Production Assistant
Up The Road and Unity Theatre, Liverpool present ‘Bardolph’s Box’
Up The Road Theatre and Unity Theatre, Liverpool are beginning Research and Development for
‘Bardolph’s Box’, an introduction to Shakespeare’s stories for 8-12 year olds and their families. To
support the director (Nicola Pollard) and actors during the R&D and rehearsal process we are looking
for a Production Assistant.
The dates:
R&D in Liverpool: Monday November 30th – Saturday December 5th 2015
R&D in Folkestone, Kent: Monday 11th – Saturday 16th January 2016
Rehearsals in Liverpool: Monday 15th February – Monday 29th February 2016
‘Bardolph’s Box’ will tour Merseyside and the south-east from Tuesday March 1st to Sunday April 3rd
2016.
You must be available full-time for the R&D weeks and the rehearsal period. We would like our
Production Assistant to be available at the start of the tour, but they will not be travelling with the
show.
We are ideally looking for someone based in Liverpool or the North West.
The role entails:
 Being present in the rehearsal room throughout the R&D and rehearsal periods
 Stage manager duties: Sourcing props; noting staging/blocking; updating changes to the
script
 Contributing to the artistic creation of the piece, as a second pair of eyes and ears
 Communicating with production team members
 Assisting with admin tasks (scheduling etc)
 Recording (photo and film) parts of the rehearsal and R&D periods
 Supporting the director with other tasks and duties as required
We are looking for someone who:
 Has experience in making professional theatre
 Enjoys working with Shakespeare’s texts, with good knowledge of his language and style
 Has an interest in and enthusiasm for theatre for young people
 Can contribute to positive working relationships in a rehearsal room and with production
team members
 Is willing to try new ideas, to explore and experiment
 Is organised and reliable with good time management, and not averse to admin tasks!
The fee is £1,980 plus subs payment for the R&D week in Kent and return travel from the north-west
to Kent.
If this sounds like you please apply with a copy of your CV, cover letter (one side of A4 please!)
detailing your relevant experience and why you would like to work with us on ‘Bardolph’s Box’
and a completed equal opportunities form (downloadable from the Unity web site).
For questions or queries about the role please email nicola@uptheroadtheatre.co.uk.
Please send your completed application to annemariemartin@unitytheatre.co.uk.
The closing date for applications is: 5pm on Monday 26th October.
We will be contacting all applicants after the closing date.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th November in Liverpool.
Who we are:
Up The Road Theatre is a new company based in Kent. Inspired by rural touring companies such as
Eastern Angles, our work is scaled-back and stripped down, using actors, text, invention and
imagination to tell a story. We will take work out to communities – small-scale, easily accessible
pieces with a wide appeal.
For our first production we are collaborating with Unity Theatre to create ‘Bardolph’s Box’, a lively
introduction to Shakespeare’s plays for 8-12 year olds and their families. This small-scale production
will tour to libraries, community spaces and studio theatres.
Unity Theatre is one of the best loved theatres in Liverpool, recently winning Best Performing Venue
at the Mersey Partnership Tourism Awards. Work for under 12s is one of our priority areas. Recent
productions include 4-star productions of ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ (with Action Transport), ‘Lampedusa’
(with Soho Theatre and Hightide) and ‘Chicken’ (with Eastern Angles).
The production is supported by a grant from Arts Council England.