Home Theatre – Directors Call Out
Calling all Southampton based Theatre Directors and creatives to deliver a new collaborative community project “Home Theatre”.
Southampton Forward is inviting directors, theatre-makers, and members of the public to shape a bold and exciting new project that will see the creation of bespoke new pieces of theatre sharing stories from our communities. Made in collaboration with artists and performed in homes across the city, the plays will celebrate the voices of our residents through their stories of what it means to be Sotonian from the many different perspectives of people living in Southampton.
The performances will take place in the intimate settings of local homes across Southampton and filmed over the weekend of Saturday 26th October and Sunday 27th October 2024. A screening of the film in early 2025 will invite audiences from around the world to see the work and be part of and online conversation about what it means to live in a global city that speaks over 160 languages with a rich maritime history.
To bring this project to life Southampton Forward is collaborating with Olivier Award-winning Theatre Director Kerry Kyriacos Michael. Kerry was Artistic Director at The Theatre Royal, Stratford East for 13 years, and led one of the most pioneering programmes of work in developing community-led collaborations both inside and outside of the venue.
We are looking for Directors to help shape this project working with local residents who will hosting performances in their homes and the Theatre Makers bringing those stories to life. Working collaboratively to co-design the performances, theatre makers and residents will come together to make new work based on the diverse stories of people living in any of the 17 wards of the city and what it means to belong in Southampton. Rehearsing together and devising the performance, our local hosts will be encouraged to invite their own audience of friends and family to a final performance in their homes supported by our creative team of theatre makers, producers and film crew.
We would love to hear from Directors who are interested in exploring a practice of collaboration and co-design and who are driven to work with local people bringing new perspectives to theatre and performance. You will be supported by a dramaturg/director and there will be stage management and production support.
Home Theatre will create three networks: local people, theatre makers and filmmakers. The collaboration between these groups is anticipated to generate creative energy, new ideas and insights making this an important and immensely exciting project.
We are looking for:
| ROLE | Director |
| LOCATION | Southampton various locations |
| FEE: | 1 week rehearsal fee of £695 ITC and Equity rates + 2 days training workshop and evaluation @ £300 = £1,295 |
| STATUS: | Freelance contract with Southampton Forward |
| REPORTING TO: | Producer – Annie Sanger Davis |
| CONTRACT DURATION: | 1 training day, 1 week rehearsal, 1 evaluation day |
When will Home Theatre (Southampton) happen?
- Your contract will run from Monday 14th October 2024 on a freelance basis, and you would need to be available for the following dates.
- Monday 14th October – training workshop with Kerry Kyriacos Michael and the team.
- Tuesday 15th October – Oral Histories CPD training with Padmini Broomfield 10am – 4.30pm
- Meet local connectors
- Full-time rehearsals will take place in your own time and in scheduled hours at Solent University from Monday 21st October
- You would need to be available for all of this week from Monday 21st October – Sunday 27th October 2024
- Thursday 24th and Friday 25th October there will be dress rehearsal and sharing at MAST Studio 3 – 10am – 4pm. You must be available for both of these days.
- The performances will happen over the weekend of 26th/27th October 2024
- Screening date: Saturday 25th January at MAST
Filming
We will be filming the process of creating Home Theatre Southampton and the performances themselves.
These will be recorded by one person with a small camera recruited from the University’s Film and Television degrees.
These films will then be screened on our website to broadcast Home Theatre (Southampton) to the rest of the world!
Alongside the filming of the performances, we will also be making a short documentary film to record some of the process of creating Home Theatre (Southampton)
This will be shared at a screening event at MAST Theatre Southampton early in 2025.
The process is being filmed but we can talk to you about it if you don’t want to be caught on camera.
How can I get involved?
We are looking for 3 directors, who will support artists/theatre-makers and be there as an outside eye to create a professional performance to take place in local homes over the weekend of 26th/27th October 2024
What expectations are there of the Directors?
- You are there to support local theatre makers/artists to deliver a bespoke show for their allocated host families.
- You should be available for the initial training session with Kerry Kyriacos Michael and for week 2 of rehearsals – 21st – 27th October.
- You can also attend the Oral Histories training if this is useful for you – but this is optional.
- It will be up to your allocated artists to develop the work with their host families.
- You will be working with allocated actors and filmmakers as an outside eye and to help bring out clear narrative, objectives and storytelling.
- You will have more than one actor to work with – you will be overseeing up to 5 stories.
- You may wish to input into specific sections of the filming of Home Theatre (Southampton) or have an idea about particular moments the filmmakers may wish to capture.
Required Dates:
- Monday 14th October 2024 Training workshop with Kerry Kyriacos Michael 1000 – 1600
- Tuesday 15th October 2024 Oral Histories Training with Padmini Broomfield 1000 – 1600
- Full-time rehearsals from Monday 21st October 2024 – Friday 25th October 2024
- Thursday and Friday 24th and 25th October – sharing and feedback at MAST
- The weekend of the 26th and 27th October 2024 for the performance. Performance times are
- Saturday 26th October 3pm and 7pm
- Sunday 27th October 4pm
How do I apply?
Please complete the application form here by 28th August midnight. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept any applications received after this date.
If you don’t have access to the internet, or you would rather apply in person or over the phone please call Annie on 07973 963688 and she will be happy to assist you with your application.
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