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§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

stage director

Stage directors oversee and orchestrate the mounting of a performance production by unifying various endeavours and aspects of a theatrical production.

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Description

Stage directors oversee and orchestrate the mounting of a performance production by unifying various endeavours and aspects of a theatrical production. They ensure the quality and completeness of the theatrical production and lead the members of the creative team into realising their artistic vision for it.

Theoretical Knowledge
ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
acting techniques
Practical Skills
ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
evaluate art qualitywork with playwrightsdevelop drama production processread scriptscue a performanceassemble an artistic teamanalyse a scriptdirect an artistic teamadapt designers’ work to the performance venuemaintain blocking notesfind a replacement for stage manageradapt a scriptcarry out auditions
OPTIONALOptional competences
follow time cuesorganise rehearsalsidentify technical resources for performancesdetermine context to present the workensure visual quality of the setcommunicate expectations of fight actionsmanage prompt bookprompt performersselect music for performancemanage budgetswrite technical riders

GLOBAL RESOURCE

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SKILLS OVERVIEW

25 total
14 essential · 11 optional

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)

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