Crescent Season 21-22

The play is a three-hander and all the action takes place in the tatty changing room of a non-league football club. This is a studio production so it will need a staging that uses the space imaginatively to create a sense of place without building a box set.

This production needs a director with a clear vision and experience of working with actors to find and create believable characters.

This production needs a director who can tell a compelling story in a big space with a large cast. Experience of working with an ensemble and of physical theatre would be an advantage. You need to be able to put your stamp on the script and to be able to work well with technical sections to create a powerful spectacle for the audience.

A Number is a two-hander; one actor plays a father, Salter, the other plays his sons. The setting is described as ‘where Salter lives’.

This play will be performed alternately with Swallow by Stef Smith as part of ‘Studio Fortnight’. The premise of Studio Fortnight is to present two stripped back studio pieces in a black box without any built set. Simple furniture from the theatre’s stock can be used.

The two directors of A Number and Swallow will need to agree on the audience configuration, which will be the same set-up for both shows.

This production needs a director who is excited by the challenge of letting this brilliant play speak for itself and by working with two actors to explore the complex ideas and characters contained within it. You’ll need to be able to work well with another director on the logistics of Studio Fortnight, and with the technical sections.

The play is a three-hander. Three intertwining monologues weave and wend their way together in this lyrical yet down to earth piece about loneliness, connection and the desire for change.

This play will be performed alternately with A Number by Caryl Churchill as part of ‘Studio Fortnight’. The premise of Studio Fortnight is to present two stripped back studio pieces in a black box without any built set. Simple furniture from the theatre’s stock can be used.

The two directors of Swallow and A Number will need to agree on the audience configuration, which will be the same set-up for both shows.

This production needs a director who is excited by the challenge of exploring this poetic, challenging piece and by working with three actors to explore the complex ideas and characters contained within it. You’ll need to be able to work well with another director on the logistics of Studio Fortnight, and with the technical sections.

This production needs a director who can realise a concept and setting that serves the script, rather than trying to shoehorn the script into the concept. You’ll need to be able to be able to manage a large cast and to work with them on the delivery and meaning of Shakespeare’s language.

Much Ado continues to be one of Shakespeare’s most performed plays and features on current GCSE exam syllabi. It’s likely therefore that some of our audiences will be teenagers studying the play; your vision needs to sit within a framework they will recognise and engage with.

This production needs an experienced director with a clear vision for the piece, the ability to work with actors on the text, and strong communication and liaison with the technical sections.

This production needs a director who can tell this well-known and much-loved story with flair and attention to detail. You will need to be able to work with the actors, the musical director, possibly puppeteers and maybe a choreographer too, to create B movie magic to an A* standard in the Main House.  One of the challenges of the piece is Audrey II itself so please describe your vision for ‘the plant’ in your submission, along with the visual style you envisage for the production.

The piece has cast of 9. The action takes place between 1934 and 1947 in multiple locations. The piece relies heavily on the use of projection to serve various functions. It’s written to be staged on a largely bare stage with chairs and easels as the main furniture plus a few other pieces. Other than projection screens, there will not be any ‘built’ set for this studio production.

This production needs a director who can work with actors to bring out the characters and humour of Lee Hall’s script. You’ll need a sense of the period and the ability to work well with technical sections, especially AV and wardrobe, to get the look of the piece right.

Leading the Crescent’s summer tour is a fantastic experience and brings its own unique challenges and rewards with it. You’ll need a creative, imaginative approach to staging this witty, satirical play in both the Studio and the open air without a lot of set, and ideally you’ll have had some experience of directing and of outdoor theatre (this could be as an actor, production assistant or director). You’ll also need to be prepared to cut the text down to a maximum 2 hour running time; support from the Arts Management Team can be provided for this non-negotiable part of the process. A great outdoor Crescent tour performance needs bold characterisation, visual storytelling, strong diction and projection from the actors, and lovely costumes.

The Guardian review of the London premiere of the play described it as ‘such a combustible mix of race, territory and property prices that it is like a hand grenade lobbed into the stalls, primed to explode in the second act.’

Act One of the play takes place in 1959 and Act 2 in 2009, in the same room of the same house. The piece calls for some built set (and for cosmetic changes to the set in the interval!) as the house itself plays an important role in the drama. Most of the actors in a cast of 7-8 are required to play two different roles in the two acts, which brings challenges.

This production needs a director who can work with the actors to bring out both the characters and their relationships, and the biting, provocative humour of the piece. You’ll need a manageable vision for how to stage the play in the studio and a desire to get your teeth into a play that should leave its audiences both challenged and entertained.