Theatrical Director

BACKGROUND

The Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre is comprised of three new New Zealand scripts written specifically for youth audiences. The Festival is performed and designed by 15-25 year olds in a two-week season at Bats theatre, with each of the three productions being performed every night.

Professional theatre practitioners are contracted by the Trust to mentor these young people in all facets of the Festival’s production, including: acting, lighting, sound, costumes, set, and stage management.

The rehearsal and design process runs over eight weeks to ensure that enough time is given to both the actors' development of their characters and the technical students' realisation of their design.

DIRECTORS

Young and Hungry Arts Trust is seeking two theatrical Directors to direct two of the plays in this year’s Festival of New Theatre (copies of the scripts are available on request).  Candidates must have professional directorial experience and a background in working with young people.

KEY DATES AND DETAILS

Cast & Crew Auditions: 20, 21, 27 & 28 March (9:00am to 2:00pm)
Rehearsals:                 1 May - 30 June
Tech Week:                 1 - 8 July
Performances:             9 - 24 July

Young and Hungry have the opportunity to remount the shows at a venue outside of Central Wellington during the 2010 October school holidays.  If this opportunity is confirmed, shows would be remounted (with original casts and crews) as follows:

Refresh Rehearsals:     25 - 30 September
Tech Dates:                  1 - 6 October
Performances:              6 - 9 October    

DIRECTING FEES

The contract fee for the Festival of New Theatre is $3,000.  If the shows are remounted in October, an additional fee will be negotiated at that time.

SUBMISSIONS

Please submit a cover letter, resume/bio and two references to young.hungry@gmail.com by 12 noon on Friday 12 March.  

Successful candidates will be notified by Tuesday, 16 March.