The SDUK Podcast: Recent Episodes
Stage Directors UK
SDUK is the professional trade organisation for stage directors across the UK. Our Podcast is a mix of Q&A, masterclass and educational sessions from all corners of the industry. SDUK is “by directors, for directors.”
This fifth episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, features a chat with directors Jon Brittain and Jess Lazar on directing at the Edinburgh Fringe, which begins in less than three weeks.
How can you stage a memorable show within the constraints of the Fringe? How can you make connections at the festival? What can be done to support directors spending their summer in the Scottish capital? Brittain and Lazar discuss all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan.
Produced and presented by freelance arts journalist Fergus Morgan, A Sense Of Direction is a quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK (SDUK), the trade union for stage directors, choreographers and movement directors across the UK, all about the nuts and bolts of living and working as director in the UK theatre industry.
For more information, visit www.stagedirectorsuk.com.
This fourth episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, features a chat with the union's new general secretary Katie Langridge.
What are her priorities for SDUK? How can SDUK make sure its voice is heard? What other work has her career involved? Langridge discusses all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan.
Produced and presented by freelance arts journalist Fergus Morgan, A Sense Of Direction is a quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK (SDUK), the trade union for stage directors, choreographers and movement directors across the UK, all about the nuts and bolts of living and working as director in the UK theatre industry.
For more information, visit www.stagedirectorsuk.com.
In the third episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, Mildred Yuan discusses the relationship between a director and their agent.
How do you get an agent as a director? What do directing contracts look like? How can an agent help you get a better deal? What do you do when things go wrong? Yuan discusses all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan.
Produced and presented by freelance arts journalist Fergus Morgan, A Sense Of Direction is a quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK (SDUK), the trade union for stage directors, choreographers and movement directors across the UK, all about the nuts and bolts of living and working as director in the UK theatre industry.
For more information, visit www.stagedirectorsuk.com.
In the second episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, director Matthew Dunster (2:22 A Ghost Story, Hangmen, The Pillowman) discusses the world of commercial theatre.
How do you get into working in commercial theatre? Is the money really that much better? What challenges are there? What freedoms are there? Dunster discusses all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan.
Produced and presented by freelance arts journalist Fergus Morgan, A Sense Of Direction is a quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK (SDUK), the trade union for stage directors, choreographers and movement directors across the UK, all about the nuts and bolts of living and working as director in the UK theatre industry.
For more information, visit www.stagedirectorsuk.com.
In the first episode of A Sense Of Direction, the new quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, Tamara Harvey, co-artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Jemima Levick, artistic director of the Tron Theatre, discuss the process of taking over a new organisation.
Why apply for a new leadership role in the first place? How do you manage the practicalities of the position? How important is the relationship with your predecessor? When does your ambition start bumping up against the limitations of reality? When do you start to feel comfortable? Harvey and Levick discuss all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan.
Produced and presented by freelance arts journalist Fergus Morgan, A Sense Of Direction is a quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK (SDUK), the trade union for stage directors, choreographers and movement directors across the UK, all about the nuts and bolts of living and working as director in the UK theatre industry.
For more information, visit www.stagedirectorsuk.com.