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Organisation
Nicoll Entertainment
What are you looking for?
Assistant Director
Who are you looking for?
We are looking for an Assistant Director (early career/ ‘emerging artist) to support director Denzel Westley-Sanderson and the wider creative team on our 2024-2025 tour of Coming to England; a new adaptation of Floella Benjamin’s award-winning book charting her arrival from Trinidad.
We are looking for an early-career or 'emerging' director who is looking for an opportunity to level up their skillset.
The ideal candidate will have some professional directing credits - perhaps on small scale and/or fringe work - as well as a couple of assistant directing credits on slightly larger projects, and is now ready to take on a more challenging role.
Due to the play's subject matter and the diverse nature of the cast and creative team, we are particularly interested in candidates:
- from the global majority and/or with lived experience of migration
- who feel that they have not had sufficient access to opportunities, training or networks that have allowed them to advance their career in step with their peer group.
NB: there is no age-bracket or time specification on what we consider to be ‘emerging’ but please define why you consider yourself to be so in your application.
What is the fee?
£2600 project fee for rehearsals and opening week. £200 day rate for show visits, plus travel and accommodation (exact visit dates to be agreed with the successful candidate.)
Tell us about the job
Floella Benjamin’s award-winning and iconic book Coming to England comes to life in this joyful stage adaptation with music, storytelling and song.
Much loved by children and families, Coming to England tells Floella’s own story of moving to England as a child. Aged just 10, she and her siblings left Trinidad and sailed alone to join their parents. But Floella’s excitement for her new life in England is short-lived, with her family subjected to racism and intolerance in 1960s’ London. Guided by her mother, and working twice as hard as her classmates, Coming to England tells the story of how a young Floella overcame adversity and grew to become Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham.
Adapted for the stage by David Wood (“the national children’s dramatist” – The Times) this vibrant and energetic show is the perfect entertainment for the whole family.
About the Director, Denzel Westley-Sanderson
Denzel is an award-winning Theatre Director and workshop facilitator based in London. He trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, completing the MA Theatre Directing course in 2017. Following his graduation, Denzel was part of the resident directors’ pool at the Almeida Theatre from 2017-2018.
Denzel’s portfolio spans various genres and styles, including New Writing, Musicals, Opera, Devising, and Dance Theatre. He has notably collaborated with the CTC Dance Company, directing their show "Identity," which won the award for 'Exciting New Work' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Denzel co-directed "Jesus Christ Superstar - The Concert" at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre during the pandemic and as the Associate Director on "Dick Whittington" at the National Theatre. He returned to the National Theatre in 2022 as the Associate Director on "Small Island."
Denzel was awarded the RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award and directed the critically acclaimed UK tour of "The Importance of Being Earnest," produced by ETT, Leeds Playhouse, and the Rose Theatre Kingston. Additionally, he was nominated for Best Director at the Stage Debut Awards and the Black British Theatre Awards in 2023. Denzel was the Sky Arts Associate Artist at Theatre Royal Stratford East and directed their annual pantomime in December 2023.
Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provide support to the Director in the rehearsal room, with associated administration and creative team relationships
- Keep wider creative team updated with developments/changes made in rehearsals
- Keep a note of staging and update as and when required
- Support the director with providing cast notes
- Conduct research to support the cast and creative team
- Conduct regular show visits while the company are on tour to:
-- support with get ins - support stage management venues/ cast
-- support with any re staging if required
-- keep the show in line with the creative vision realised in the rehearsal room
Show dates:
Rehearsals, nr Brixton, London - Mon 19th Aug - Fri 6th Sept (Mon-Fri)
Tech week, Swansea - w/c Mon 9th Sept
Touring continues (2024) - w/c 16th Sept - w/e Sun 27th Oct
Christmas break - w/c 28th Oct - w/e Sun 26th Jan
Touring continues (2025) - w/c 27th Jan - w/e Sun 30th March
What will the hiring process be?
Recruitment dates:
Deadline for applications - Mon 22nd July, midday
Invites to interview sent - Fri 26th July
Interviews, via zoom - Tues 30th or Weds 31st July
Offer made - Fri 2nd Aug
Please send a CV, plus a covering letter of 1 page max, explaining how you meet the requirements and why you would like to take advantage of this opportunity
To Charlie Mafham: casting@nicollentertainment.com
by MIDDAY on Monday 22nd July
Please send your application as ONE file with your NAME as the title and CTE AD Application in the subject line
Will the project comply with the Green Book standards on sustainability?
Baseline
How would you like people to apply?
casting@nicollentertainment.com
When is the closing date?
22/07/24
Link to your Equal Opportunities form
https://forms.gle/d8YTBVTLX6fUdF3K6
I will collect equal opportunities data for this job
Yes
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