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A assistant stage director already meets 34% of what the stage director role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 64.2 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the stage director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the assistant stage director profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A stage director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a assistant stage director background worth leading with.
- already held maintain blocking notes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held find a replacement for stage manager management skills
- already held prompt performers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage prompt book communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assemble an artistic team management skills
- already held direct an artistic team management skills
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the stage director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held adapt a script required
- required, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue required
- required, not held analyse a script required
- required, not held develop drama production process required
- required, not held work with playwrights required
- optional, not held communicate expectations of fight actions optional
- optional, not held ensure visual quality of the set optional
- optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
- optional, not held select music for performance optional
- optional, not held write technical riders optional
- required, not held carry out auditions required
- required, not held cue a performance required
- optional, not held determine context to present the work optional
- optional, not held organise rehearsals optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- required, not held acting techniques required
- required, not held evaluate art quality required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a stage director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt a script skill · sector specific
- 02 adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill · sector specific
- 03 analyse a script skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held assemble an artistic team skill
- already held direct an artistic team skill
- already held find a replacement for stage manager skill
- already held maintain blocking notes skill
- already held read scripts skill
- already held follow time cues skill
- already held manage prompt book skill
- already held prompt performers skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held communicate expectations of fight actions optional
- optional, not held determine context to present the work optional
- optional, not held ensure visual quality of the set optional
- optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
- optional, not held organise rehearsals optional
- optional, not held select music for performance optional
- optional, not held write technical riders optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
15 held skills the stage director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions skill
- not needed by the target role art-historical values knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate pre-show checks skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate with creative departments skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
- not needed by the target role liaise between theatre direction and design team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain a production book skill
- not needed by the target role supervise script preparation skill
- not needed by the target role understand artistic concepts skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held acting techniques required
Other moves recorded from assistant stage director
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.