QUOTE(Out In The Sticks @ Aug 4 2008, 01:36 PM)

I have been appointed to keep an eye out and arrange contracts for any shows that our society would like to perform.
Anybody else out there a booker for their society, how do you keep on top of whats available, whats coming out, when its coming to ensure that your society has the pick of the shows?
Any secrets gratefully received.
The best place is the rights websites themselves. ie for Josef Weinberger Ltd their website is:
http://www.josef-weinberger.com/weinberger/index.htmlThey have all the shows they have the licensing for as well as anything coming up. You can also find on there if there are any other productions of your show in the area to see if the rights are available. Obv different companies hold the rights to different shows so its just a case of finding the website for the company who has yours. Its also a great place to start if your looking for a show to put on as they have 100's of shows with breakdowns etc in several diff genres.
Hope that helps. Good luck!