Helen Class Notes

Health and Saftey in the Theatre:

• Hair tied up and off the face.
• All invasive jewelry is taken out.
• No food or drink in the studio.
• Chairs must be put away at the end of the lesson.
• No glass in the studio. 
• If you spill something clean it up.
• Be spacially aware.
• If you are doing lifts make sure you have two people as a base or one person spotting.
• Always do physical and vocal warm-ups.
• Listen to fire alarms and follow the signs.
• The safety curtain must be used to help prevent fires from the stage spreading.
• No naked flames,
• Everyone must be sober at all times.
• Only bring water into the theatre.
• All incidents or accidents must be reported.
• Wires must be taped down. 
• Clear up after your self. 

Expectations in the Theatre:

• Professionalism. 
• Be prepared.
• As soon as you enter the studio start warming up.
• Respect one another.
• Listen to one another.
• Don't talk over each other.

What does Rehearsal stand for?

• Reliability
• Experiment
• Hot seat
• Enjoy the creative process
• Analyze
• Research
• Safety 
• Allow time to add detail.
• Listen

Unit 5 Rehearsing for Performance:

The project:

• Sirens
• Modernized Greek Mythology
• Must work for a visual mind, this means that it must have sign language so a deaf person can watch it and still know 100% of what is going on.
• We will need to create a proposal of what myth we want to use and how we interpret it for a performance.

Monday 13th January 2020

Roles and Responsibilities:

Literary Manager:

• To source plays 
• To source writers 
• To develop plays
• Find scripts 
• Go and see plays 
• Help writers develop careers 
• No need for a degree 
• To help writers get there scripts into theaters 

Costume & furniture manager:

• To organise and source props.
• To source costume.
• They supply to other company’s not just National theater.
• To make sure the historical context of the costume is correct, this includes style and silhouette.
• Good people skills 
• Good knowledge of costumes and this historical context.

Press assistant:

• To monitor all coverage of the show.
• Help generate coverage 
• Studied theater studies and English lit at university.
• Take the newspapers and see if there is any mention of the national theater.
• Help organise a press evening. Getting journalists into review the show.

Stage manager:

• Get in an hour before rehearsal and set the scene.
• Make up a scene break down do you know who’s in what part.
• The link from rehearsals to other departments to help create the show.
• Get the show on stage 
• Help do a dress rehearsal 
• After the shows open, it’s up to you to create the best showing.
• Ensure everyone has completed there duties correctly and safely.
• You have to be proactive not reactive 

Sound and video manager: 

• Sometimes they will help facilitate a rehearsal.
• Help maintain the equipment within the theater.
• Operate the sound and tech for the performances in the evenings. 
• For the bigger shows with more music they will need to attend more rehearsals. 
• They must know the dhow as well as they possibly can. 
• Have to be able to have a good relationship with the actors.

Dresser:

• Need experience backstage. 
• You need to come in at 6:30 in the evening to prepare the costumes and go to every dressing rooms and do a preset for the costumes. 
• As you have to deal with quick costume changes you must have a good relationship with the actors. 
• Its a job that can facilitate other things. 
• It has an artistic and creative atmosphere.
• Must have a inside knowledge of the show.
• Good to have basic sewing skills. 

Secondary Program Manager:

• Help to create a relationships with the local community and schools with the artists and creators.
• Works in the learning department.
• Host educational events for schools and collages.
• Host different veriest of workshops for students.
• No real specific rout you need to take to get the career.

Casting Associate: 

• Must have a good relationship with the director.
• Hold auditions to cast the plays.
• Have many conversations with directors to find out what they are after.
• Must be aware of as many actors as possible.
• You need to enjoy plays and working with actors.