We are inviting applications for a six-week paid internship at the London Palladium.
This is a fantastic entry level opportunity for someone who has recently left school or college and is looking for hands-on training. You will work full-time at the London Palladium for six weeks, mentored by the backstage teams and receiving support from Masterclass. During this six-week internship you will observe and practise skills needed to pursue a career backstage in theatre. You will gain insight into many roles backstage, from carpentry to lighting, sound to automation, with the opportunity to learn about career options from a range of people already in the theatre industry. You will also receive a workplace reference for future employment.
This is an entry level role, intended for a school- or college-leaver, and therefore suitable for people who have no formal theatre training. However, we do want candidates with some skills in carpentry / woodwork or electrics or sound.
This internship is a development and learning opportunity for those who are interested in exploring the options for a backstage theatre career.
Key Information
Application Deadline: 9am, Monday 22 September 2024
Interviews: mid October
Start date: 4 November 2024
End date: 15 December 2024
Job Location: Central London
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Salary: National Minimum Wage
Interested in performance, design or production arts? Sign up to one of our Undergraduate Open Days here at Rose Bruford College to hear more about our degrees and how they get you ready for a career in the performing arts industry.
You will have the chance to tour our campus and facilities, meet with staff and students, and learn more about the outstanding courses we offer.
Open Day dates:
Bookings are now open. Sign up today to secure your place!
Location: Sidcup, Kent
The Almeida Theatre is seeking a Stage Management Placement. This post is offered as a fixed-term, unpaid placement opportunity with travel expenses paid.
Working dates for the show: Monday 28 October – Tuesday 17 December 2024.
For a job description and details of how to apply please visit our website.
This is a learning opportunity to gain insight into how a Stage Management team operates in a producing house. You will work closely alongside all members of the Stage Management team and support them and the production through the rehearsal and tech process.
Application deadline: 9am, Monday 23 September 2024
Interviews will take place: Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 October 2024
This new fast track degree, taught by industry professionals, gives you a two year route into the theatre production industry whether in stage management, lighting, sound or AV; in theatre, festivals or events. Based at Tobacco Factory Theatres in Bristol, you are at the heart of a working theatre, experiencing life as a technical theatre artist from day one.
It is limited to just 12 students so as to re-create a professional working environment and culture from day 1. There is a national shortage of skilled technical staff in the theatre and live events industries. Technical Theatre Arts Graduates are in high demand and BSA’s strong industry networks can help open doors to a rewarding career.
BA Technical Theatre Arts is an intensive, accelerated degree taught over two years, with 40 weeks of teaching per year. You receive the same number of teaching weeks as you would on a three-year course, but save at least £5,000 in tuition fees plus a year of living costs.
Arts Emergency provides 16-18 year olds with free mentoring, support and community to help them pursue a career they’re passionate about
As a mentee with Arts Emergency, you will get a year of 1:1 support from a trained mentor who works within the creative industries. We will match you with a mentor based on your interests and the career you may be hoping to go into in the future. Our mentors provide information, advice and guidance, supporting your next steps after school or college. You will also be able to expand your support network through the young community and meeting other creatives.
Want to know what it takes to become a set designer?
From model boxes, set painting and sourcing props - come and be part of the storytelling and learn how to create new and exciting worlds for characters and the audience to explore!
These sessions are aimed at young people aged 14 and 18.
Wednesday 18 September - Wednesday 23 October
The aim of the overall Support for Individual Artists Programme (SIAP) is to support artists across all disciplines to create work and develop their practice.
Broadly, awards can be for specific projects, specialised research or personal artistic development.
Applicants can apply for grants between £3,000-£10,000 for proposals taking place between 1 December 2024 and 30 November 2025.
What you can apply for
Donmar’s Pathways programme is designed to introduce young people aged 16-18, who are currently living and/or studying in Camden & Westminster, to the range of career pathways available in theatre and the wider creative industries. Across 5 days, you will gain practical, hands-on experience with professionals working in Producing, Marketing, Fundraising, Participation, and Technical Theatre.
Over the week, you will work closely with industry professionals to develop transferable skills including collaboration, organisation, communication and public speaking. As part of the programme, participants will be supported in setting goals and identifying next steps in their own career pathway.
KEY PROGRAMME INFORMATION
Dates: Monday 28 Oct - Friday 1 Nov, 10am-5pm daily
Location: Dragon Hall, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT
Cost: FREE
Eligibility: you must be aged 16-18, and live and/or study in the London boroughs of Camden and/or Westminster.
If you’re keen to learn more about what happens beyond the rise and fall of the curtain, please complete the form below no later than Mon 30 September 2024, 10am.
Please note participants must be available for all project dates (Mon 28 Oct - Fri 01 Nov, 10am-5pm daily).
If you have any questions, please contact the Donmar LOCAL team.
We are seeking an Assistant Set Designer to work on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. This person will have the opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into, a professional production process and develop their skills and artistic voice, by assisting the designer to realise the set design for a Donmar production.
This person will have the desire to pursue a career in set design and is of a background underrepresented at the Donmar and the wider theatre industry. We define this as artists who experience barriers to work and training due to ethnicity, gender, low economic background and/or identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodiverse.
CATALYST is our career development programme continuing our commitment to equity in access to theatre jobs. This role is an opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into a professional production process and further develop your skills and artistic voice.
Terms: Fixed Term - Up to 25 days across the production process.
Salary: £129 per day
Application Deadline: Monday 23 September 2024. Interviews will take place on Monday 7 October 2024.
Do you want to be in our next Young Company? Applications are now open!
Young Company is for young people who are looking for a welcoming space to be creative and connect with others, as well as those with a curiosity about theatre who want to develop skills within the North West’s largest and only full-time text based producing theatre.
We’re looking for Makers, Writers and Performers to work with us weekly September 2024 – July 2025. As a Young Company member you will have access to Royal Exchange Theatre’s sector-leading creatives and learn the fundamentals of theatre-making. Performers will have performance opportunities and Writers & Makers will have the opportunity to have their work platformed and performed, and receive feedback.
Performers 1 (ages 14-17) & Performers 2 (ages 18-25*) – for people who like performing, acting, working in groups and trying out new styles of theatre.
Makers (ages 16-25*) – for those interested in the behind-the-scenes areas of making theatre – directing, lighting & sound, design, stage management & producing.
Writers (ages 16-25*) – for anyone who likes storytelling and is interested in writing for stage. You might be a poet or a songwriter but want to learn more about playwriting.
*For those over 21 will prioritise applications from people who are underrepresented in theatre including but not limited to disabled young people, D/deaf young people, neurodivergent young people, Global Majority young people, working class young people.
