Sadler's Wells

On the 3rd December, our Diploma class went on a trip to Sadler's Wells. Once we got there we went into a small meeting room and met three people who worked at Sadler's Wells and they told us about their jobs. After that we met three different people. A Web manager, Project manager and a Financial worker. They all told us about the different jobs they do and what types of skills you would need to do that particular job. I think the hardest job to do was the Financial worker because you have to control all the money that goes out and what money comes in. You also have to control how much you spend on different things and have to give all the different departments a budget that they have to stick to.

What I learnt on that day was the theatre can have all sorts of different jobs. There is so much that goes on behind the scenes and a lot of work is put into running it. You have to think about a lot of different details and there are lots of different aspects that need controlling. Some of these jobs are:

• Stage lighting
• Box Office
• Concessionary
• Actors
• Dancers
• Directors
• Cleaners
• Manager
• Musicians
• Sound Technician

I think that the day was very productive and I learnt quite a lot about the different jobs. It could've been a bit more active, but overall it was quite a good day.