Application
Senior stage managers apply the skills and knowledge outlined in this unit which focuses on back-of-house set-up just prior to the production/event and the delivery of the actual performance. Stage managers need to possess high level communication, negotiation and problem solving skills. This unit has strong linkages to other stage management units and combined training and/or assessment with those units may be appropriate, e.g.: CUESMT09B Plot and rehearse cues CUESMT08B Call the production/event. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Oversee preparation of the production/event | 1.1. Identify and rectify potential problems that could impact on the smooth running of the production and inform relevant personnel as required 1.2. Check that relevant personnel are present at the specified time and have completed any administrative procedures 1.3. Conduct briefings with production and performance team, as required 1.4. Supply performers with the relevant items and areas required for the production/event 1.5. Ensure cast and crew valuables are secured according to organisational policy 1.6. Communicate with relevant personnel to ensure that all technical pre-show checks are completed within the required timeframe and that required technical elements are operating 1.7. Liaise with relevant personnel to complete other pre-performance requirements |
2. Coordinate the stage set-up | 2.1. Liaise with all stage production personnel and monitor work activities against relevant schedules 2.2. Ensure all technical and performance personnel are present at the specified time 2.3. Assess workflow and progress of set-up activities against timelines and initiate short-term action to resolve any problems in meeting the deadline 2.4. Communicate with relevant personnel to ensure that all technical pre-show checks are completed within the required time frame and that required technical elements are operating 2.5. Communicate with the appropriate personnel to ensure that staging elements and equipment are correctly arranged in correct working order and in accordance with design specifications 2.6. Monitor the set-up to ensure that all occupational health and safety issues have been addressed in accordance with relevant legislation and organisational procedures |
3. Run the production/event | 3.1. Monitor production and performance elements and take appropriate action to resolve with minimum disruption to the production 3.2. Use reference materials appropriately to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of the production/event 3.3. Communicate any changes to the production promptly to all relevant personnel, ensuring all changes meet production standards. 3.4. Ensure the movement of physical elements occurs in accordance with production schedule/running sheet and timing |
4. Maintain working relations and communication with production and performance team | 4.1. Provide appropriate briefings and materials to cast and crew prior to the performance 4.2. Liaise with cast and crew in a timely manner regarding any pre-performance requirements 4.3. Communicate with cast and crew regularly throughout the production in an open manner to maintain positive working relations 4.4. Provide clear instructions in a manner that is appropriate to the production requirements, ensuring that timing is maintained and precise 4.5. Communicate with personnel in a clear and concise manner to ensure efficient, safe and disciplined production practices |
5. Finalise the performance/event | 5.1. Accurately prepare post-performance documentation according to organisational procedures 5.2. Organise the clearance and cleaning of the production/event sites as required, including appropriate security, storage and disposal 5.3. Maintain required production facilities and stocks of consumables for use in future productions 5.4. Identify any repairs or maintenance required and take appropriate action 5.5. Identify the need for and make any necessary adjustments to production documentation to ensure consistency and quality of future performances |
Required Skills
|
Required skills |
literacy skills sufficient to interpret complex documentation and write simple reports |
Required knowledge |
broad understanding of artistic and technical elements of the production/event such as staging, lighting and sound elements the key factors involved in the successful stage management of a production, including typical problems and responses effective communication, team leading and delegation in relation to the stage management of a production problem solving and decision making processes and their application in an immediate production/event environment relevant occupational health and safety legislation and regulations as they apply to maintaining a safe backstage environment |
Evidence Required
The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | The following evidence is critical to the judgement of competence in this unit: ability to manage a range of tasks concurrently and in accordance with immediate time constraints knowledge of all delivery aspects of the production ability to effectively communicate and delegate. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | The assessment context must provide for: practical demonstration of skills through the stage management of at least two different productions interaction with and involvement of a production and performance team to reflect the collaborative nature of the unit. |
Method of assessment | Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess practical skills and the application of essential underpinning knowledge, and might include: direct observation of the stage management of a production/event for which the candidate is responsible review of production schedules and other stage management reference material and reports prepared by the candidate review of reports prepared by the candidate on the planning and implementation of the stage management of a production written or oral questioning to test knowledge of the industrial and occupational health and safety issues and regulations review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the job performance by the candidate. Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands and the needs of particular groups (e.g. people with disabilities, and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties such as speakers of languages other than English, remote communities and those with interrupted schooling). |
Guidance information for assessment | Assessment of this unit requires access to: a production venue production/event reference material on which to base the stage management of the production/event full range of production equipment. |
Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
Relevant personnel may include: | all technicians, e.g. sound, lighting assistant stage manager choreographer designers director extras non-regular performers performers production manager staging personnel venue management |
Performers may be: | actors conference speakers dancers extras masters of ceremony musicians non-regular performers panel members such as a debate team public speakers regular cast members singers special guests understudies |
Items required for the performance may include: | costumes hand props make-up microphones, e.g. radio microphones |
Productions/events may be one-off or part of a season of performances and include: | circuses concerts dance performances festival performances live theatre musicals opera |
Pre-performance requirements may include: | media calls photo calls wardrobe parade |
Staging elements and equipment may include: | costumes prompting equipment props props table set pieces special effects stage management communication equipment stage management desk |
Occupational health and safety legislative requirements may include: | Commonwealth, State and Territory occupational health and safety regulations relevant local government legislation and regulation relevant national and international standards, guidelines and codes of practice, e.g. the Building Code of Australia |
Reference materials used to run the production/event may include: | call sheets cue sheets prompt sheets |
Details in post performance documentation may include: | audience numbers audience reaction changes to performers comments on artistic or technical performance timings venue capacity |
Production documentation may include: | agent list, props lists announcements artists' call sheet, e.g. publicity call sheets calculations of performance timings contact list, address list firearms log front-of-house information ground plans media schedule notes on operating equipment notification for production personnel performance schedule production schedule program inserts rehearsal schedule for non-regular performers riders scenery list sign-on sheets technical plots, e.g. fly plots and dome plots texts time sheets understudy schedule understudy/covers list wardrobe list |
Sectors
Unit sector |
Competency Field
Media and entertainment production - stage management |
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills. |
Licensing Information
Not applicable.