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Stage Manager for Street Opera & Arcola Production, Baseless Fabric Theatre Ltd

  •  London
  •  Â£30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes June 1, 2025
  •  Joanna Turner
  •  joanna@baselessfabric.co.uk
  • #Combined arts

Description

Job Summary

Baseless Fabric is looking for a Stage Manager for our re-imagined production of The Elixir of Love this summer for high street performances & in Arcola Studio 1 as part of the Grimeborn Festival.

Job Description

Our unique 'street opera' performances give local people a chance to experience high quality accessible opera for free. The opera is re-imagined for London life today, edited to approx. 1hr and sung in modern English with 4 singers, 3 professional instrumentalists and a brass duo leading the audience between locations. You can watch a trailer of our street operas on our homepage http://www.baselessfabric.co.uk - www.baselessfabric.co.uk.

As well as our street performances, we are also presenting the production in Arcola Studio 1 for 1 week as part of their Grimeborn Festival after our similar sell-out re-imagining of Die Fledermaus (4 stars The Guardian & The Stage) in 2019 & Carmen (4 Stars Evening Standard & Reviews Hub) in 2022.

Dates: Monday 14th July - Sunday 10th August (includes rehearsals, street performances & Arcola)

Fee: £675 per week plus holiday pay (£2990.25) - approx 35hrs a week.

Job Requirements

We are looking for a Stage Manager who can manage the stage management operations across rehearsals, Arcola technical rehearsals, and all performances; create, distribute, and maintain daily schedules, call sheets, and reports; drive a small van with costumes, props and equipment to each of our high street performances in South London; support our cast and creative team.

Experience of site-specific performances and ability to read music desirable.

Job Responsibilities

Drive a small van to all street performances & for Arcola get in/out.

Create, distribute, and maintain daily schedules, call sheets, and reports.

Lead an ASM & support our small cast & creative team.

Support a safe working environment.

How to Apply

Please send a CV & short cover letter to Artistic Director Joanna Turner at [email protected]

Baseless Fabric is committed to diversity and we are particularly keen to hear from anyone under-represented in the arts.

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