Stage Management is a vital part of the theatre that keeps a production moving at a steady pace to reach a deadline with the best possible outcome. A stage manager needs a very flexible mind which can handle thinking ahead, has a healthy dose of OCD, can make quick meaningful decisions, can come up with solutions to problems; all while remaining calm, collected and, above all, sane. Through my past experiences in a management position as well as under the management of others I have picked up a few management techniques that help me edge closer to the ideal stage manager mindset.
My position as Head of Sound at Gold Coast Central Life Development Centre requires a certain level of management skill and has taught me the most, in a practical …show more content…
In the set installation during bump in I was put in charge of a small group of people to build part of the set. I had taken photos of the set beforehand and I made sure I knew how everything went together so that I could do it efficiently. Even so, I probably could have spent a bit more time making sure I knew how it all went together because I got a bit nervous on the day and I didn’t remember it as well as I would have liked to. The job got done but it was a bit slower than the other 2 groups working on different parts of the set. I also had at times a few people standing around doing nothing because I couldn’t think of things they could do fast enough. I feel that my nervous energy made my memory a bit slower and I could have avoided that by making a to-do list instead of relying only on memory. With a to-do list I could give people standing around a job, whether it be building another part of the set or preparing for the next and the time that I spent trying to remember what was next in the process would be gone making it quicker for everybody. Communicating confidently to a team is also a must to enforce assertiveness and also builds confidence in your team in you. To be able to communicate with assertiveness one must know what they are doing, or at least, pretend to know what they are doing (Gail, 2013, pg.
My position as Head of Sound at Gold Coast Central Life Development Centre requires a certain level of management skill and has taught me the most, in a practical …show more content…
In the set installation during bump in I was put in charge of a small group of people to build part of the set. I had taken photos of the set beforehand and I made sure I knew how everything went together so that I could do it efficiently. Even so, I probably could have spent a bit more time making sure I knew how it all went together because I got a bit nervous on the day and I didn’t remember it as well as I would have liked to. The job got done but it was a bit slower than the other 2 groups working on different parts of the set. I also had at times a few people standing around doing nothing because I couldn’t think of things they could do fast enough. I feel that my nervous energy made my memory a bit slower and I could have avoided that by making a to-do list instead of relying only on memory. With a to-do list I could give people standing around a job, whether it be building another part of the set or preparing for the next and the time that I spent trying to remember what was next in the process would be gone making it quicker for everybody. Communicating confidently to a team is also a must to enforce assertiveness and also builds confidence in your team in you. To be able to communicate with assertiveness one must know what they are doing, or at least, pretend to know what they are doing (Gail, 2013, pg.