Recreating the past for live events, TV and film
EventPlan specialises in organising historical events and can do this for you. Please click (left) for more details, or for information on events past, present and future, or our 2007 events listing.
We offer a number of distinct areas of expertise to owners and managers of historic houses, castles, attractions, along with councils and other clients. Our objective is simple - to stage or help you to stage first class, successful events, as organisers and/or advisors. We are often approached as a result of personal recommendation and increasingly, for repeat bookings, which we feel says a lot about how clients view us.
For a flavour of the kind of events we can stage, please visit our photo galleries of past shows.
With a vast amount of practical experience on offer, we can advise you on all kinds of innovative insights, strategies and ideas, whether you plan just one event or a full annual programme. EventPlan managing director Howard Giles has staged thousands of historical events of all sizes and themes over the past 30 years, so we know what usually works, what doesn't, what specifically appeals to audiences and what to avoid. So there's no need to re-invent the wheel when tried and tested strategies are there for the asking. Let us help you!
We create, organise, script, narrate and direct top-quality live
displays and entertainments for audiences of all sizes, specialising in the very
best historical re-enactment and interpretation. From huge outdoor
multi-period "spectaculars" to intimate interior living histories, our experience will ensure
a great event every time. Find out more about which
historical events might best suit you.
EventPlan strongly believes in
working with event performers to the benefit of all. By maintaining a close working relationship with both clients and performers, we ensure the best possible show. We are trusted by re-enactors and can as a result make the most of their unique skills.Safety first: We always operate a careful safety policy at our events. As part of their contract with us, performers are required to adhere to our Conditions of Participation, which also outline standards of authenticity and behaviour.
We can also organise displays and entertainments for corporate hospitality days and themed weddings.
Even if you don’t need us to organise everything, you can always ask for help
in specific areas if you need it. For example, we can check out your site
presentation, advise on safety or if appropriate historical accuracy, or even
script and narrate a show. It’s up to you.
We can also advise and assist on essential
health & safety
issues.
Perhaps surprisingly, there are very few courses available for historical event organisers. With years of practical experience in events, we can plug this gap with invaluable in-house staff training services. Virtually any aspect of event strategy, organisation and planning can be covered, depending on a client’s specific needs. With Howard Giles having established the 10 guiding principles of successful event planning for English Heritage, and written a definitive event manual for them, we can pass on this knowledge to your staff. Please see our
Training Services section for more details.
Organising your own event and require quality performers? Then use us as a booking agency!
In
addition to organising and
co-ordinating events, we can also arrange performers on behalf of clients who
prefer to manage events on site themselves, usually when an event simply isn't
big enough to warrant our on-site co-ordination. We know many groups very well,
their strengths, quirks, what they will and won't do, where and when.
After discussing your needs, we can
book you appropriate performers (subject to availability, of course) and handle
the early planning stages, then our clients take over from there. So whether you want us to do
everything, or just do the preliminaries by sourcing you appropriate performers,
we can help. You'll be surprised how reasonable our fees are, too!
Need a commentator? Historian Howard Giles is one of Britain's most experienced historical event commentators. Usually working without notes, he can narrate virtually any historical event with a smooth, easy going and entertaining style. Howard has also scripted and narrated historical videos.
We can also help by arranging displays and interpreters for schools and museums, entertainers for children's parties, as well as costumed talks for clubs, societies and special interest groups.
Supply of event equipment
When staging events on your behalf, EventPlan can supply a considerable amount of equipment from stock including our powerful mains-free PA system with radio mike, hundreds of camera-friendly lightweight green plastic barrier stakes (suitable for all locations including archaeologically sensitive sites) and miles of tape, A3 signboards and signs, A1 signboards, plus other items. If wished, we can source any additional equipment as required.
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Updated 29 December 2006