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.

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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.

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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.