On a white stage, in front of a wall of white stage lights, a young girl in a silver jumpsuit is holding a smoke machine, smoke billowing around her and up to the left of the image.

Guts – Stage Manager callout

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On a white stage, in front of a wall of white stage lights, a young girl in a silver jumpsuit is holding a smoke machine, smoke billowing around her and up to the left of the image.
Image credit: Brian Hartley. Nosedive by SUPERFAN. Dir. Ellie Dubois & Pete Lannon, Design Rachel O’Neill, Lighting Michaella Fee.

SUPERFAN are looking for an experienced stage manager to work with us on the creation and production of our new intergenerational circus show Guts. 

Guts is a new circus duet performed by one adult and one child that blends medieval re-enactment with choreography and acrobatics. It will explore the ways we learn to be who we are, how we follow in the footsteps of those before us and how we take care of each other along the way. 

It will preview in February 2027, with a full premiere later that year. 

We’ve just completed our first two weeks of creation and are now looking for a stage manager to be in the room with us for the rest of our creation and production time as well as two preview performances. The project will take place in Edinburgh. 

The Stage Manager will work with our Production Manager and creative team, and be joined by a Technical Stage Manager for the production weeks. 

Key dates

Some of the dates include weekends – as we’re working with a child performer our schedule has been designed to work school as much as possible. 

  • Development week: Thurs 3rd – Monday 7th December, Edinburgh (location TBC)
  • Rehearsals & Production: January 25th – February 15th, Edinburgh, with performances currently pencilled for 13th & 14th (exact schedule and location TBC)

Essential skills & experience

We’re looking for someone who:

  • Is self-motivated and confident working with small teams
  • Is experienced working with small-scale physical performance
  • Is interested in working with contemporary circus and performance with children
  • Has a full clean driving license and is confident driving a C1 van (Transit or similar)

Desirable skills & experience

  • Experience stage managing performances with child performers
  • Experience working in circus and/or with circus performers
  • Has experience with devising processes (not working from an existing script) and managing the book for physical performances

Fee & expenses

£832.70 (including holiday pay) x 4 weeks: total fee of £3330.80

plus an additional fee for any production meetings attended outside of rehearsals and any additional days for rehearsal or returns, paid at £210.13 per day.

How to get in touch

Send us a CV and a short email to applications@superfanperformance.co.uk

Deadline 

Get in touch by 12pm (midday) on Friday 18th September