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Activities

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Bar person/ Front of house

This role requires a people person or a socialite. You will be greeting theatregoers, selling tickets and programs. You may also work in the bar before, during and after the performances.

Set designer

Set design requires a head for art and design, an appreciation of space and proportion and the imagination to turn the director’s ideas into a work of art. You will draw sketches to scale, and could even build a scaled down model. You will liaise with the set builders to help them turn your design into a fully sized working set.

Set builder

Props person

As a props person you might be asked to find the weirdest of things and your mission may take you to some weird and wonderful places. You never know what you might find but the experience will be fun.

Or, if you are the creative type, you may enjoy making your own prop using your own imagination and resources.

Costumes person

If you enjoy shopping then this may be your ideal role. You may have to treasure hunt through charity shops or root through Granny’s wardrobe to find that special outfit for him or her. And it could be anything from the straight-laced to the bizarre so an eye-for detail, imagination and persistence would be helpful.

Sound and lighting

Not for technophobes, as a sound and lighting technician you would join a team of pros and learn to fix lights, mix sounds and manage modern sound and lighting desks. Slow fades, gobos, gels are some of the new vocabulary you will acquire. Plus, you could get to work alongside professional theatre technician Alan Curzon, who will show you the ropes and show you how to tie ropes too.

Stage hand

As a stage hand you’ll be, literally, handy at everything. That means you need to be all things to all people back stage: assistant set builder, props caretaker, actors’ aide and set changer.

Stage Manager

This person is the equivalent of the producer for everything that goes on backstage. You will oversee every aspect of the performance form beginning to end, including managing the backstage team and the actors, and cuing the lighting and sound technicians. You’ll be a natural organizer with a keen sense of timing and an eye for detail.

Director

As a director you will have a love of plays and the theatre and the ability to bring a script to life through your understanding of the play, the actors, the audience. If you have never directed before, you may like to come along and assist one of our directors and see what it’s all about.

Actor

You may have acted in school, or in other local drama groups. You may be a pro, or you may never have dared. But since you are reading this perhaps it is time you returned to the stage, or got on the stage once and for all.

For all future stars aged 6 - 16, we have our very own Players drama school. Trained professionals teach workshops in singing, acting and dancing to small groups. As a student you will take part in the yearly school production on stage at the Playhouse, you will get a certificate on completing the course and you can take nationally recognized LAMDA drama exams. You can also audition for the Summer School, and get the chance to work with professional directors and perform at the Charter Theatre.

How your helping us can benefit you?

• It’s a great opportunity to learn a new skill, or brush up an old one.
• It will look good on your CV.
• You don’t have to commit to one thing, but you can try your hand at anything.
• You can learn from experienced theatre folks.
• You can make new friends and have a lot of fun.

Decided to join in? What to do next...

Simply email chh@talktalk.net

Or call one of the drama societies below for more information.

If you'd prefer not to join any one theatre group, but still want to getinvolved, you might be interested in joining Friends of the Playhouse. Click here for more.