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We are looking for a Stage Manager/ Technician for the second half of our national tour of Rani Moorthy's play Handful of Henna. This second half of the tour is largely touring to rural touring schemes, plus some venues. The production is in association with Oxfordshire Theatre Company.

Overall dates: 12 April - 30 May 2010
Re-Rehearsal: 12/13/14 April - Oxford.
Rural Touring to rural touring schemes: 15 April - 22 May 2010 (Oxfordshire, Devon, Somerset, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Kent, Worcestershire, Leicestershire).
Final week: Croydon Clock Tower (26 May) and Curve, Leicester (27 - 29 May).
End date: 30 May 2010

Contract: Standard ITC/Equity small-scale touring contract. £385 p/w, plus subsistence and accommodation allowances.

Job Description:

Touring: Get-ins and get-outs, including lifting and carrying of set and equipment (alongside cast). Driving of van. Relighting and interpreting lighting plan for rural touring in line with the constraints found in each space. Relighting show in theatre venues (using plans for each individual venue as produced by lighting designer). Operating sound and lights. Liaising with producer over touring schedule on the road. Plus other duties that go with stage management on small-scale/rural touring.

Person specification:

Experience of small scale touring and rural touring. High level of self motivation. Applicants must be aged over 21 and should posses a current clean driving license. Experience of driving a long wheel base transit van. High level of technical knowledge to be able to both work with venue technicians to relight, plot and operate the show, and to be able to take charge of all technical aspects when touring rurally. Knowledge of Q-Lab Mac based sound operating package would be an advantage.


Play description:

Being dragged by her mother back to the family village thousands of miles away is no fun for 13-year-old Nasreen. In the monsoon rain, not being able to text friends, she little expects what will be uncovered on her first visit. But with the mystical power of henna, a secret garden of buried dreams, and more than a little help from the wagging tongues of Aunties, Grandparents and neighbours, she is about to discover some unexpected truths about her mother.

Based on real stories from Muslim women this is a joyous and moving story about lives lived across two cultures, and one girl's journey to understanding her mother. Skipping back and forth across time four actresses create a bustling, colourful world bursting with music, dance and family celebration.

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