Time For A Show is the box-office software that theatres, music venues and community halls deserve, from the regional rep to the parish hall, and every committee meeting behind each.
Time For A Show was started by Richard, after two decades of building software in tech and a decade of that spending his spare time in amateur theatre groups. By day: agencies, product teams, the usual. By evening: rehearsing, promoting and trying to sell tickets the old fashioned way.
The two worlds didn't quite meet. The ticketing software theatres were stuck with was either expensive, ugly, or both. And the platforms designed to fix that wanted a high percentage of every ticket for the privilege. The whole thing felt like it had been designed by people who'd never sold a programme.
So Richard sat down and asked: what would the software actually look like, if it was built by someone who'd done both: the late-night ship and the late-night get-out?
That's what we're building. A home for theatre, music and any other kind of event you want. Built on the latest technology to create a fast reliable platform for easily selling your tickets.
Free for amateur and community groups. Not a freemium plan with the useful bits behind a paywall.
When the curtain's about to go up, the website is the last thing that should let you down.
No 'event-management platform'. No 'audience-engagement suite'. Just things that do what they say.
Every minute we save the committee is a minute spent on the actual show. We design for fewer clicks, fewer logins, fewer surprises.
We read everything and reply. Jump on a Zoom. If you're local enough you may even find us in the audience opening night.
Builds the booking pages, the seat maps, and the bits that need to work at 7:29 pm.
Makes sure every screen looks like a playbill, not a portal.
Reads your emails, replies promptly. Probably knew your show's MD at university.
Visits groups, learns what's working, brings biscuits.
We'll add proper names and faces here as the company grows. We're hiring.
Tea, a Zoom, or a visit to your next rehearsal. We genuinely don't mind.