Performing arts
Legal advice for performing arts and live events
Protect your stage production and safeguard your project from the outset.
Whether it’s theatre, dance or opera, we offer specialist legal advice to help you avoid disputes, register your work, draw up clear contracts and access tax incentives.
How our legal advice supports your performing arts project
Comprehensive protection for your work and creative rights
Prevent unauthorised use of scripts, choreography or sheet music, and register your stage productions with complete peace of mind.
Clearly drafted agreements that reduce the risk of disputes
Professional agreements with authors, performers, co-producers and technical staff that ensure stable, risk-free working relationships.
Feasible and bankable projects
Access to tax incentives, deductions and structures such as Economic Interest Groupings, which can help facilitate the financing of your performing arts projects.
Regulatory compliance and peace of mind
Handling the licences, insurance and permits required to ensure your live shows run smoothly.
Legal support at every stage
From creation and rehearsals through to the premiere and tour, with specialist support tailored to each stage.
Legal services for live entertainment, theatre, dance and stage productions
- Drafting and review of theatre, production and artistic representation agreements
- Protection and management of copyright, choreographies and stage works
- Management of music licences, image rights and assignment agreements
- Tax and financial structuring, including the creation and management of Economic Interest Groupings for live performances
- Advice on co-production, festival, sponsorship and distribution agreements
- Legal defence in cases involving disputes or unauthorised exploitation
- Processing of permits and licences with public and private entities
Who is this service for?
- Theatre, dance and opera producers
- Playwrights, choreographers, composers and live performance directors
- Independent companies and festivals
- Performance venues and cultural managers
- Professionals requiring contracts, licences or copyright protection
Are you putting on a show or working on a stage production?
Don’t leave legal matters until the last minute. Ensure your production is covered from the script right through to the premiere.