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Job Description Job title: Assistant Producer Reporting to: Managing Director, Theatre Royal Bath Productions Principal duties: To work with the Managing Director to develop and manage theatre production projects. In particular: 1. To research potential theatre production projects. 2. To liaise with agents about the availability/likely interest of their clients in theatre production projects. 3. To work with the General Manager on all physical aspects of theatre production. 4. To work alongside and manage freelance production staff i.e. company manager and casting directors. 5. To liaise with other producers and theatre managements. 6. To create co-production agreements with other theatre managements. 7. To negotiate deals with agents for the services of actors, understudies, directors, lighting designers, sound designers and other members of creative teams. 8. To draft contracts for the services of the above. 9. To negotiate rights agreements with literary agents. 10. To create and monitor budgets for theatrical productions. 11. To attend first days of rehearsals, run-throughs, previews and press nights and liaise as necessary with directors. 12. To create and maintain the creative team fee/royalties database. 13. To liaise with marketing and press consultants. 14. To process venue contracts. Assistant Producer - Person Specification Skills Essential . Computer literate - Microsoft Word & Excel packages . Accurate typing . Good telephone manner . Excellent communicator – written & oral Experience Essential Experience of working in an organisation with a team environment Desirable . Experience of working in an arts organisation Personal Qualities Essential . Organisational flair with the ability to prioritise workloads . Calm, patient and prepared to work for others . Ability to work swiftly and under pressure . To be flexible . To work unsociable hours when necessary . To be able to work as part of a team and on your own Please do not consider applying for this position unless you have a clear and demonstrable interest and passion for theatre in all its forms. If invited to interview, you will be expected to discuss in detail your theatre-going experiences, good and bad. Background to Theatre Royal Bath Productions Theatre Royal Bath, a registered charity, is one of the UK’s most historic and beautiful theatres. Situated in the centre of the City of Bath, it consists of three auditoria – the Main House, the Ustinov Studio and the egg. At the heart of the Main House programme is high quality drama i.e. plays on their way into or direct from the West End, plays from the National Theatre and the RSC and plays produced by Theatre Royal Bath Productions (see below). The Ustinov Studio presents two repertory seasons a year of productions that are produced in-house under the artistic directorship of Deborah Warner, as well as a small programme of toured-in product from small-scale theatre companies. The egg presents a wide range of work for children, young people and their families. Please see our website for a fuller outline of the programmes at each venue. www.theatreroyal.org.uk Theatre Royal Bath Productions (TRBP) was set up in 1998 as a commercial subsidiary of Theatre Royal Bath to produce plays for the Main House, other regional venues, the West End and overseas. Since its inception, Theatre Royal Bath Productions has been stunningly successful. It has produced over one hundred productions including in excess of twenty in the West End. The Theatre Royal Bath receives no public subsidy and the income generated by TRBP (several million pounds since its inception) is all handed over to the theatre to support its not-for-profit activities including its work in the Ustinov Studio and the egg and to maintain its historic building fabric. TRBP’s activity is overseen by a small team of Theatre Royal Bath staff who manage the productions of the plays mentioned above as well as programming and managing the Theatre Royal itself. This placement will therefore provide hands-on experience from both the perspective of a commercial producer and a theatre manager. There is no limit to the opportunities this placement will present to an entrepreneurial, self-motivated individual wishing to progress within the commercial theatre sector. Theatre Royal Bath Productions Productions to date: 1998 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, starring Gwen Taylor and Jamie Glover, directed by Mark Clements 1998 Good Grief by Keith Waterhouse, starring Penelope Keith, directed by Ned Sherrin 1999 The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter, starring Prunella Scales and Timothy West, directed by Joe Harmston. TRANSFERRED TO THE PICCADILLY THEATRE. 