Experience Opportunity

Nationwide Young Technicians

Are you interested in lighting, sound, video and automation? Are you aged between 13 and 19? Then our technical theatre programme could be for you!

The National Theatre’s Young Technicians programme launched at our South Bank venue in 2017 and expanded into a hybrid Nationwide Young Technicians course in 2023.

The Nationwide Young Technicians offers an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and learn all about a variety of backstage and off-stage roles from top industry professionals.

This FREE course will take place in two parts:

  • The first part of the course will be online on Tuesday evenings from 5-7pm, running from Tuesday 4 February to Tuesday 15 April 2025. In these workshops you’ll be introduced to the basics of technical theatre including lighting, sound and stages, through demonstrations and practical activities.
  • After the online course, there will be the opportunity to continue developing your practical skills and knowledge with in-person workshops created, led and facilitated by our partner organisations HOME Manchester, Nottingham Playhouse and Theatre Royal Plymouth.

The deadline for applying to the Nationwide Young Technicians 2025 programme is 10am, Monday 9 December 2024.

Requirements

This opportunity is for young people aged 13 to 19. To apply and take part in the hybrid programme opportunity, you must live within Greater Manchester, the East Midlands or South Devon and Cornwall. You must also be able to commit to all the dates in the programme from February to April 2025.

We are furthering our commitment to diversity and access by concentrating recruitment in these areas that we recognise are currently underrepresented in the field of technical theatre:

• Young people who identify as Female, Trans and/or Non-Binary;
• Young people from the Global majority;
• Young people from working class backgrounds; and
• Young people who identify as D/deaf or disabled.

No prior experience in the industry is needed to join our Young Technicians programme, just a passion for theatre.

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