Technical and designer roles
Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
Michaelmas Week 1
Looking for
- Lighting Designer
- Sound Designer
- Publicity Designer
"I waved the barge downstream, the dead boy and the ambulance still waiting in my head for me to turn round and look back at the lock and upstream to the weir and quarries. But I wouldn't."
Can't Stand Up For Falling Down is looking for a lighting and sound designer(s) AND a publicity designer to design some cool posters and stuff!
The play takes place in post-industrial, rural Yorkshire and spans multiple locations (a weir, a river, a quarry...) so this is a great opportunity to get creative with the light and sound!
If you're interested please email me (imogen - io238) with any relevant experience (none necessary!)
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Contact: io238
Deadline for applications: Friday 30th June
Rights of Passage - Fletcher Players
Michaelmas Week 2
Looking for
- Lighting Designer
- Sound Designer
- Publicity Designer
- Set designer
- Costume Designer
In Oxcam’s first venture into theatre, the very real stories of three refugees are told in an eye-opening play.
This is an exciting opportunity to tell the stories of LGBT+ refugees, and have their voices heard. To be a part of this Corpus week 2 mainshow, email sl804@cam.ac.uk with the position you are applying for, any experience/ ideas you may have and why you are interested in telling the stories of LGBT+ refugees.
Contact: sl804@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Friday 30th June
The Satyricon - Pembroke Players
Michaelmas Week 7
Looking for
- Set Designer
- Publicity Designer
- Costume Designer
- Stage Manager
- Technical Director
Applications are now open for The Satyricon!
We are looking for...
-Set Designer
How would you go about turning the Pembroke New Cellars into, say, a Roman banquet hall? Or the deck of a ship? Or a bustling market town? Set will be a very important aspect of the show, and a big opportunity to get creative. No need for any concrete plans, but let me into some of your ideas.
-Publicity Designer
I've got a few ideas for the general aesthetic of the show, but the general idea is that it won't necessarily look traditionally 'classical'. I'm currently interested in the idea of something halfway between a mosaic and a slightly seedy 70s movie poster or album cover. Email me for more details- we can have a chat before you start producing anything. Ability to produce illustrations preferred!
-Costume Designer
Lots of fun! I think we're probably going to go with traditional(ish) Roman dress.
-Stage Manager
Should be a fun role without too much work.
-Technical Director
Probably going to be quite complex in terms of sound and lighting cues, so experience preferred!
Contact: elw60@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Friday 30th June
5:00pm
Bad Habits (Edinburgh Fringe) - Heywood
Summer Vacation
Looking for
- Publicity Designer
Bad Habits is looking for a publicity designer to help us create the publicity for this whacky and wonderful show. The role will require liaising with the prod team over the next few weeks to design a cracking poster that can be distributed throughout Edinburgh in August.
If you're interested, please email Nick at nph33@cam.ac.uk expressing your interest and outlining any previous work you've done!
Contact: nph33@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Saturday 1st July
3:30pm
Gypsy - CUMTS
Michaelmas Week 4
Looking for
- Technical Director
- Stage Manager
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Floor Manager (to coordinate scene transitions)
- Choreographer
- Set Designer
- Publicity Designer
- Cinematographer
- (Headshot) Photographer
- Costume Designer
- Sound Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Chief Electrician (there will be lots of lights. lots and lots of lights.)
get hyped. it's a show that'll probably have stash.
Week 4 CUMTS musical GYPSY (the show **everyone** is going to be talking about) is looking for a tech team to help put on this incredible show.
All applications should include:
- Why you want to be involved in the show
- Relevant experience (none necessary)
Please also include if applying for a design role:
- Any initial ideas you may have
If applying for publicity design, please also include examples of past work (publicity or other).
Send applications to Francesca (fic21) by midnight on June 27th.
If you have any questions, shoot me and Alistair (agh50) an email:)
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“Gypsy” is a story about love, motherhood, ambition and drive, all brought together by Styne's phenomenal score and Sondheim's lyrical wit.
Contact: fic21@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Saturday 1st July
11:59pm
Welcome to Little Heswing
Michaelmas Week 5
Looking for
- Stage Manager
- Publicity Designer
- Sound Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Set Designer
- Costume Designer
Week 5 Corpus Late "Welcome to Little Heswing" is looking for a prod team to help us put on this BRAND SPANKING NEW (hype hype hype) sketch show.
Shoot me an email letting me know:
- Why you want to be involved
- Any initial ideas (unless you're applying for SM)
- Any experience you might have (although LITERALLY NONE is required for any role)
(The deadline is only July 1st because Camdram won't let me put it later, you've actually got until like... ages away.)
