Production Stage Manager – Live Theatre & Events

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre Sutherland; Sutherland Shire Council; Vor Ort; AUD 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre Sutherland is seeking a Production Stage Manager to lead stage management for Sutherland Pavilion and Sutherland Arts Theatre, overseeing events from initial enquiry to bump-out.

You will translate hirer and creative requirements into production plans, schedule crews, and ensure WHS standards are upheld across all production activity, including duty technician tasks.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 3 years' professional stage management experience in live theatre or event production (or 2 years with a relevant tertiary qualification).
• Ability to plan, resource and coordinate concurrent events to schedule and to advance events with hirers and visiting companies.
• Working knowledge of theatre sound, lighting, audio-visual and networked systems, sufficient to interpret technical specifications and brief crew.
• Demonstrated ability to call performances from a prompt copy and to prepare running paperwork to a professional standard.
• Ability to train, mentor and lift the practice of others, with a genuine interest in building a stage management team.

Aufgaben

• Hold production responsibility for allocated events from initial technical enquiry through to bump-out, covering roughly half of hirer events.
• Advance events with hirers, visiting companies and creative teams, attending production meetings and site visits, and interpreting technical specifications.
• Prepare production schedules, bump-in and bump-out plans and event sheets for allocated events.
• Determine crew, equipment and resource requirements for allocated events and provide technical input into cost estimates.
• Roster casual crew for allocated events in coordination with the Production Manager and Technical Manager.
• Deputise for the Production Manager on events during periods of leave.
• Stage manage approximately 25% of allocated events, setting the standard for stage management practice across both venues.
• Call performances, lead the floor and direct casual crew, maintaining show discipline and clear communication.
• Prepare and maintain prompt copies, cue sheets, event paperwork and event reports to a professional standard.
• Operate basic sound and lighting at Sutherland Arts Theatre, where the stage manager carries duty technician responsibilities.
• Respond promptly and professionally to issues arising during live operation.
• Build the capability of the casual stage management team, developing confident show callers for Pavilion Presents productions.
• Develop and maintain stage management procedures, paperwork templates and documentation standards.
• Mentor casual stage managers on shows, providing direct feedback and practical guidance.
• Deliver stage management training, and contribute to theatre inductions and toolbox talks.
• Assess the readiness of casual stage managers to call shows, jointly with the Technical Manager.
• Prepare and maintain production risk assessments for allocated events.
• Ensure hirers and visiting companies supply required documentation, including risk assessments, before access is granted.
• Maintain accurate event records, production documentation and post-event reporting.
• Contribute to the development of SOPs and SWPs.
• Uphold WHS standards across all production activity, including work at height, rigging, electrical safety, noise and manual handling.
• Work with the Event Supervisor and Event Coordinator on hirer events, attending hirer meetings and site visits and keeping them across production correspondence.
• Work with the Technical Supervisor to ensure venue systems and equipment are ready for allocated events.
• Act as Chief Warden or First Aid Officer as rostered and respond to workplace emergencies.
• Support Sutherland Pavilion’s customer service culture and assist across departments as required.

Kenntnisse

Stage management

Show calling

Mentoring

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Sound systems

Lighting equipment

Bump-in/out planning

Jobbeschreibung

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre Sutherland is seeking a Production Stage Manager to lead stage management for Sutherland Pavilion and Sutherland Arts Theatre, overseeing events from initial enquiry to bump-out.

You will translate hirer and creative requirements into production plans, schedule crews, and ensure WHS standards are upheld across all production activity, including duty technician tasks.