The JMK Trust and Northern Stage are offering an Assistant Director Bursary for a talented emerging director, based in the North East, who has demonstrated a commitment to directing and a passion for theatre-making, to work with Mark Calvert on his production of Terrence McNally’s Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
The bursary is essentially an arts scholarship, worth £2,350, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, that will provide a learning and training opportunity to the recipient.
It is a Northern Stage production, designed by Rhys Jarman, lighting design Zia Holly Bergen with sound design by Nick John Williams. The show will be presented in a reconfigured Stage 1 at Northern Stage.
The assistant director will need to be available for:
- Rehearsals from 23 April 2018
- Technical from 15 May 2018
- First preview 19 May 2018
- Press: 24 May 2018
- Closes: 2 June 2018
The duties of the assistant director are:
- To provide general assistance to the director.
- As agreed with the director, to carry out any research that will inform and benefit the production.
- To observe rehearsals and have input in discussions and production meetings.
- To assist the company in documenting the rehearsal process for the purposes of marketing, archiving and evaluating the project through blogs, social media and other forms as agreed.
- To observe and assist the director in the production week as required.
- To attend and participate in post-show discussions by mutual agreement with the Producer.
- To support the company whilst the play is in performance as agreed with the director and stage manager, including attending and noting the production.
- Any further duties as required by the director.
- Be or become a participant of the JMK and Northern Stage Directors’ Group.
Anyone interested in applying should send a CV and covering letter to Mark Calvert at [email protected] by 13 April 2018. Interviews will take place on 19 April so applicants must make sure they are available on that date.
The covering letter should include:
- Why you are interested in working with Mark Calvert the director on this production of Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune at Northern Stage.
- Your relevant experience and what you can bring to the role.
- How this assisting opportunity and involvement in the JMK & Northern Stage Directors’ Group will contribute to your professional development.
- Your commitment to living and making theatre in the North East.
For more information, contact [email protected].
The JMK Trust was set up in memory of James Menzies-Kitchin who, at the age of 26, staged his first production. In June 1996, at the age of 28, he died suddenly and unexpectedly. In the intervening year and a half, he had established himself as a theatre director of promise. He was an entrepreneur of unstoppable drive. His clarity of vision, his tenacity of purpose and above all his courage, inspired all those who worked with him.