Job Description
As part of our fiftieth anniversary celebrations, we are producing two large scale community theatre productions this summer, bringing together professionals and members of our community in a unique collaboration.
Would you like to work alongside your friends, neighbours and professional performers and team members to put together an exciting piece of theatre that reflects the place that we live? We are looking to find a small group of volunteers to work alongside our professional stage management team to help create and deliver the show. This might include carpentry, stage lighting, set moving, creating and setting props and so forth. You may have had previous experience in these areas, or just be interested to try it. You will be part of a large company made of professional and local amateur performers and team members.
Volunteers should be aged 17+.
There will be a period for fitting up the theatre (moving seats, building sets, scenic painting etc) and then a period of running the performances (helping to set and reset props and costumes, move scenery etc). The dates of these periods, for both productions, are laid out below.
If you would like to discuss further, please look through the dates and details below, and complete the form here.
Applications close late April 2024.
Play 1 - Lark Rise
By Keith Dewhurst, from the book by Flora Thompson
Directed by John Terry. Set and Costume Design by Liz Cooke. Musical Director Sophie Crawford.
A summer’s morning at the close of the 19th century. 14 year old Laura, half playful, half astute, journeys through the first day of harvest to meet an extraordinary, eccentric and loveable cast of characters.
From field-workers’ chants in golden cornfields to long-lost songs in smoky taverns , the songs, laughter and everyday tragedies of the villagers of Lark Rise will immerse you in a forgotten, rural England.
Lark Rise Technical Fit-Up Period (you would not need to be available for all dates)
Sat 1st June - Wednesday 5th June
There may be some additional requests prior to these dates by mutual agreement.
Lark Rise Technical Rehearsals and Performances (you would not need to be available for all dates)
- Sun 2nd June Afternoon
- Tues 4th June Evening
- Weds 5th June Evening
- Thurs 6th June Evening
- Fri 7th June Evening
- Sat 8th June Evening
- Sun 9th June Evening
Play 2 – Barn Dance
By Mike Bartlett
Directed by John Terry. Set and Costume Design by Liz Cooke. Musical Director Sophie Crawford.
A sparkling, touching new play from the multi-Olivier Award winning and BAFTA nominated writer of King Charles III, Press and Doctor Foster.
Echoing the themes of Lark Rise, Barn Dance traces the imagined history of an Oxfordshire barn and those that work and live there. Across a century of history that begins with the conscription of farmhands to fight in World War II, and ends with installation of a kitchen with underfloor heating, Barn Dance is a celebration of Oxfordshire – all that it is, and all that has changed along the way
Barn Dance Technical Fit-Up Period (you would not need to be available for all dates)
Mon 10th June - Sun 16th June
Barn Dance Technical Rehearsals and Performances (you would not need to be available for all dates)
- Sat 15th June Day/Evening
- Sun 16th June Day/Evening
- Mon 17th June Evening
- Tues 18th June Evening
- Weds 19th June Evening
- Thurs 20th June Evening
If you would like to be involved in either production, please complete the form here.
Other voluntary roles are available - please see our Jobs page.
If you have specific questions or queries, please contact us via our Contact Form.
