Resident Assistant Director

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Location: Covent Garden, London, UK

Contract: Full Time, Fixed Term 12 months

Application deadline: 10am, Thursday 12th December 2024

The Resident Assistant Director (RAD) is an opportunity for an early career theatre director to be embedded at the Donmar Warehouse for a year. The RAD will develop extensive skills, craft, and knowledge around directing; from casting, in rehearsals, through to the running of shows in production, working with directors and actors of the highest calibre. The RAD will also experience the workings of a producing theatre, and cultivate their skills as artistic leaders of the future.

The aim of the role is to give a comprehensive and rounded experience of the different component parts of a producing theatre and the skills and considerations of artistic leadership.

The RAD scheme has been integral to the Donmar through its thirty-year history. Former Resident Assistant Directors have gone on to become leading directors and artistic leaders.

You can find the full job description here or and application forms here. To arrange an informal conversation or in case of any other queries, please contact jobs@donmarwarehouse.com.

Due to the deadline for this role falling right before the Christmas break period, it is likely that candidates will not be shortlisted and invited to interview till January 2025.

Application Deadline: 10am, Thursday 12th December 2024

Interview Round One: w/c 13th January 2025
Interview Round Two: w/c 20th January 2025

General information

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Please note that feedback will only be provided for candidates taken through to the interview stage.

We believe that representation matters; diversity of identity, of perspective, of lived experience enriches our work and our lives. We recognise that the Donmar and the wider theatre industry is not representative of contemporary society in terms of workforce, artists and audience. We particularly encourage applications from those who are currently under-represented both at the Donmar and more widely in the industry, and specifically from D/deaf or disabled, or neurodivergent applicants and applicants who experience barriers and inequity due to ethnicity, gender identity and/or socio-economic background.

Where application numbers allow, all disabled candidates who demonstrate that they meet the minimum criteria will be invited for an interview*

*Please note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as high-volume we may limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

In these circumstances we will select the disabled candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria as we would do for non-disabled applicants.

We are an active member of PIPA and a Disability Confident employer.