1999 The Kingfisher by William Douglas Home, starring Tony Britton and Rosemary Leach, directed by Joe Harmston 1999 Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon, starring and directed by Tom Conti 1999 Master Class by Terrence McNally, starring Jane Lapotaire, directed by Di Trevis 2000 The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan, starring Edward Fox, directed by Michael Napier Brown 2000 Talking Heads by Alan Bennett, starring Dora Bryan, Nichola McAuliffe and Zena Walker, directed by Lawrence Till 2000 God and Stephen Hawking by Robin Hawdon, starring Robert Hardy and Stephen Boxer, directed by Jonathan Church 2000 Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton, starring Alison Steadman, Clive Francis and Bryan Pringle, directed by Terry Johnson. TRANSFERRED TO THE ARTS THEATRE. 2000 A Family Affair by Agnes Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, starring Rik Mayall, directed by Andy de la Tour 2001 Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer, starring Sian Phillips and Gwen Taylor, directed by Loveday Ingram 2001 In Praise of Love by Terence Rattigan, starring Isla Blair and Julian Glover, directed by Deborah Bruce 2001 Beau Brummell by Ron Hutchinson, starring Peter Bowles and Richard McCabe, directed by Caroline Hunt. TRANSFERRED TO THE THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. 2001 The External by Rodney Clark, starring Prunella Scales and Timothy West, directed by Ezra Hjalmarsson 2001 What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton, starring Jane Asher, Michael Pennington and Benjamin Whitrow, directed by Jeremy Sams 2001 So Long Life by Peter Nichols, starring Stephanie Cole, Cheryl Campbell and Paul Shelley, directed by Dominic Hill 2001 A Different Way Home by Jimmie Chinn, starring Roy Barraclough, directed by Lawrence Till * 2002 Single Spies by Alan Bennett, starring Robert Powell and Liza Goddard , directed by David Grindley 2002 Relative Values by Noël Coward, starring Susan Hampshire, directed by Joe Harmston 2002 Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov. Starring Imogen Stubbs, Dulcie Gray and Serena Gordon, directed by Patrick Sandford 2002 Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh, starring Elizabeth Berrington, directed by David Grindley. TRANSFERRED * TO THE NEW AMBASSADORS THEATRE. WEST END PREMIERE. 2002 Just Between Ourselves by Alan Ayckbourn, starring Les Dennis and Jean Boht, 2002, directed by Dominic Hill 2002 Up For Grabs by David Williamson, starring Madonna, directed by Laurence Boswell. WYNDHAM’S * THEATRE 2003 Love & Marriage by Donald Churchill, starring Adam Faith, directed by Mark Clements 2003 Office Suite by Alan Bennett, starring Lesley Joseph and Edward Hardwicke, directed by Lawrence Till 2003 Shakespeare’s R & J adapted and directed by Joe Calarco. TRANSFERRED TO THE ARTS THEATRE. 2003 Where There’s A Will by Georges Feydeau starring Elaine Paige, Nicholas le Prevost and David * Warner, directed by Peter Hall 2003 Present Laughter by Noël Coward, starring Rik Mayall, directed by Dominic Dromgoole 2003 The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, directed by Wilson Milam 2003 Mrs Warren’s Profession by Bernard Shaw, starring Twiggy Lawson, directed by Peter Hall 2003 Betrayal by Harold Pinter, starring Janie Dee, Aden Gillett and Hugo Speer, directed by Peter Hall. TRANSFERRED TO THE DUCHESS THEATRE. WEST END PREMIERE. 2003 Design for Living by Noel Coward, starring Janie Dee, Aden Gillett and Hugo Speer, directed by Peter Hall 2003 The Fight for Barbara by DH Lawrence, starring Rebecca Hall and Jason Hughes, directed by Thea Sharrock 2003 As You Like It by William Shakespeare, starring Rebecca Callard, Rebecca Hall, Michael Siberry, Eric Sykes and Philip Voss, directed by Peter Hall. SUBSEQUENT U.S. TOUR. 2003 Cuckoos by Giuseppe Manfridi, starring Jessica Turner and David Yelland, directed by Peter Hall 2003 Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, starring Felicity Kendal, directed by Peter Hall. TRANSFERRED TO THE ARTS THEATRE 2003 The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan, starring Harriet Walter, Roger Lloyd Pack, Neil Stacy and Una Stubbs, directed by Thea Sharrock 2003 Time and the Conways by J B Priestley, starring Penelope Keith, directed by Richard Baron 2004 The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, starring Wendy Craig, Josephine Tewson and Frank Middlemass, directed by Christopher Luscombe 2004 The Gingerbread Lady by Neil Simon, starring Lesley Joseph, directed by Mark Clements 2004 Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw, starring Will Keen, Rebecca Hall, James Laurenson, Anna Carteret and Julian Glover, directed by Peter Hall 2004 Don Juan by Molière, starring Will Keen, Rebecca Hall and James Laurenson, directed by Thea Sharrock 2004 Galileo’s Daughter by Timberlake Wertenbaker, starring Julian Glover, Rebecca Hall, Anna Carteret, directed by Peter Hall WORLD PREMIERE 2004 Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, starring Penelope Keith, Aden Gillett, Joanna Riding and Amanda Drew, * directed by Thea Sharrock. TRANSFERRED TO THE SAVOY THEATRE. 2004 The Lady In