
The Watchtower Theatre
Job Summary
Job Description
About the Project
Until 68 is a raw two-hander drama exposing the hidden toll faced by UK prison officers. Based on lived experience, it combines authentic testimony, dark humour, immersive sound design, and policy detail to challenge stereotypes and call for reform.
Your Role
You’ll work alongside me (Overall Director and writer/performer) to:
1. Refine and shape the script (structure, pacing, tone). 2.Balance documentary accuracy with strong theatrical storytelling.
3. Support planning and leading rehearsals with actors.
4. Guide text work, character exploration, and blocking.
This role is essential because of my dance/physical theatre background-I’ll rely on your expertise with text and actors to realise the vision.
Who We’re Looking For
Dramaturgs, directors, or experienced theatre-makers.
Confident with new writing and actor process.
Comfortable with dark, challenging themes and gallows humour.
Collaborative, sensitive, rigorous.
Fee & Commitment
Approx. £2,000-£2,500 total (8-10 days over 2-3 months).
Flexible delivery (online/in-person if possible).
Paid at industry rates if funding is secured.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
We welcome applications from working-class, justice-system-experienced, and underrepresented theatre-makers.
Questions?
Get in touch-I’m happy to chat!
Job Overview
- Job Title: CALL OUT – Dramaturg / Creative Collaborator for Until 68
- Salary: Under £10K
- Hours:
Part time - Artform: Theatre
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Temporary
- Closing date: Sat, 09 Aug 2025
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Location:
North West
About The Watchtower Theatre
Watchtower Theatre exists to shine a light on the unseen.
We create bold, honest, and immersive performance work that exposes hidden realities, amplifies unheard voices, and challenges audiences to see the world differently.
Rooted in lived experience and rigorous research, our work combines text, movement, and design to tell complex social stories with truth, empathy, and impact.
We believe theatre can be a watchtower for society—vigilant, questioning, and protective. We aim to hold space for d
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