Production Team Vacancies

There are currently several vacancies on our committee. If you'd like to help out with the running of the society, please see our get involved page for more details.

Imperial Productions are currently seeking directors, musical directors and choreographers for shows in London in 2008. We welcome show proposals from experienced directors or MDs who may have an interest in putting on innovative and inventive productions of operas, operettas, musicals or plays.

For further details, please contact the Chair, David Phipps-Davis.

Here are some answers to questions prospective directors and MDs may have:

  1. Imperial Productions do not pay their directors or MDs.
  2. We usually rehearse on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings, Thursday evenings and either Saturday or Sunday afternoons. These rehearsals normally take place in the Pimlico or Archway areas of London, or certainly somewhere central.
  3. We usually perform one show in the Summer (June) and one in the Winter (October/November) in London, and another at the beginning of December in Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Sometimes the Winter shows in London and Budleigh are the same production.
  4. In London, we have recently performed at Hoxton Hall and the Cockpit Theatre, but are always open to suggestions of new and exciting venues.
  5. Our current company comes from a wide and varied background, from those with no experience to trained and experienced professionals. Most of our company are aged 18-40, but we have a few members younger than that and several older. Anyone can audition for a show – they do not need to be a member of the society.
  6. Directors can supply their own MD and choreographer or we can suggest someone – everything is open to discussion.
  7. The director is usually responsible for producing the show, or finding a Producer to help them.
  8. The production team have total control of the casting, with the director having veto. The committee do not take an active role in casting, although a balance of new talent and existing company members is encouraged.
  9. The director has total artistic control over the production. The committee are only there for help and guidance.