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Dresser

Aldwych Theatre

Featuring her much loved songs, TINA - The Tina Turner Musical is written by Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by the internationallyacclaimed Phyllida Lloyd. Opened in 2018 the show plays at the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End.

Dressers are responsible for setting costumes ready for the performance, assisting cast members with costume changes backstage and maintaining, repairing and altering costumes. The Designer's original specification and look of the production must be maintained.

Duties and Responsibilities Include
As a Dresser, you will be expected to:
• Assist the actors in performances with their costumes, including quick changes.
• Set out every part of each costume including accessories in the dressing rooms and other parts of the Theatre where costume changes are to
occur.
• Attend technical, dress and costume understudy rehearsals for the purpose of observing and learning dressing tracks and to be available to the
actor/actors allocated to them on or off stage as appropriate.
• Dress male and female actors as allocated by the Head of Wardrobe before the performance.
• Deal with emergency repairs to costumes.
• Recognise where maintenance work needs to be carried out on a costume and return it to the Wardrobe department with a note of the
maintenance requirements.
• Help actors to change at the end of performance and to hang up their costumes, returning appropriate costumes and laundry to the Wardrobe.
• Ensure that work materials and all costumes and dressing rooms in which they work are kept in a tidy and secure manner.
• Report any losses and unsafe practices in dressing rooms to the Head of Wardrobe.
• Ensure that security, safety and good housekeeping procedures for the department are properly carried out.
• Share information with your manager, team and colleagues as appropriate, whilst respecting confidentiality, so that you and your colleagues have
all the information you need to perform your duties effectively.
• Comply with the Manager's Health and Safety and other policies at all times.



Date Approved

06/07/22

Deadline For Applications

15/07/22

Job Title

Dresser

Location

Aldwych Theatre

Remote Working Options

Not Applicable

Salary/Rate

Avg £500 per week depending on calls

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Duration

1 year

Industry

Theatre

Minimum Experience

Not Specified

Preferred Genre Experience

Not Specified
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