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Performing Arts Intern: Bridge House Theatre

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:32 AM PDT

The Bridge House Theatre, Warwick is looking for our new Performing Arts Intern!

This is a full time, salaried, residential post which is aimed at theatre professionals at the start of their career. It is a fixed term internship- this year running from 1st September 2012 to 31st July 2013.

The internship is designed to be a stepping stone into a career in professional theatre. The Intern will gain real experience by working as part of our technical team and will see productions through all stages of development. It provides a valuable opportunity to develop skills, bridging the gap between training and the workplace. It will introduce the individual to working backstage in a professional theatre and provide good grounding for future careers in theatre design, sound, lighting and technical aspects of theatre production.

The Internship is open to anyone, but would be of most benefit to a person keen to develop a career in technical theatre or theatre design and looking for an opportunity to gain essential entry level experience. Applicants must be aged 18 or over.

The Intern will actively participate in the operation of the theatre and applicants should have some practical experience in stage management and technical skills, including sound and lighting systems, prop making or scenic painting. It may suit recent graduates of a technical theatre or performance design course.

The deadline for applications is Weds 27th June. Interviews will take place on Monday 2nd July and Tuesday 3rd July.

See www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk/vacancies for a full job description and an application form.

On Your Starting Blocks! Much Ado about Wenlock is coming to Worcester

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:30 AM PDT

Vamos Theatre, in association with The Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, presents its latest mask theatre production Much Ado About Wenlock

Swan Theatre, Worcester

Thursday 28th June 7:30pm, Friday 29th June 1:30pm & 7:30pm, Saturday 30th June 7:30pm

Box Office: 01905 611427

"very, very funny…you won't fail to be delighted" The Stage

"Much Ado About Wenlock is one of the most charming, delightful and perfectly inventive pieces of theatre seen in years"

Chris Eldon Lee, BBC Radio 4 Producer

STAGEFIGHT

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:27 AM PDT

STAGEFIGHT LEVEL-1-BASIC PERFORMANCE COMBAT INTENSIVE  Learn to fight like James Bond, wield a sword like Aragorn or fight a rapier duel! July/August, Birmingham.
The next 3 people to pay their £40 deposit online at http://www.blueorangetheatre.co.uk/workshops.htm will get the course for the fantastic reduced price of £290 Be quick folks, places are limited!!! Payment of deposit secures your place on the course!!!

Duration: 10-days
Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Venue: Blue Orange Theatre – Birmingham
Dates: 23rd July to 4th August 2012

Classes run from 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday Examination to be held on Saturday 4th August (Note: There is an additional examination fee of £15.00)
Over 18s only

Cost:
- £350
- £320 (EQUITY and/or BECTU Members)
- £290 Early Bird Booking (Until 1st June 2012)

For more information or to book a place please contact STAGEFIGHT on Tel: 07813308672 or Email: info@stagefight.co.uk
www.stagefight.co.uk


Devoted and Disgruntled Roadshow

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:20 AM PDT

Do you love theatre?
Do you find it frustrating?
Do you feel audiences don't get a voice?
Do you feel like an outsider in your own profession?
Have you just started out and need support?
Been in the profession for years and feel jaded?
Is your region always left out of the discussions?
Do you usually dread discussions and meetings?
Are you looking to change things?

In 2012 for the first time ever, you have the opportunity to take part in a unique nationwide conversation.

In 2006 I wrote a heartfelt invitation and the first "Devoted & Disgruntled: What are we going to do about theatre?" took place. This was an open and collaborative conference, a chance to check in with the theatre community, share the news about what we were doing well, talk about what we could be doing better and take action on how to improve things.

Devoted & Disgruntled has subsequently become an inspiring annual three day event and since then there have been over 100 offshoot D&D events. Some have been monthly themed satellites, some have been regionally based like D&D Scotland and D&D North East, some have been international events like D&D New York and Vancouver. These conferences have kept the important conversations alive and have lead to companies being formed, venues being opened, festivals started, shows created, and many other projects and initiatives.

The Devoted and Disgruntled Roadshow has come about in response to numerous requests for these conversations to reach beyond London, and engage with all parts of the UK.  So as part of the Cultural Olympiad we are going on the road, holding D&Ds in twenty different locations round the country, and we are going online, launching a new interactive D&D website, which will record and connect all the D&D events.

In theatre, as in so many things, it can feel like the agenda is set, and the decisions are made by a faceless, unreachable "them". We wait for "them" to talk about what we think needs talking about and for "them" to solve our problems. Guess what? "They" aren't going to do it. But you can, and D&D is the place to start – so if there are questions that you think should be asked, projects you want support on, things you want changed, join Improbable this summer on the Devoted & Disgruntled 2012 Roadshow in a conversation that could reshape the theatre landscape. This is a unique chance for your voice to be heard and for us to listen to each other, face to face and online, locally and nationally. Join us and let's work together towards making theatre better and making better theatre.

Phelim McDermott and Improbable

The whole Roadshow kicks off in Leicester, at the Curve on the 21st and 22nd June (Thursday and Friday)
http://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/dd-roadshow-bristol/

We will also be at the New Vic in Newcastle Under Lyme on the 13th of July:
http://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/dd-roadshow-newcastle-lyme/

And the Roadshow finishes up in Stratford-Upon-Avon on the 7th of October:
http://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/dd-roadshow-stratford/

All the dates are listed here:
http://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/roadshow/


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Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:28 AM PDT

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Performance Opportunity with Birmingham Opera Company

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:15 AM PDT

Birmingham Opera company are about to embark on one of our biggest productions, the world premiere of Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht (Wednesday from Light)Never performed in full before this opera features two choirs, flying solo instrumentalists, live electronic and acoustic music and a string quartet streamed live from four flying helicopters. It is set to be the event of the summer in Birmingham.

We're offering a great opportunity to volunteer as an actor working alongside world-class international artists to bring this opera to life in a disused warehouse, close to the streets of the city. 

Come and be involved in this unique, groundbreaking production!

Must have good availability in July and August and be available for all performances on 22nd-25th August

For more info call Jo on 07928151231 or emailperform@birminghamopera.org.uk to register your interest by the 22nd June


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