Turn the event you’ve spent months planning into something your guests can hold, read and keep long after the final applause. Create programmes for theatre productions, sports fixtures, conferences, ceremonies and celebrations, with sizes, papers and finishes to suit your occasion and budget.
Choose A4 or A5 in portrait or landscape, or enter a custom size. Saddle-stitched binding holds your programme together with staples along the spine, with a maximum of 80 pages, including a four-page cover.
Print in full colour for photography and artwork, Pantone for specific brand or club colours, or black only for a simple, understated look.
Paper weights range from 90–450gsm across the range, with four material options:
Add cover lamination to help protect against handling. Choose matt, gloss, silk, soft touch or anti-scuff lamination. For a decorative finish, use spot UV to highlight selected details with shine, or foiling to accent titles, crests and sponsor logos.
Choose your programme specifications and delivery option to have everything ready for your event.
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Size
A5: 148mm x 210mm
A4: 210mm x 297mm
Portrait or Landscape
Page count
The Cover is 4 pages, pages are printed on both sides
Additional pages can be added to the specified counts above*
Colour
Printed in 4 colour CMYK throughout
Other options*
Material
Programmes are printed on 130gsm silk text pages with the cover on 300gsm silk
Covers
Upgrade cover to a heavier weight paper of 350gsm*
Inside Pages
Inner paper weight can be reduced down to 90gsm or increased to up to 250gsm*
Paper Range
We also print on Uncoated, Matt coated and Gloss (at no extra cost)
Recycled, Bright white and Designer papers*
Binding
Folded, saddle stitched (stapled) and trimmed
Envelopes
C5 and C4 sized envelopes can be supplied if required, plain or printed*
Optional Upgrades
Items below and those marked with * above will result in a change in price if you choose them.
Better Printing offers printed programmes in A5 (148mm by 210mm) and A4 (210mm by 297mm) sizes. Please note that these measurements refer to the size of the programme when closed.
Bespoke programme sizes are also available – so If you have a different size in mind, call us on 023 8087 8037 to discuss your requirements.
Our standard programmes are bound together via saddle-stitching. This method assembles brochure pages by first nesting several folded double-leaf spreads on top of each other (starting with the middlemost pages and finishing with the outer cover leaf).
The brochure pages are then stitched together by threading lengths of metal wire (similar to staples) through all pages along the central crease line.
Better Printing can also provide programmes with other binding methods, including perfect binding – call us to discuss your requirements!
You can view our page count options in the table below. Each paper sheet (or ‘leaf’) of your brochure will have two printed pages (pp); one on each side of the paper. Book covers consist of four pages, and are included in addition to the page counts listed in the table below.
If you need a higher page count than the options listed here, simply call us on 023 8087 8037 to discuss your requirements.
The right print method will depend on a number of factors; including the product type, quantity and turnaround time you require.
Better Printing can produce your order on either litho or digital, with both available in-house. Our sales team can recommend the most cost-effective solution for your needs and will confirm your preferred method before going to print.
Please see the Specification tab for more information on this product’s standard material specification. Alternative stocks and grades can be supplied for most products to help you customise your order – simply get in touch to discuss your print requirements.
All brochures and booklets are produced in portrait orientation (with the spine located on the longer edge of the booklet) by default. Alternatively, you can specify landscape orientation for your brochures if needed at the checkout stage.
We recommend supplying artwork as single pages in the same order as you want them to appear in the finished programme. Please avoid supplying your artwork in printer’s pairs or double page spreads, as this may extend production times of your print order.
Should you have any questions regarding event program printing, don’t hesitate to contact us or call on 023 8087 8037.
Better Printing is part of the InPrint Group, a family-run design and print company based in Southampton since 1986. We print programmes on lithographic and digital presses in our own 20,000 square foot facility, so short runs get a fast, cost-effective digital press and colour-critical jobs go litho, with every stage from design to dispatch handled in-house.
Our team of more than 50 designers, press operators and print finishers works to ISO-certified quality and sustainability standards, and support is on hand 24 hours a day, 6 days a week. Event dates don’t move, and our reputation is built on delivering on time, including urgent last-minute jobs. Thousands of UK businesses trust us with their print, from local startups to national brands.
