£12.21 per hour plus £1.47 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
29 Mar 2026

Role & Department Overview

Please note: this internship is only available to current students registered on a degree scheme in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University.  If you apply for this role the information within your application will be shared with the recruiting organisation. 

 

Shakespeare and His Sisters on Site looks at the parallels between plays by Shakespeare and by women dramatists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It does so by recreating site specific performances in historic great households or castles, spaces beyond commercial theatres like the Globe.  How does such a venue change the performance? Virginia Woolf famously declared that no sister of Shakespeare would have been able to write drama for the professional stage but this was not the case in alternative theatrical spaces. Shakespeare and His Sisters explores an alternative theatrical tradition of drama by Shakespeare and by women playwrights and actors of his day. 

 

In this internship you will direct and coordinate (in collaboration with Alison Findlay) the recording of selected rehearsals, interviews, and public performances of the Shakespeare Showcase at Lancaster Castle and edit material for the Shakespeare and His Sisters website. 

 

Please submit a CV (maximum of two sides) and a Cover Letter(maximum one side) both tailored to the role. 

 

Pay Rate: £12.21 per hour plus £1.47 holiday pay

Preferred Start Date: 18 May 2026 
End Date: tbc 5 June 2026 
Interview Date: 30 April 2026 
Working Hours / Pattern:  40 hours in total - Flexible but full days on Friday 22 May and Saturday 23 May 

Location: Lancaster Suite, Lancaster Castle and Lancaster University campus

 

FHASS Students: CV & Cover Letter Appointment

You can book a 20 minute appointment with the Employability Officer for the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for queries you may have about your CV and / or Cover Letter..If you have a CV and / or Cover Letter you would like reviewing please upload to your booking at least 24-hours before the appointment time.

Job Description

Main duties:
 
  • In collaboration with Alison Findlay and School of Arts to arrange loan of appropriate recording equipment (cameras and microphones) as required
  • In collaboration with Alison Findlay, to direct and coordinate the recording / editing of the Shakespeare Showcase performances Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus with the 2 other interns at Lancaster Castle on 22-23 May
  • To record interviews and excerpts from rehearsals on campus in w/b 18 May To upload edited material onto the Shakespeare and His Sisters website
  • To manage social media engagement from the Shakespeare and His Sisters website in coordination with Alison Findlay 

Person Specification

  • A current student studying on a a degree scheme within FHASS 
  • Video recording (visual and sound levels inside and occasionally outside in Lancaster Castle)
  • Video Editing and uploading onto Lancaster e-stream
  • Website skills (uploading video recordings from e-stream onto Wordpress site)
  • Ability to lead / direct the filming with two other interns (in collaboration with Alison Findlay)
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Interviewing skills
  • Reliability

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Creativity
  • Decisiveness
  • Multi-Tasking
  • Teamwork
  • Verbal Communication

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.