‘Life on the team is vibrant and challenging, and a lot of fun!’ Liz Jackson (current team member)
Initially, cast members will rehearse a number of team dramas, monologues and musical solos to build up a basic repertoire. We will work closely as a team on presentation skills and building a good team environment. The first performance will be at a local church and then followed by a prisons tour. Later in the year a school production and a show will be produced. While the schedule may sound busy, we ensure that no-one works more than 40 hours per week, with days off and regular holidays.
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Week to week Incorporated into your time on the team with us are practical work duties such as administration, painting, prop building and maintenance. These include communication between us and the schools, prisons and churches we work in; organising the script book for each performance, ensuring all props and costumes can be obtained and organising all our bookings and available time slots. The amount of time spent on these tasks varies from week to week, but there is always some time spent in the office giving the team a wider understanding of how a theatre company operates ‘behind the scenes’ There will also be regular times of prayer for the forthcoming missions. Typically, the average ‘Oddments' Day will be roughly 9am-5pm. This includes rehearsals, administration tasks and often some quiet time to reflect on our faith. Each week pans out differently; the team may be preparing for a performance, working on new material or experimenting with new ideas. Rehearsal sessions will included exploring physical theatre and improvisation around team member's ideas. We hope that a number of these ideas will develop into material that can be incorporated into the repertoire. This is alongside the short sketches the team will learn which form the basis of the church and prisons tour. Social Life and Hours As well as a productive working life, the team are encouraged to develop socially and to enjoy their free time in Yeovil. The team attend a local group for Christians aged 18-30 where they are able to discuss their faith, meet new people and enjoy events such as film nights and an autumn bonfire. They are also encouraged to find and settle into a local church. Missions are often on Sundays and sometimes in the evenings, but generally the team are always given one clear day off per week (usually Saturday) and then extra time off to reflect time they have spent working ‘out of hours’. There will also be some long weekends off and holidays at Christmas and Easter. |
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