From May 2014- July 2014 I acted as the Assistant to the Director of Music (Bill Barclay) at Shakespeare’s Globe, which included tasks such as:

• Shadowing Directors/ Producers/ Composers to absorb skills and gain ideas.
• Striking the instruments and set of a performance and setting the stage for the next show.
• Repairing/ replacing instruments that are damaged and lost during a production.
• General administration such as researching obscure instruments and quickly sourcing them for a show.
• Assisting the musicians and those in the theatre department with anything they might require, such as help with an instrument or general queries.

The job has given me outstanding communication skills, as it requires me to be able to comfortably and confidently talk to staff, patrons and visitors to the Globe all whilst simultaneously performing tasks for people.

I have also heightened my abilities with time management, as I could be given tasks by over 5 members of staff, actors and musicians at one time, each each urgently requiring a task completed. I am able to closely adhere to a schedule and fulfil tasks with great detail and speed, making sure that the needs of all those in a department are aptly met. This includes not only internally but also externally, as this year (2014) sees ‘Globe to Globe’s Hamlet,’ a two-year long tour of the production to all 205 of the world’s countries. This means if a musician’s instrument is broken or damaged in Moscow, I need to source and ship a replacement so that it is with them for the performance the next day in Estonia.

However I was also able to spend a lot of time shadowing directors and producers, as well as working primarily in the Production Office where the Artistic Director, Casting Director, Theatre Manager, Stage Managers and many others had their offices. This means I amassed incredible producing and directing experience, and alongside the music experience also gained valuable training in creating modern relevance with Shakespeare’s plays and texts inspired by the playwright. 

The shows I worked on during my time at the Globe Theatre were:

2014 Globe- to- Globe Hamlet

Titus Andronicus

The Last Days of Troy

Antony and Cleopatra

Dr Scroggy's War

Holy Warriors

Omeros

Julius Caesar