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Meet Nicholas Hytner
 
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I Want To Be A Theatre Director
 

 
 

I Want To Be A Director

To make it as a director you’ll need experience, dedication, enthusiasm and skill. Make sure you see a wide range of theatre productions and try to talk to the people creating the work. You might start directing with a youth theatre or student drama society and move on to directing fringe shows. You’ll have to be a good communicator and will have to learn to persuade people of your vision and encourage them to take risks. It’s not all about being visionary, though - you’ll need practical skills too: understanding budgets, technical issues and, above all, people.

Most of your training as a director will be on the job. You might get a job as an assistant director but you should also take the initiative in finding short courses and workshop programmes. You’ll probably have a degree but it needn’t be in drama or theatre studies. Moving on to larger productions means building a reputation and getting people to see your shows. Once you’re established on stage you may have opportunities to use your directing talents in film and television.

 

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Henry V
Introduction
Shadows of War
The Chorus
Playing Soldiers
Nationality and Race
Directing
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The King
Low Life
Images of War
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Connections: Nicholas Wright Playwright | Philip Pullman Novelist
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