Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Last Monday (March 16), I was walking to London’s Harold Pinter Theatre to watch Uncle Vanya. I had been dying to see
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There is a necessary evil that exists in the world of stage management. Short-term contracts and a burgeoning obsession with job website
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It is a well-known and widely accepted fact that performers are subject to nerves. I have worked with a couple of actors
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This July marked my fifth year in the industry, having graduated from drama school in 2014. I am pretty proud of myself,
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When I was 19, I was sent on a professional placement for eight weeks as part of my drama school training. I
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Recently, it has become fashionable for producers to require touring stage managers to absorb responsibilities from other departments into their job description.
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I am currently working on a show that involves a dinner party, during which the cast has to consume a fairly substantial
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Occasionally, in this game of freelancer versus the gods of theatre, you will find yourself in the simultaneously blessed and cursed position
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No matter what your role on a production, making friends with the company manager is one of the smartest things you can
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It is vitally important for anyone in theatre to take stock of their career accomplishments. Theatre can be a cut-throat industry, and
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National Mental Health Awareness Week took place earlier this month. We are lucky that theatre, as an industry, is far more caring
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Bad backstage etiquette is often the root cause of unhappy companies. The difficulty is catching it before it germinates. For most, ‘backstage
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Touring means change, but it isn’t the obvious changes that make touring so challenging. Yes, you’re in different cities every week, you’re
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I have noticed a curious reaction from colleagues of mine, when they find out that I am about to start working with
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“We’re going to spend the first week doing table work,” the director announces on day one of rehearsals. The deputy stage manager’s
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As a deputy stage manager, my primary responsibility during the running of a show is calling all the technical elements. So, in
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I recently watched a drama school production put on by the acting and technical students due to graduate this academic year. It
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As a deputy stage manager, you often have to play diplomat. You are the contact point between everyone inside the rehearsal room
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As a freelance, there will inevitably be times when the work runs out. If you’re lucky, this might only last a week
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International touring can be a wonderful experience. It creates friendships that last many years and memories that last a lifetime. One downside,
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Cueing to music: you’ve either got it or you don’t, as they say. Well, not entirely. I’m lucky that I grew up
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The first day of rehearsals is nearly always a source of dread and nervous anticipation. I have met very few people who
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The end of a show run is never easy. Whether you’ve been working on a it for three years or three weeks,
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As a deputy stage manager, one of the main purposes of my role in a rehearsal room is prompting. That is, keeping
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As a deputy stage manager – the person who calls the technical aspects of a performance – I have noticed an increase
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I was on the tube recently with my company stage manager, heading to our respective homes after a two-show day. A few
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Theatre can be a very insular world. It often feels as though raising an opinion gets you as far as screaming into
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The female theatre community has become increasingly vocal about sexism in the arts. I won’t bother quoting statistics here – much more
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There comes a time in every stage manager’s career when the one thing we work to avoid becomes necessary. We check lights,
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The wonderful thing about doing a tour is that it really teaches you to be resilient when bad things happen. You’ve constantly
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I am currently working on the UK tour of a Gore Vidal play. As a way of keeping our travelling circus a
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