Deputy Stage Manager

Job Title: Deputy Stage Manager

Responsible to: Techincal Stage Manager & Company Manager

Start date: Monday 17th February 2025 or 24th February 2025

End date: Tuesday 5th August 2025

Rehearsal Rate: £601.27/week

The Production

Life of Pi is a 5-time Olivier Award-winning play setting off on a four-month tour across mainland China, Macau & Tawain. The production has just come to the end of its first experience of international touring by travelling to Toronto, Abu Dhabi & Mumbai. The production has been praised for its on-stage diversity, skilled puppetry work and complex use of Video and Automation. The play tells the story of a teenager marooned on a lifeboat with a variety of animals (including a Bengal tiger). It is adapted from Yann Martel’s celebrated novel by Lolita Chakrabarti, with direction by Max Webster, Set and Costume Design by Tim Hatley and Puppet and Movement Direction by Finn Caldwell.

For more information visit: https://lifeofpionstage.com/

Purpose of Job

The purpose of the Deputy Stage Manager is to call the production, run rehearsals and assist the Technical Stage Manager, Company Manager and Stage Management team as necessary.

The show is technically complex, containing automation elements alongside busy LX, video, and sound designs. The ideal candidate will have substantial professional experience of calling comparably busy shows. Previous experience of calling shows which had puppetry or movement elements is desirable but not required.