Green Door welcomes actors, producers, directors and tech members of all levels of experience and skill. If you want to be involved we’ll find a way to get you working with us. Engaging, approachable and, most importantly, fun Green Door is a Theatre Company run by students for students and we love doing what we do.
Much like its college, the Green Door Theatre Company is the smallest of its kind in Durham. However, as any Chadsian will tell you, size is not indicative of skill and Green Door actively perseveres to embody the ‘Small but mighty’ ethos of the college.
Our aim is to empower Chadsians and members of the wider university to engage with theatre in a diversity of ways, whilst also entertaining our fellow college and university members. With opportunities for acting, directing, producing and getting involved in the tech, theatre is an important and diverse part of Chad’s cultural experience. Green Door produces at least one central play per term and takes full responsibility for the college pantomime at the end of the Michaelmas Term.
Currently Green Door is the only DST (Durham Student Theatre) Company that exists as part of its college JCR. This means that Green Door benefits from a wonderfully close relationship with St Chad’s College and that Chadsians of all ages, from the multiple common rooms, profit from the opportunities that having their own theatre company affords them.
The Committee
President
E-mail: greendoortc@durham.ac.uk
The Green Door Theatre Company President oversees the running of the college’s theatre company. They chair all of Green Door’s meetings, timetable all of college productions and oversee the production of all Green Door plays. With the help of their trusty executive committee, they are responsible for deciding which artistic direction to take the company in and guaranteeing that it delivers!
Vice-President
Green Door Theatre Company Vice President’s role is to support each member of the exec with their respective roles and to provide leadership assistance to the president with organisation and casting.
Treasurer
The treasurer is in charge of the financial side of Green Door. The role involves overseeing the day to day running of the theatre company’s accounts and coordinating any large purchases with the JCR and SocComm, as well as assisting and advising the producer of each show with creating and sticking to a budget.
Secretary
The Green Door Secretary takes and circulates meeting minutes and helps out as Green Door puts on productions throughout the year, often providing vital assistance in administration.
Technical Manager
The Technical Manager is responsible for the care, distribution and hire of all things technical at Green Door. They look after the lighting and sound equipment and aid the technical directors in using it for the productions. They are also in charge of hiring the equipment and the JCR’s stage out across the university.