Strange Town Stage Management Work Experience Programme- Join us!
DESCRIPTION: Strange Town theatre company, based at Out of the Blue, Dalmeny Street, would like to offer young people from the local community (aged 14-18) the opportunity to assist with the staging of the company’s winter season of new plays. Between Oct and Dec 2024 Strange Town will be producing 3 plays, written by the company’s team of writers and performed by actors in its youth theatre, aged 8-14, for audiences of all ages. These will be simply staged on a small budget, performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile. Joining the production team as production assistants, those on work experience would be an integral part of a team supervised and led by Strange Town’s Design and Production Manager, also incorporating the youth theatre directors, their assistants, and the young actors. The production assistants would be working in the Strange Town stage management workshop and rehearsal spaces on Wednesdays and Fridays at Out of the Blue from Oct – Dec 2024. Times will vary and will be discussed in more detail at interview level.
DUTIES: Sourcing and making props, simple set and costumes. Attending some rehearsals. Organising and running props tables in rehearsals. Liaising with production manager, directors, cast members and volunteers. During production dates the production assistants would also be expected to assist in the performance venue (Scottish Storytelling Centre) with setting of props, dressing the stage, assisting backstage and front of house. After productions, they would help with the get out of props from the venue back to Out of the Blue.
DATES: Rehearsals – sessions will run on Wednesdays and Fridays from approx 30th October and will finish 15th December 2024. Performances are during the week commencing the 9th of December. This role is voluntary.
CONTACT: production@strangetown.org.uk To apply, or for further information, please send a note of interest to production@strangetown.org.uk by 10th October.
Interviews will be conducted during the week commencing 21st of October at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall.
