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Assistant Director - Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

Organisation

A Theatre Nation Partnerships Production, produced by Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

What are you looking for?

Assistant Director, resident on tour

Who are you looking for?

Due to a change in circumstances, Theatre Nation Partnerships and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are recruiting an Assistant Director, resident on tour, for the touring production of Handbagged by Moira Buffini.

We are looking for candidates who are interested in working with Alex Thorpe, QTH Creative Director, on the rehearsal and subsequent maintenance of the production. We are looking for a skilled and organised director with experience in directing and/or assisting in the direction of comedy for the stage. Ideally, the candidate should have experience of working with understudies and an understanding of touring theatre productions.

What is the fee?

£6,950 (depending on availability). The fee includes full-time attendance at rehearsals, tech, previews and press at QTH. The assistant director will be expected to work 3 days during the run at QTH for understudy work and understudy tech. The Assistant Director must be available 2 days per week whilst on tour.

Tell us about the job

The Assistant Director will work full-time in rehearsals, collaborating with director Alex Thorpe, learning the show and assisting in rehearsing the ensemble of 6 actors. The Assistant Director will be responsible for rehearsing the two understudies. The Assistant Director will develop a strong understanding of the production to enable them to lead the mounting of the production in each new venue and maintain the show on tour.

On tour, the Assistant Director will support and work with the stage management team in the installation of the show at each venue, continue to rehearse the understudies for performance, whilst maintaining the performances of the ensemble cast through noting.

The Assistant Director will be scheduled to attend each venue for 2 days per week to include, but not limited to, supporting the production installation at the venue, a show watch, a rehearsal or understudy call and notes session. Most of these weekly commitments on tour fall on the Tuesday and Wednesday, with the exception of Wolverhampton Grand (W/C 24 Feb) and Key Theatre Peterborough (W/C 10 March), where the working days are Thursday and Friday.

The Assistant Director will lead on the scheduled learning activities at each tour venue as part of their responsibilities in the first two days at each venue. These include pre-show talks and page to stage workshops. Any agreed work outside of these two days will incur additional payments.

Rehearsals begin on 6 January 2025 at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. Opening at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch on 11 February and touring until 24 May 2025.

The full tour schedule can be found here: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/handbagged/

This production is supported by the National Theatre’s Theatre Nations Partnership; a collaborative network of arts organisations aiming to strengthen their relationships with local audiences, schools and communities.

What will the hiring process be?

Interested applicants are invited to submit a CV (no more than 2 pages) and a short covering letter (Max 300 words) describing why they would like to be considered for the role, highlighting their skills and experience necessary to fulfil the role. QTH and TNP are keen to hear from Womxn & non-binary directors, to reflect the subject matter and themes of the play. In line with QTH’s strategic aim to relentlessly prioritise the under-representation of those people QTH works with and serves, we actively invite applications from directors from the Global Majority and from D/deaf and disabled artists.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a:

First Round: Meeting with Alex Thorpe (Director) on Zoom on Thursday 2 January.

Second Round: In-person interviews on Friday 3 or Saturday 4 January 2025.

Due to the change in circumstances, Theatre Nation Partnerships and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch recognise that some candidates may be unable to fulfil all dates. Whilst we encourage applications from candidates who can fulfil all the dates, we will consider applicants with some pre-existing non-availability. Please highlight any non-availability in your cover letter.

Will the project comply with the Green Book standards on sustainability?

Intermediate

How would you like people to apply?

Please email your CV (Max 2 pages) and a covering letter/email (Max 300 words) detailing why you would like to be considered for the role of Assistant Director and resident on tour, to alext@queens-theatre.co.uk with “Handbagged Assistant Director” in the subject line by 10am on Monday 30 December 2024. Applicants may choose to offer a verbal or visual covering letter [no longer than 2 minutes in duration] to accompany their CV. This can be in the format of either a video or audio file. Please send media files via a link service such as WeTransfer, OneDrive or Dropbox rather than attaching large files to your email.

When is the closing date?

30/12/24

Link to your Equal Opportunities form

https://queens-theatre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FoH-Equal-Opps-Form-2024-2025.docx

I will collect equal opportunities data for this job

Yes

Resident Director - Back to the Future

Organisation

Back To The Future The Musical London

What are you looking for?

Resident Director

Who are you looking for?

We are looking for an experienced RESIDENT DIRECTOR to join the production for the run at the Adelphi Theatre.

Start Date : ASAP

Length of contract: 1 Year (with option to move to rolling contract with notice period).

Required Availability: Then four attendances per week and on first call to the production. Please note the show schedule is Wednesday-Monday. Occasional weekend attendances will be required. Further exclusivity during 2025 cast change will be required through July and August (Dates TBC)

Full and exact terms and conditions will be discussed with those candidates invited to interview and confirmed in the successful applicant’s contract.

What is the fee?

£30,000 - £40,000

Tell us about the job

DUTIES:

• Work with the Company Manager to create efficient multi-room scheduling that will negotiate several N/As, press appointments and departmental demands.

• Keep on top of script changes and help communicate these changes to all departments and cast members, including the changes that are pertinent to understudies/covers.

• Solidify the covering systems with the Musical Director, Associate Choreographer and Associate Director

• Schedule and facilitate rehearsals with the understudies/covers where possible.

• Arranging understudy/cover runs.

• Notate all staging and off stage traffic for future understudy rehearsals, resulting in a ‘book’ that will remain the property of BTTF.

• Cover the responsibilities of the Associate Director in their occasional absence as well as upholding the responsibilities of the Resident.

• Take note of useful, creative acting notes that are mentioned by the Director for future use in understudy/cover rehearsals.

• Continue to keep on top of script changes and help communicate these changes to all departments and cast members.

• Recording sections of technical rehearsals on an iPad or similar (which will be provided) for the reviewal of the wider creative team.

• Schedule and facilitate understudy/cover rehearsals where possible and in a way that won’t impinge on the technical rehearsal schedule in the main auditorium.

• Help communicate messages to various technical and creative departments as and when required.

• Noting the show accordingly in order to maintain the show’s high standards.

• Assisting (as required) with press engagements which may sometimes require additional travel/attendance elsewhere.

• Assisting (as required) with casting as and when actor contracts expire or are terminated.

• Being on call and allowing for unscheduled visits (within reason) to help with any emergencies.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION:

This is a busy and highly technical musical, which will rely on an experienced, confident, flexible, calm and approachable Resident Director to help maintain the show to its highest standards.

We are looking for someone that has directing experience as well as experience working on a large scale musical production.

Applicants must have previous experience working on large-scale musicals (with demonstrable ability to perform the duties listed below)

What will the hiring process be?

Please send your CV and cover letter to rsvp@intheatreproductions.com

We are committed to a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion. We particularly welcome and encourage applications from those currently underrepresented in our workforce.

Will the project comply with the Green Book standards on sustainability?

No

How would you like people to apply?

Please send your CV and cover letter to rsvp@intheatreproductions.com

When is the closing date?

10/01/25

I will collect equal opportunities data for this job

Yes