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Where a dramaturge can go next

1 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dramaturge already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Dramaturges read new plays and works and propose them to the stage director and/or art council of a theatre. They gather documentation on the work, author, problems addressed, times and described environments. They also participate in the analysis of themes, characters, dramatic construction, etc.

Also known as production dramaturge, dramaturge & playwright, playwright, music theater dramaturge, playwright & dramaturge, dramaturgist, dramatic advisor, music theatre dramaturge.

Professionals 36 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: drama teacher, 21%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
drama teacher 21% covered dramaturge You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 1 nearest destinations from dramaturge, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a dramaturge already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A dramaturge needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • create theatre workbooks communication, collaboration and creativity
  • discuss plays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on historical context communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study play productions information skills
  • define artistic performance concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse theatre texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct background research for plays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret performance concepts in the creative process communication, collaboration and creativity
  • understand the conceptual dimension of a live performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • understand the emotional dimension of a performance communication, collaboration and creativity
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Dramaturge is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a dramaturge’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.