The Radcliffe Trust awarded The Shakespeare Globe Trust a grant to support developing skills in stage craft directing.
The photograph above is from the production of Three Sisters by Anton Chekov
The grant was spent on funding an early career Assistant Director for a production of Chekov’s “Three Sisters”. Shakespeare’s Globe was delighted to be able to work with an early career Assistant Director on this production. As well as benefitting their professional development, this also enabled them to approach the play differently, which was useful as it provided a departure from some of their usual work. The Shakespeare Globe Trust hopes to be able to provide similar opportunities to more early career Assistant Directors on future productions.
The Assistant Director for the production of “Three Sisters”, was Shiv Rabheru. The grant enabled Shiv to be able to work with the creative team and the cast for three weeks from 16 December 2024 – 17 January 2025 in rehearsal, working alongside director Rory Mullarkey. Shiv’s own account of the experience is below:
“Being an assistant director at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was a very inspiring experience and wouldn’t have been possible without The Radcliffe Trust. To support directors at this stage in their careers allows for invaluable creative development and growth. I have found myself even more sure of how I want to work as an artist and will take the tools and processes learnt from working with the Globe into my own practice. Thank you.”
Shakespeare’s Globe reported that without the grant support from The Radcliffe Trust they would have been unable to provide this role. The grant made a significant difference to their ambition of introducing more opportunities for early career creatives.