WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING A DIRECTOR FOR THE 2013 PRODUCTION!!!

Next year sees our 30th birthday year and we are looking for expressions of interest from possibly directors. We’re interested in hearing submissions from directors on the following choice of plays:

Antony and Cleopatra

The Comedy of Errors

All’s Well That Ends Well

Hamlet

Henry IV Part I

The Two Noble Kinsmen

The production will take place in the Dell, Wellington Botanic Gardens from 15th February – 2nd March 2013. Planning for the production will begin July 1012, with rehearsals taking place over the summer period in Wellington.

Please note – this a two part selection process with only expressions of interest being sought at present.

A short list will be determined from all expressions of interest received and those directors will then be contacted and invited to prepare a full pitch for an interview in mid-June 2012. This full pitch will include: their reasons for their selection of play; how they would approach working with a cast and design team drawn mainly from students and recent graduates; how they would work with the Dell and an alternative wet-weather venue; as well as a general sense of their overall concept for the production. Following these interviews, the director for the 2013 production would be appointed by the end of June 2012.

This is a paid position with a high-level of responsibility. Prospective directors are expected to have some sense of the Summer Shakespeare ethos and background.