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‘Welcome to Little Heswing’ is a brand-new sketch show with a distinctive narrative, following three peculiar heroes in their fight to save their even more peculiar town. In a bid to convince the County Council that Little Heswing is deserving of its town status, they plan to gather footage of all its major attractions, hidden gems and frankly bizarre residents. From a Squirrel Fight Club to the unmissable biannual HesFest, with guest appearances from the Insecure Morris Dancers™. It’s weirder than a one-man band that’s really seven ferrets in a suit.
Contact: fic21@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Saturday 1st July
Frost/Nixon - CUADC
Michaelmas Week 1
Looking for
- Publicity Designer
- Costume Designer
- Hair/Make-up Designer
- Photographer
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Publicist
Get applying now for Frost/Nixon!!
In your application please include:
- Why you want to be involved in the show
- Relevant experience (none necessary)
Please also include if applying for a design role:
- Any initial ideas you may have
It's a simple show with a lot going on, and a dream slot for bringing your creative ambitions to life.
Let me know if you have any questions or queries!
A great chance to get involved with theatre before Michaelmas gets hectic!
Contact: jc952@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Sunday 2nd July
11:45pm
The Glass Cage: In Concert
Michaelmas Week 5
Looking for
- Musical Director
- Assistant Musical Director
- Stage Manager
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Lighting Designer
- Set Designer
- Technical Director
This original musical from composer Noah Fram will be coming to the ADC for one night only in Michaelmas 2017. Is this the most exciting thing that has ever happened? Quite possibly.
What is truth? What is your particular truth? And what, most importantly, happened to Katherine Murphy?
We are looking for an epic team to help bring 'The Glass Cage' to life in thrilling 3D.
Please send applications to Anastasia: ab2313
Applications may (but do not need to) include any of the following:
- Past experience
- How to work with the challenges of a one night stand
- Initial ideas for the show
- What makes you excited about 'The Glass Cage'
Contact: ab2313@cam.ac.uk; taw49@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 4th July
The Man Presents: More Women
Michaelmas Week 3
Looking for
- Assistant Producer
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Sound Designer
- Light Designer
The Man Presents: Women is BACK with even MORE funny women and an even BIGGER stage to boot.
We are looking to fill our production team with a host of brilliant women/non-binary people, so if that's YOU do get in touch. The assistant producer will be tasked with helping the smooth running of the show. The DSM will be tasked with helping to produce the most glitzy, most glam stage the ADC has ever seen and the sound/light designers will need to be fickle fingered to make the show pop.
No experience necessarily necessary but in your application please include why you're interested/what you'd bring to the role/what superhero you'd be if you were a superhero.
Contact: kw446@cam.ac.uk;ms2311@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Thursday 6th July
4:42pm
e x i l e @ Edinburgh Fringe - CUADC
Summer Vacation
Looking for
- Publicist/Photographer
The highly acclaimed e x i l e is back, being revamped for the Fringe! We are looking for a publicist to come to Edinburgh with us.
Experience on a Cambridge show is by no means essential. The publicist would mainly be in charge of our online presence and would preferably be an experienced photographer. We would like someone who could take photos, film video promos, and post on social media regularly, almost every day of the festival.
The Edinburgh Fringe will be such an amazing experience! If you would like to get involved and join our team, please email Ira (ibl23) and Francesca (fic21).
If you would like more information about anything, such as travel or accommodation, please feel free to get in touch.
Contact: ibl23@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Friday 7th July
12:00pm
Shot in the Dark
Michaelmas Week 4
Looking for
- Composer / Musical Director
- Publicity Designer
Shot in the Dark is a wild spy comedy with an absolutely wizard 1950s aesthetic; a brand new piece of student writing from an experienced duo who foster a friendly environment that welcomes contributions from everyone!
COMPOSER/MUSICAL DIRECTOR: To create a jazzy live score for the show, with a 1950s spy feel, and probably for a single instrument (negotiable...!). The score will underlie a few key scenes, with a mixture of incidental music as well as musical comedy. We’re developing the script over summer so hope to build ideas together!
PUBLICITY DESIGNER: Creating a stylish image-based (not text-based!) publicity to match our jazzy 1950s aesthetic. We’re totally open to original ideas: perhaps picking up on the themes of spies, the 1950s, or just outright taking-the-michael out of that other spy thingy, the James Bond franchise! As a comedy we’re looking for something with a lot of humour, to express that this is a show with big laughs!
To apply, email Simon (sjw247@cam.ac.uk) saying 1) why you’d be suited to the role, 2) why the role/show excites you, 3) your favourite spy comedy. - max of 3 paragraphs please!
Contact: sjw247@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Friday 7th July
6:00pm
FIRM NOSE
Michaelmas Week 2
Looking for
- Lighting
- Sound
- Stage Manager
- Set Designer
- Cinematographer
FIRM NOSE needs help firming up!!!
