Production Management

NUIG Dramsoc is a bustling society which produces multiple shows per year as well as multiple other events. Managing these productions and ensuring their success is a key role in the success of the organisation.

As Productions Manager my role was to produce the all productions for NUIG Dramsoc for the 21/22 academic year. This consisted of 5 full length plays and 1 full length musical, 3 of these productions further progressed onto a national theatre festival. There were many aspects to this role including:

Project Management

Ensuring the Health and Safety of participants

Organising licensing agreements for performances

Generating and document control system for future years

Each of the 6 shows consisted of individual productions teams, each show also had an individual set of deadlines and unique tech requirements. As productions manager I ensured these deadlines were met and all tech requirements for each production were fulfilled in a timely manner. I ensured this by:

Generating individualised timelines to each production team with clearly outlined deadline and templates for safety documents that needed to be filled in.

Outlining expectations, responsibilities, and budget clearly at the start of each production in an introductory meeting to ensure all participants were on the same page.

Weekly touch-base with each team to discuss progress and any issues they may be encountering.

Liaising with external organisations to acquire any extra tech or specific requirements for a production.

My role also involved ensuring all members of the committee managing the society were aware of the progress of each production in weekly updates.

I was instrumental in maintaining health and safety of participants while taking part in productions, this was ensured by:

Ensuring Medical Forms and Risk Assessments were completed prior to beginning tech rehearsals as well as detailed plans for the days to ensure everyone was on the same page

Monitoring Covid-19 Guidelines and communicating these to all productions teams to ensure cast safety.

Offering a space for production team members and cast to come to and discuss any issues they may be having and work towards a resolution for any conflicts during the process.

(Photo Credit to Ben Kirwan)