Mentoring
This Christmas I mentored Maddie in stage management for A Christmas Carol. As Maddie is fairly independent this did make my job slightly easier although there were a few problems. Personally I don’t think I was a very good mentor, because I could see Maddie knew what she was doing so I left her to it a lot, but I did step in when I noticed problems.
During the tech run I spoke to Adam who was operating lights and sound and he said he found Maddies cueing hard to follow. I sat down with Maddie and went through her script and noticed she hadn’t put in standbys, something which I find very helpful and can be very useful for the person who is having the cues directed to them. I explained them to Maddie and told her how to write them in however she did not use them as she didn’t find them helpful. For the dress rehersal Tom and I sat downstairs and made notes on the technical aspects of the show to direct back at the tech crew. Afterwards we ran through the notes upstairs with the team. I have learnt that not everyone likes to have notes given to them and they don't always take your advice on board and that that is okay because everyone works in different ways. The way I cue a show is different to how Maddie cues a show, its just what works best for the individual.
Overall I think that there are areas I can improve on, such as sitting with Maddie to go through and mark up the script as she had already done this without me. I think what I did well was I watched Maddie cue and I was able to give her solutions to problems instead of just highlighting them.
During the tech run I spoke to Adam who was operating lights and sound and he said he found Maddies cueing hard to follow. I sat down with Maddie and went through her script and noticed she hadn’t put in standbys, something which I find very helpful and can be very useful for the person who is having the cues directed to them. I explained them to Maddie and told her how to write them in however she did not use them as she didn’t find them helpful. For the dress rehersal Tom and I sat downstairs and made notes on the technical aspects of the show to direct back at the tech crew. Afterwards we ran through the notes upstairs with the team. I have learnt that not everyone likes to have notes given to them and they don't always take your advice on board and that that is okay because everyone works in different ways. The way I cue a show is different to how Maddie cues a show, its just what works best for the individual.
Overall I think that there are areas I can improve on, such as sitting with Maddie to go through and mark up the script as she had already done this without me. I think what I did well was I watched Maddie cue and I was able to give her solutions to problems instead of just highlighting them.
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