We are looking for LIGHTING and SOUND magicians, as well as a STAGE MANAGER and SET DESIGNER to transform the Corpus Playroom into the world occupied by sketches that end up in the 'NO' pile. We are also looking for a CINEMATOGRAPHER to help create a trailer and other exciting media things to #hype the show.
This will be a fun, easy and harrowing position, so do get in touch! Please list why you would like to be involved and any relevant experience.
Contact: kw446@cam.ac.uk, am2489@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Sunday 9th July
6:58pm
MOJAVE
Michaelmas Week 4
Looking for
- Stage Manager
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Sound Engineer
MOJAVE is looking for a creative and committed technical team to help bring this incredible true story to life. Using live feed video output, an onstage sound mixer and top secret never-before-seen technical ideas, this show is one not to miss!
Please email me at jb2043 if you have any questions at all!
Contact: jb2043@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 12th July
The Plough and the Stars - Pembroke Players
Michaelmas Week 5
Looking for
- Co-Producer - to help organise the show and help with publicity, particularly in the time approaching show week (Wk 3-5)
- STAGE TEAM: Stage Manager, Set Designer and Technical Director - to bring the world of 1916 Dublin to the Pembroke New Cellars
- TECH DESIGN TEAM: Lighting Designer, Sound Designer, Effects Designer - to create a fully immersive experience for the audience through the use of sound effects, sound scaping and surround-sound, along with complex and innovative lighting design
- Costume Designer - to source naturalistic costumes building into the immersive atmosphere
For a full concept pack, or to apply (with no more than 500 words on why this show excites you and any initial ideas) email gfl23 :)
Contact: gfl23
Deadline for applications: Thursday 13th July
My Eyes Went Dark - CADS
Michaelmas Week 0
Looking for
- Lighting Designer
- Sound Designer
- Publicity Designer
My Eyes Went Dark is looking for a LIGHTING DESIGNER, SOUND DESIGNER and PUBLICITY DESIGNER! Please note for lighting and sound you must be able to be back in Cambridge by the 27th September at the latest.
PUBLICITY:
This show is quite a dark two-hander that deals with grief and loss after Nikolai Koslov loses his family in a tragic plane crash. After several inquests into the incident, no one is blamed for the events and Nikolai tries to take justice into his own hands. To apply, simply drop me an e-mail with any basic ideas for publicity materials (mainly poster design and fb promotions) as well as any relevant experience.
SOUND and LIGHTING:
With very minimal set this is a great show for a tech team to get their teeth into with all the atmosphere/ time/ location delineated by lighting and sound. To apply simply drop me an e-mail with any relevant experience (none necessary) and your thoughts about the piece, if you would like to look at some extracts to give more of an idea of what you would do then just ask and I will send some to you.
Contact: ogj21@cam.ac.uk or cl629@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Monday 31st July
12:00pm
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Michaelmas Week 5
Looking for
- Stage Manager
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Technical Director
- Set Designer
- Sound Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Costume Designer
- Hair/Makeup Artist
- Publicity Designer
- Photographer
Week 5 ADC Main ☆☆ The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ☆☆ is looking for a tech team to help us put on this incredible production.
We're looking especially for female, NB and BME applicants BUT anyone of any level of experience is welcome.
All applications should include:
- Why you want to be involved in the show
- Relevant experience (if ya have it, send us an application even if you don't)
Please also include if applying for a design role:
- Any initial ideas you may have
If applying for publicity design, please also include examples of past work (publicity or other).
Send applications to Aaron (apk39) and Francesca (fic21) by July 31st, and if you've got any questions or need any extra info, send them our way too x
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Chicago. A city of jazz and gangsters, prohibition and poverty. Amongst the murk of the Great Depression, there’s room for a small time crook like Arturo Ui to make a name for himself.
Contact: apk39@cam.ac.uk, fic21@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Monday 31st July
11:59pm
Love's Labour's Lost - Marlowe
Michaelmas Week 3
Looking for
- Technical Director
- Stage Manager
- Deputy Stage Manager
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Sound Designer
- Publicity Designer
- Costume Designer
- Make-up Artist
Marlowe's michaelmas mainshow Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, is looking for a tech team of wondrously wizard and terrifyingly talented people.
Apart from the roles of Technical Director, Stage Manager and Deputy Stage Manager - no experience is necessary, just an unquenchable thirst for putting on a great show! Please send both Clara and I an application (cfv24@cam.ac.uk taw49@cam.ac.uk) before the 1st of August, please include:
- Why you want to work on the show.
- Any initial ideas you have for the role.
- Any relevant experience.
- Most witty alliterative line you can come up with.
P.S. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER Y'ALL!
Contact: cfv24@cam.ac.uk taw49@cam.ac.uk
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 1st August
11:59pm