A Sense Of Direction

This fifth episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, features a chat with directors Jon Brittain and Jess Lazar on directing at the Edinburgh Fringe, which begins in less than three weeks. How can you stage a memorable show within the constraints of the Fringe? How can you make connections at the festival? What can be done to support directors spending their s...

This fourth episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, features a chat with the union's new general secretary Katie Langridge. What are her priorities for SDUK? How can SDUK make sure its voice is heard? What other work has her career involved? Langridge discusses all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan. *** Produced and presented by fr...

In the third episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, Mildred Yuan discusses the relationship between a director and their agent. How do you get an agent as a director? What do directing contracts look like? How can an agent help you get a better deal? What do you do when things go wrong? Yuan discusses all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Mor...

In the second episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, director Matthew Dunster (2:22 A Ghost Story, Hangmen, The Pillowman) discusses the world of commercial theatre. How do you get into working in commercial theatre? Is the money really that much better? What challenges are there? What freedoms are there? Dunster discusses all this and more with producer an...

In the first episode of A Sense Of Direction, the new quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, Tamara Harvey, co-artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Jemima Levick, artistic director of the Tron Theatre, discuss the process of taking over a new organisation. Why apply for a new leadership role in the first place? How do you manage the practicalities of the position? How import...