Production company structures

 

What does each organisation do ?

Donmar - Donmar Warehouse are a theatre in London that produces a beautiful location for  productions to thrive and create outstanding theatre, this is why in my mind misters you can see that they have more roles that are theatre based and the more usual occupations such as a box office manager.  Donmar have been been in progress for a very long time winning many awards for its productions and theatre so prize itself in being the best it could be also being very large explaining the large amount of job roles within this particular company.


Rambert Dance Company - Rambert Dance Company is a British classical and contemporary dance company which came from a dance school back in 1926 when it was formed. They are a company of around 30 of the best trained dancers in the uk who learn different pieces as well as be a part of new ones and tour them around the uk. As they're quite a small company of dancers and already a huge company, they also have very similar job roles to Donmar but not exactly the same as they don't stay in the same theatre each time they travel around meaning some of their team are slightly different to Donmar.

How are the companies similar in structure?

AS they're both very successful companies they both have a lot going for them in terms of staff and workers, who are very behind the scenes such as finance and development managers. Most of their similarities lie within these roles that most theatre companies usually require like managers and marketing. Roles that make everyones lives a lot easier and make the companies work a lot more efficiently and smoothly. They both start with a board of directors which is always a strong move for a company as it is what gives the company a structure in the first place otherwise it is a lot harder to control overall and would probably slow down the companies.

How are they different?

As I said earlier they have differences due to their different genres within the industry Donmar being the theatre and Rambert being the performance company which would use the theatre. Rambert we see a lot more dance related job roles such as rehearsal directors or music fellows, to add to this when researching the job roles for the companies, Rambert only really highlighted ones such as i have mentioned,  and a few others, and barely more than that leaving out a lot of the main ones. I believe that this is because they are quite successful now as a company,  so they would be assumed to have these people in the occupations. This also highlights Rambert's importance of  headlining the dance focused job roles as thats what they care about the most, the dance where as Donmar care for it all.