Gamayun is looking for Creatives!
Gamayun Theatre are looking for several passionate and creative designers to join our team, in order to bring to life our newest project, Hanoch Levin’s The Rubber Merchants, an ironic comedy with songs and condoms.
We are looking for Set Designer/Scenographer, Costume Designer/Maker, and Lighting Designer.
A bit about the project:
Yohanan, Bella, and Shmuel dream of all the usual things: sex, money, and love; but as they set out to get them, they discover that in order to make their dreams come true, they must inevitably take risks.
Devised and performed by an international creative ensemble, cross-cultural bridge-building is at the heart of this project. The Rubber Merchants unites in it the absurdist comedy of Israeli literature of 20th century, Ukrainian theatre tradition and British styles of performance. This is an eternal theme of tragedy of the life unlived, especially relevant and controversial in the current climate of post-lockdown confusion around and reluctance to risk exposure.
International artist-led theatre company, Gamayun Theatre, returns post-lockdown to the UK stages with a new project, written by a celebrated Israeli playwright of the 20th century, Hanoch Levin. Asya Sosis, a British theatre director of Ukrainian origin, reimagines the story as a tragic battle of dreams vs reality, with characters who, despite the irony of their lives, the old age, and even death, remain hopeful of a happily ever after.
Responsibilities:
1) Set Designer/Scenographer:
a. Devising in co-operation with the Director any required conceptual elements of set and props design
b. Providing completed set and props, on dates to be mutually agreed with the Director, within budget, including any set model if requested (or alternatively liaising with set construction crew and insuring the correct specifications of set and props).
c. Providing full drawings and detailed specification documentation if required to do so by Gamayun Theatre
d. Attending conferences, select rehearsals, consulting with the Creative Team and making suggestions with regard to production matters from the date of signature of their agreement up to the date of the official Press Night; and on other dates to be mutually agreed
e. Communicating with the director at regular intervals and reporting on the progress of the design/construction.
Key dates:
Pre-production of the project to begin ASAP, communication via Zoom to discuss design, with aim to complete set design by week 2 of rehearsals.
Rehearsals begin: 9 August 2021
Premiere date: September
Fee: £1500 – flat fee for design and construction (if construction done separately, will renegotiate)
2) Costume Designer/Maker
a. Devising in close co-operation with the Director any required conceptual elements of costume design
b. Acquiring materials, taking measurements of actors, sewing and/or acquiring elements of costume within the agreed upon budget.
c. Attending costume fittings and doing any required alterations for the costumes prior to the Premiere, (and after the Premiere at an additionally negotiated price)
d. Attending conferences, select rehearsals, consulting with the Creative Team and making suggestions with regard to production matters from the date of signature of their agreement up to the date of the official Press Night; and on other dates to be mutually agreed
e. Communicating with the director at regular intervals and reporting on the progress of the design/construction.
Key dates:
Pre-production of the project to begin ASAP, communication via Zoom to discuss design, with aim to complete set design by week 2 of rehearsals.
Rehearsals begin: 9 August 2021
Premiere date: September
Fee: Flat fee of £500 (excluding materials)
3) Lighting designer
a. All services customarily rendered by the Lighting Designer of a fringe production, including, but not limited to:
i. Providing completed lighting schematic and design on dates to be mutually agreed with the Director.
ii. Providing full drawings and detailed specification documentation if required by Gamayun Theatre
iii. Attending conferences, select rehearsals, consulting with the Creative Team and making suggestions with regard to production matters from the date of signature of their agreement up to the date of the official Press Night; and on other dates to be mutually agreed
iv. Communicating with the director at regular intervals and reporting on the progress of the design/construction
Key dates:
Pre-production of the project to begin on second week of rehearsals.
Rehearsals begin: 9 August 2021
Premiere date: September
Fee: Flat fee of £400
If you are interested, please, email us your CV and a short introduction about yourself here: gamayun.theatre@gmail.com