London Opportunities
Join Our Team
The Pleasance team are based year-round at our London venue, please see below for all current opportunities.
We are looking for team members with:
- A positive attitude
- A willingness to work as a team
- An ability to remain motivated, particularly in a fast paced environment
- A commitment to sharing their experience with others
- Relevant skills that would support you in the role (see 'Role Description' for more detail)
Full Job Title: Technician (Casual Pool)
Salary: £12.38 per hour
Application Deadline: Rolling
The Pleasance Theatre Trust aims to strengthen its pool of multi-skilled Technicians to assist in the smooth and safe delivery of technical support it's busy London fringe theatre.
The Technician will provide first class technical support to visiting companies from the point of arrival through to the conclusion of their get-outs. They will ensure that the venue facilities and resources are prepared and installed to satisfy the needs of the production, all work is carried out in a professional manner with excellent attention to detail and that the venues safe working practices are adhered to at all time whilst making the visiting companies feel welcome into the building.
Depending on their experience, the Technician may be required to fulfil Technical Support, Duty Technician and Specialist Technician (Lighting, Sound, AV) shifts. The technical pool of staff includes those of all levels of expertise who can undertake some or all of these remits.
The Technician will have excellent communication skills, a thorough knowledge of technical practices, be enthusiastic with a positive approach to work and be able to turn their hand to most challenges whilst remaining safety conscious at all times.
If you're interested in joining the casual pool of Technicians please email your CV to [email protected].
Work Experience & Internships
We offer work experience and internship placements throughout the year to anyone who thinks they might be interested in a career in the arts. The placements will including shadowing our Front of House, Box Office and Technical teams, as well as working with the administration staff.
We are particularly interested in hearing from people based in Islington and from under represented groups.
We are currently only able to offer work experience placements or internships of between one and two weeks to people in full-time education.
It's also worth noting that because of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we are not able to host placements in July and August.
To enquire about work experience or internship placements, please email a paragraph about yourself and why you'd like to do a placement with the Pleasance, along with the dates you are available, to [email protected].
Equal Opportunities
At the Pleasance Theatre Trust we want our team to reflect wider society and welcome applications from all sections of the community - particularly anyone currently underrepresented in the creative industries.
We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of backgrounds or social group. If you would like to have an informal discussion about any role available or anything in this pack before you submit your application, please contact [email protected].
You can also email or phone to talk to us about your access needs. Our access menu on the website details what we can provide, but it is not exhaustive. We discuss access with candidates at each step of the application process, so first we would discuss access for the application, then go from there.
Help
If you require help with your application you may contact us by:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 (0)207 619 6868
We aim to reply to all enquiries within 7 days.