Promoter Comments

"Just wish we had registered before with Night Out and to realise how simple it was. Very grateful for the advice and help readily given. This experience has given the group the confidence to do more in the community."

"The company were a pleasure to work with and they provided us with a wonderful evening of music. We were overwhelmed by the number of people who came, some from as far away as Wiltshire! There was a lovely, community atmosphere in the hall and the feedback we got was that it had been a brilliant evening all round."

"This scheme is fundamental to enable people from diverse communities to access arts and engage in art activities. Night Out has been consistently helpful."

""Night Out gives us the confidence to book professional performances here. We know that people will come because of the good quality of the shows, but without the financial safety net, I am not sure we'd take the risk for the more expensive performances. Having the performances here enriches our community - it brings a different cross section of people together and its always a talking point for some time after and creates a shared history - even for those who don't get there as they want to hear about it and want to know what's next."

"Brilliant for allowing us to experiment with non-mainstream events, especially in the Welsh language where we are still building our audience."

"The show surprised everyone with it's emotion. Everyone commented on the superb acting and the surprise of how it made them feel. The added bonus of the delicious bread and dips made during the performance brought everyone together and opened up conversations with audience and cast. The actors took us on a light-hearted tale to a moving and gripping love story, highlighting the tragedy of a war-torn beautiful nation and people. Without the Night Out scheme we would not have been able to access this in our village but how amazing that this actually happened! Our small village hall was transformed for the night by this wonderful production."

"Everyone enjoyed the performance it was a magical event! We found the whole process easy to navigate and would recommend any group or organisation to book a Night Out event. We loved it!"

"The company were very well organised and a delight to work with. The show was incredible - audience members went from laughter to tears and back again! The audience was from our village and the surrounding area. One member said "theatre is such a rarity in this area and I was really excited to be going". Others were amazed at the quality of the production and that it could be experienced in the community. There is no public transport in our area so having cultural events literally on the doorstep allows people to experience something they would perhaps miss out on otherwise."

"This was our 6th anniversary of Y Parlwr. Without the support of Night Out, we would not have been able to bring this quality of performances to audiences. It is an invaluable scheme that makes it possible for small, community focused promoters and venues to present high quality artists, without the risk of making a loss. The artists are guaranteed their fee, which is often rare these days in many presenting venues."