Roles and Responsibilities in Theatre
Unit 2 – Planning for a Creative Event
The Roles and Responsibilities in Professional Theatre
In order for me to recognise the roles and responsibilities that I and the rest of the group members will be performing throughout unit 2, I will need to research information that will educate me on the rolls which are relevant for our event. The information that I discovered about the different rolls are presented into the following table:
Role/Production Area
Responsibilities
Stage Manager
The role of a theatre manager embraces many responsibilities whose intention is to produce a successful theatre production. The main The main responsibility that a theatre manager has to perform is management which takes control of; rehearsals, actors, directors, designers, props and costume fittings. Another element of the job is to communicate with the front of house staff so that they are also aware of the performance and what they have to take control of in terms of their role. A crucial element of having the role of a stage manager is to take control of the safety measures in order to create a protected environment for everyone involved in the theatre production such as; making sure the rehearsal space and staging is safe for all performers and staff, check that all fire exits and fire extinguishers are in use in case of a fire.
Several key responsibilities involved with a production that a stage manager has to commence are:
Scheduling and running rehearsals
To record all of the lighting and sound cues, prop and costumes changes and the entrances and exits performed by performers on stage at rehearsals
Calling the cues and entrances for the performers onstage during the performance
Taking the roll of being key communicator to transmit the director’s requirements
Overseeing the whole show each time that it is performed
The stage manager is in control of creating rehearsals and is to
The Roles and Responsibilities in Professional Theatre
In order for me to recognise the roles and responsibilities that I and the rest of the group members will be performing throughout unit 2, I will need to research information that will educate me on the rolls which are relevant for our event. The information that I discovered about the different rolls are presented into the following table:
Role/Production Area
Responsibilities
Stage Manager
The role of a theatre manager embraces many responsibilities whose intention is to produce a successful theatre production. The main The main responsibility that a theatre manager has to perform is management which takes control of; rehearsals, actors, directors, designers, props and costume fittings. Another element of the job is to communicate with the front of house staff so that they are also aware of the performance and what they have to take control of in terms of their role. A crucial element of having the role of a stage manager is to take control of the safety measures in order to create a protected environment for everyone involved in the theatre production such as; making sure the rehearsal space and staging is safe for all performers and staff, check that all fire exits and fire extinguishers are in use in case of a fire.
Several key responsibilities involved with a production that a stage manager has to commence are:
Scheduling and running rehearsals
To record all of the lighting and sound cues, prop and costumes changes and the entrances and exits performed by performers on stage at rehearsals
Calling the cues and entrances for the performers onstage during the performance
Taking the roll of being key communicator to transmit the director’s requirements
Overseeing the whole show each time that it is performed
The stage manager is in control of creating rehearsals and is to