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The results of our latest review is below, and you can find other CVs in the right hand column of this page.

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Latest CV

Fringe director looking for mainstream work

Tom directs youth theatre and runs his own successful small theatre company. He now wants to find assistant director roles in large scale venues.

CV reviewed by Andrew Loretto from Chol Theatre

Your CV is generally clear and conveys the fact that you are dedicated and have committed to the development of your career and artform.

A few points:

The opening statement might benefit from a couple of short examples to give a flavour of your exact interests.

In the training section, could you give a few examples of particular areas of specialism? Also, what about workshops you have also attended outside of your formal education? These are all training also, and can show commitment and areas of interest.

On another point, if you are particularly interested in contemporary theatre that strives to genuinely engage new audiences, then you might find that main stages are not necessarily the best route to pursue as an assistant director for this type of work.

A lot of the most innovative work that engages new audiences is actually well away from main stages and is happening on the streets, in found spaces and non-theatre venues all over the UK.

My own company, Chol Theatre, is actually in the forefront of engaging new participants/ audiences with high quality theatre projects, but we don’t work on main stages per se.

For example, we’ve just completed a national tour of an interactive theatre piece based around a 1908 Edwardian tea party – this toured to festivals such as Glastonbury as well as theatre events such as Mintfest etc. Just a thought in terms of who you’re targetting.