Tamara Harvey and Jemima Levick on taking over an organisation

Katie Langridge: SDUK's new general secretary

This fourth episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, features a chat with the union's new general secretary Katie Langridge. What are her priorities for SDUK? How can SDUK make sure its voice is heard? What other work has her career involved? Langridge discusses all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan. *** 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.

Mildred Yuan on directors and agents

In the third episode of A Sense Of Direction, the quarterly podcast from Stage Directors UK, Mildred Yuan discusses the relationship between a director and their agent. How do you get an agent as a director? What do directing contracts look like? How can an agent help you get a better deal? What do you do when things go wrong? Yuan discusses all this and more with producer and presenter Fergus Morgan. *** 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.

Matthew Dunster on working in commercial theatre

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. *** 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.

Tamara Harvey and Jemima Levick on taking over an organisation

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. *** 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.