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Heya am trying to sort out the marketing for this Ghost Night at the pub I will be doing...

So far Ive got

"you provide the living, Ill provide the dead"
or
"you provide the people, Ill provide the ghosts"

These being the name of the event...followed by

"an evening of physolocgical subtelties the paranormal and the unknown...!"

Ok so now what Im looking for is ideas for a small bit of literature that I can give to each persons who comes to the event so they have a bit of info before the event...

I also wanted to get some sort of disclaimer for if anyones effected by the evening etc..wot things shud i cover?

Cheers

I guess it depends on how you're running it. Are you going to run it as a serious way or is it going to be a bit of fun?

Is it an old pub with any ghosts attached to it? Are there any known ghosts in the area, if there are then I'd put a little about them and their story. A little about what people can be likely to expect to experience could help nudge along some of the self working parts of the show.

I would go with SEANCE in big letters, then underneath "An evening of paranormal entertainment" then below that "Communicate with the dead! Have your mind read! Your futures foretold in the stars!"

Then after the pricing, date and venue details have your tag line "You bring yourselves, we'll bring the dead".

Or sumut.

Having zero experience in these things please take this opinion with a pinch of salt! But wouldn't it be better to market it as paranormal/seance/possibly fortune telling etc. rather than adding "psychological subtleties" in there? I realise that people who are into that kind of thing may simply go "weird stuff - yay! Sign me up!", but it is kind of giving mixed messages about whether this will be stuff about ghosts and supernatural powers ("serious" or not), or about psychology and suggestion. Mixing them would seem make the psychology stuff less credible by associating it with ghost stories, and bring down the believability of the ghost stories by hinting that actually, people are just being psychologically manipulated.

But as I said, I know nuthin'. Perhaps one of our many resident pros with this kind of thing could give their opinion on this matter?

But wouldn't it be better to market it as paranormal/seance/possibly fortune telling etc. rather than adding "psychological subtleties" in there? I realise that people who are into that kind of thing may simply go "weird stuff - yay! Sign me up!", but it is kind of giving mixed messages about whether this will be stuff about ghosts and supernatural powers ("serious" or not), or about psychology and suggestion. Mixing them would seem make the psychology stuff less credible by associating it with ghost stories, and bring down the believability of the ghost stories by hinting that actually, people are just being psychologically manipulated.

exactly why its called that....its the play on was it all something I manipulated them to think feel etc..or was it paranormal....because after all it is a mix of both really....It doesnt make it less credible, because they will never know If I used it or not...

guess it depends on how you're running it. Are you going to run it as a serious way or is it going to be a bit of fun?

Is it an old pub with any ghosts attached to it

and yes its serious, and yes its an old pub with plenty of stories Ive been drinking there and worked there for at least ten years so I know the history and the are very well...It was just that I needed the literature so people kinda know wot to expect and have something already in their mind pre-show

I would go with SEANCE in big letters, then underneath "An evening of paranormal entertainment" then below that "Communicate with the dead! Have your mind read! Your futures foretold in the stars!"

Then after the pricing, date and venue details have your tag line "You bring yourselves, we'll bring the dead".

Or sumut.

Thats the way to do it! cheers mr bell x

If it was me doing this, between now and december the 25th, i would call it..." the ghosts of christmas yet to come"

this title automaticaly presents an atmosphere, and gives ample room for presentation, plot lines, and room dressing.
christmassy scented candles on the tables extra touch.

And if it needs diluting a little, The Spirits of Christmas yet to come... might go down well.

Zero experience with something like this, but personally I like:

Magic Chris wrote:"you provide the living, Ill provide the dead"

These being the name of the event...followed by

"an evening of physolocgical subtelties the paranormal and the unknown...!"

Dale Shrimpton wrote:If it was me doing this, between now and december the 25th, i would call it..." the ghosts of christmas yet to come"