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)
Contract Type: Part time (4 days per week - 5 days July and Aug)
Period of Engagement: 12 months fixed term from Jan 2025
Salary: £30,000 pro rata
Place of Work: London and Edinburgh
Deadline: 6pm 13th December 2024
We're looking to recruit a highly motivated Development Producer who will continue to manage and develop opportunities for hundreds of talented individuals with the support they need to develop as world class theatre makers. The Producer will take administrative control of the organisation’s various artistic initiatives under the artist development umbrella, ‘Pleasance Futures’, including the Charlie Hartill Fund, A Pleasance Scratch, Associate Programmes, Young Pleasance and support on Regional Programmes and Futures Festival. As well as maintaining existing initiatives, the Producer will play a key role in developing new areas of support, working closely with the Head of Theatre, The Director, and The Pleasance Futures sub committee.
This role will play an important role in the management of the Pleasance’s performance spaces in London, ensuring incoming companies feel supported. They also line produce London productions and programmes, and day to day running and management of the Pleasance’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme. In conjunction with the lead programmers and the Director they will also manage the Pleasance Fundraiser and assist or lead on applications for funding where necessary.
The Producer will be a person who is passionate about contemporary theatre, theatre producing and ideally have a background in fundraising and artist development. This expansive role will require a person with a huge amount of enthusiasm, energy and acumen.
For more information and to make an applications please download the role back below.
If you have any questions please reach out to us on [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.