Event Case Study
Actors' Showcase
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Date of Event
19 February 2025
Event Description
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama final year students from both the MA and BA Acting courses deliver a theatrical performance to showcase their skills on stage. An invited audience of the UKs top Theatrical, Television and Film producers, directors and agents enjoys an event in both Cardiff and in London's West End each year.
Production 78 Role
Production 78 provides the Stage Management and Technical Team to rehearse and produce this performance. Our Production Manager liaises with stakeholders at the college and with the London venue to ensure the event runs smoothly. This includes all creative, technical, and operational elements of the show including programme printing, catering and drinks receptions, scheduling, rehearsal reports, AV, Lighting and Sound design and operation, technical rehearsals, set and costume, transport and accommodation arrangements for the tour.
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Event Carbon Data
Location or Venue
Richard Burton Theatre, Cardiff & The Savoy Theatre, London
Location Postcode
CF10 3ER & WC2R 0ET
Event Floorspace Area
1374
m2
Event Type
Indoor
Event Duration
2
Days
16
Hours
Number of Attendees
359
Number of Exhibitors
0
Accommodation room nights
10
Event team travel emissions UK
295
Kg CO2e
Indoor event venue emissions
354
Kg CO2e
Outdoor event emissions
0
Kg CO2e
Attendee travel emissions UK
995
Kg CO2e
Exhibitor travel emissions UK
0
Kg CO2e
International travel emissions
0
Kg CO2e
Accommodation emissions
150
Kg CO2e
Authors' comments...
RWCMD Actors’ Showcase Event Data
Production 78 has produced this event for many years. We are therefore familiar with it’s format and the process required to put this together behind the scenes, which are fairly minimal due to the number of performers involved, and the restrictions of space on tour and on stage.
Highlights we experienced when gathering this data included:
Attendees – We are not actively involved in the invitation and ticketing of attendees at this event so we had to make some assumptions on the methods of travel for all of the guests. The audience in Cardiff are largely local and most travel by car or train. The London audience are largely agents based in Central London. They will not have used cars due to the central location of the Savoy Theatre and it is therefore assumed that most used public transport, and most likely the London Underground to attend this event.
Performers – We do have better knowledge of how and when the cast travel to and from London and also how the set, technical equipment and Production 78 staff travel.
Venues – We had detailed plans and layouts of the theatres in use, so this data is accurate.
Total Scope 1 emissions
295
Kg CO2e
Total Scope 2 emissions
354
Kg CO2e
Total Scope 3 emissions
1145
Kg CO2e
Total event emissions
1794
Kg CO2e