can’t guarantee in what context, but you’ll be in there every night). We’ll also produce a Bespoke Video for you (as above), with all the goodies available to all the other categories. The works, in short.
Pledge £500 or more
SPONSOR
From £500 you’re entitled to sponsorship rights. Your company logo will appear on all posters and flyers, as well as getting a mention in the show, and you’re entitled to every incentive above, from a Bespoke Video to the badges, posters, t-shirts et al. This won’t be sole sponsorship rights.
(If anyone wants to discuss serious commercial level sponsorship, up to and including exclusive sponsorship and advertising endorsement, we’ll need to talk separately, and before the conclusion of this Kickstarter. No sponsorship offer would exclude or supercede the offers being given to other supporters.)
Feb 17 & 24 6.50pm Kayal Leicester
Mar 14 & 15 8pm Dram Glasgow
May 26 3.45pm & May 27 5pm Komedia Brighton
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