In Spring 2024, we will be producing three different, but equally exciting shows. We have created 3 x Assistant Director roles, available to early career directors who are born, raised or living in Wales, and are looking to assign one Assistant Director to each production:
Kill Thy Neighbour by Lucie Lovatt (dir. Chelsea Gillard)
A co-production with the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. Caryl and Meirion have lived here for years – raising a family, repeatedly decorating, watching their village’s community slowly disappear. Now Caryl’s ready to start a new life away from here, but Meirion defiantly wants to stay. Is it loyalty? Belonging? Or a dark secret that will keep them here forever? Lucie Lovatt’s dark comedy about love, marriage and feeling trapped in your own life.
Rehearsals begin: w/c 26 Feb 2024
Fit up: w/c 18 March
Tech: Friday 22 March onwards
First Preview: Tue 2 April
Guest Night: Thu 4 April
Final show Clwyd: Sat 20 April
First show Torch: TBC – Wed 24 April
Final show Torch: Sat 4 May
(The Assistant Director on Kill Thy Neighbour would need to assist with the transfer to the Torch theatre get-in and tech, with dates to be agreed in due course)
Constellations by Nick Payne (dir. Daniel Lloyd)
A beekeeper and a physicist meet at a barbeque. She thinks of quantum mechanics, string theory and multiverses. He thinks of his bees, honey and ecology. Could they ever fall in love? Sliding Doors meets When Harry Met Sally, Before Sunrise and 500 Days Of Summer in this drama about the inevitability of love. Nick Payne’s acclaimed, award-winning drama has been performed in the West End and Broadway. Constellations will be presented in both Welsh and English, so this role is only suitable for those who are fluent in written and spoken Welsh.
Rehearsals begin: w/c 8 April 2024
Fit up: w/c 29 April
Tech: Fri 3 May onwards
First Preview: Fri 10 May
Guest Night: Tue 14 May
Final show ENG: Sat 25 May
Cymraeg tech: Tue 4 & Wed 5 June
Cym open dress: Thu 6 June
Final show Cym: Sat 8 June
Tour weeks: w/c 10 and w/c 17 June 2024
(The Assistant Director on Constellations would need to assist with the first tour venue get-in, with dates to be agreed in due course).
Rope by Patrick Hamilton (dir. Francesca Goodridge)
1929. London. Two young men have murdered a fellow student and stashed the body in a chest in their flat. Will they get away with this shocking crime? Why are they hosting a party for friends and the victim’s family? Will anyone dare try to open the chest now in the centre of the room…?
Patrick Hamilton’s dark comedy-drama about murder, power and superiority.
Rehearsals begin: w/c Tue 28 May 2024
Fit up: w/c 17 June
Tech: Fri 21 June onwards
First Preview: Sat 29 June
Guest Night: Wed 3 July
Final show: Sat 20 July
- Role Title - Assistant Director, Spring 2024 (3 roles available)
- Contract Type - Freelance, fixed term
- Hours - The Assistant Director will expect to work between 40 and 46 hours per week, over a 5.5- week period.
- Fee - £3,000
- Expenses - £210 per week subsistence if you live more than 25 miles from Theatr Clwyd (CH7 1YA) plus travel reimbursement as per the UK Theatre / Equity agreement.
- Work Location - Theatr Clwyd’s rehearsal rooms in Mold Town Centre and Theatr Clwyd’s studio venue ‘The Mix’, with preparation work from home. For Kill Thy Neighbour and Constellations, some travel to other venues may be required, but this will be discussed and agreed with the Assistant Director.
- Project Dates - We will be assigning one different Assistant Director to each show. In order to apply, you must be fully available from day one of rehearsals to guest night of the production you are interested in.