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Drama Practitioner

The Lister Community School require a Drama Practitioner to direct a devised, site-specific ensemble storytelling heritage project for young people aged 8 – 14.

The Project takes place mainly over the school Easter Holiday period (8 days) and will continue for the week afterwards, in school, writing a script, and thereafter three hour rehearsals twice a week up until the last week in June. Performances to coincide with Who Do We Think We Are week 21st - 27th June.

Your role is to enable a cast of around 20 young people to devise script and perform a piece of ensemble storytelling about the history of the Plaistow area in the years immediately post World War II. The piece will use as source material transcripts of oral history interviews given by older residents of the Plaistow area and the focus of the piece will be school life in that era, particularly children’s pastimes from around the world, reflecting the ethnic mix of the residents of Plaistow.

You should be a well-qualified, experienced and able director and facilitator in Young People’s Theatre with experience of work in the heritage genre.

Please apply by letter to Dawn Parsons, Community Performing Arts Programme Manager, The Lister Community School, St Mary's Road, Plaistow, LONDON E13 9AE, indicating your interest in this post and what you feel you can bring to it, together with CV and the names and contact details of two referees who are able to comment on your work as a director and/or facilitator for drama work with young people.

You should be in possession of an enhanced CRB disclosure and Public Liability Insurance.

Post duration: 11 weeks  Working hours: roughly 200
Post based at: Plaistow, East London
Area of coverage: East London
Salary: £5000
Further enquiries from: Dawn Parsons
Email: dparsons1.316@lgflmail.org
Desired starting date: 06/04/2010
Application closing date: 16th March 2010

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