About Carlton membership
Membership rates
We have two types of membership – full and associate – depending on what involvement you wish to have in the Carlton’s activities. Membership fees are payable annually on the 1st of July.
Full membership: £40 per year. Members may act in plays, propose and direct plays, work backstage, attend our social events, be nominated for committee posts and vote at our AGM.
Associate membership: £20 per year. Members may work backstage, attend our social events and vote at our AGM
Membership Year
Membership is renewable each 1st of July, but any new members joining later in the Carlton year may pay a reduced rate, based on the number of months remaining in the financial year. Associate members may upgrade at any time to become full members, again paying the difference based on the number of remaining months. Members also receive a regular newsletter, Stage Whispers, keeping them informed of up-coming events, audition dates, reviews of plays etc.
Other fees
Full production performance fee: £50 for large parts. £20 for small parts All members of the cast of a full production must a performance fee. Size of the fee will be determined by the committe in consultation with the Director and be determined by the number of lines and length of time on stage.
Carlton Showcase and rehearsed reading performance fee: £20. This must be paid by all Carlton Show Case or rehearsed reading cast members.
Membership Year
Membership is renewable each 1st of July, but any new members joining later in the Carlton year may pay a reduced rate, based on the number of months remaining in the financial year. Associate members may upgrade at any time to become full members, again paying the difference based on the number of remaining months. Members also receive a regular newsletter, Stage Whispers, keeping them informed of up-coming events, audition dates, reviews of plays etc.
Membership Philosophy
The Society aspires to be as inclusive as possible. If you have difficulty paying the membership or performance fee, for example as a result of being unemployed, a student, or on a pension, you may apply to the committee, in confidence, to pay a reduced rate or in instalments, by approaching the Treasurer or Director of the production you've been cast in. This decision is at discretion of the committee but rest assured all applications will be met sympathetically and treated in strictest confidence.
Constitution
Full details are available in the official Constitution of the Carlton Dramatic Society, which is available as a downloadable PDF file – please click here. (Please be aware that the link on the left is for the previous constitution and that this is being removed by our Web Administrtors).
Membership fees, acting fees, and associate membership activities may be altered by action of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Carlton members.
