Lothian Events brings a broad spectrum of experience in project planning, delivery and operational management to your event
Lothian Events is headed up by Rachel Dyas. With experience of a range of venues from historic buildings to green field sites, Rachel can support your team through the planning and delivery of your event or take the reins and manage the project for you.
Taking an adaptable and flexible approach, she has extensive experience in creating and designing events, leading the planning, development and logistical management of major projects, functions and festivals and a wealth of knowledge in managing multi-site venues, people management, securing sponsorship funding, contract negotiation and brand activation.
What People Are Saying
“I worked with Rachel on some of our flagship VIP events at EIFF and she was consistently a thoroughly engaged, proactive and supportive events manager, with great attention to detail, clear and professional communication and excellent troubleshooting skills. She was very accommodating and flexible with our many last minute changes and requests, and collaborated closely with us to ensure the needs of our sponsors and stakeholders were met, while ensuring that the many creative ideas we had could be incorporated into the event. Rachel is extremely experienced, calm, conscientious and pragmatic with great people skills and impeccable diplomacy. I am sure that the skills and experience she would bring to any event would ensure its success.”
— Emma Boa, Senior Projects Manager at Edinburgh International Film Festival
“The Gilded Balloon has been presenting shows at Teviot Row House since 2001 every August. Rachel has been our link to working within the building during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Rachel has been my go to for all our needs. Always helpful and always having a solution to any problems. I wish her well in her future endeavours and would be very happy to work with her again should the opportunity arise.”
- Karen Koren, Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh.
“Working with Rachel has been a true pleasure, our event celebrates diversity in all its beautiful colours and Rachel and her team have successfully helped us grow the event year on year and ensured continuing ongoing success as we move ever forward to full equality for all irrespective of sexuality, gender, colour, creed or class. We can assure you working with Rachel will give you an event to remember.”
— Brett Herriot, Chair Pride Edinburgh
“I worked with Rachel for many years on the Fringe Festival bars at Edinburgh Uni. Rachel was massively supportive in not only on-boarding a local craft brewer to trade at the event, she was creative and hardworking which enabled us to deliver many successful bars at the Fringe. Rachel is an excellent communicator, she is super organised and clear on expected deliverables. It was an absolute pleasure to work with her.”
— Jo Stewart, Co-Founder Stewart Brewing