Costume Technician Apprentice

ArtsJobs; Redcar; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Playhouse offers a full-time, 24-month Costume Technician Apprenticeship starting September 2025. This role presents a unique opportunity to develop skills in dressing, maintenance, and costume making in a supportive theatre environment, ideal for those embarking on their costume career.

Qualifications

• Aspiring costume career with early-stage skills.
• Must be over 18 and locally rooted in Yorkshire.

Responsibilities

• Involvement in all aspects of costume department activities.
• Work with designers on costumes from planning to execution.

Skills

Attention to detail

Proactive

Teamwork

Job description

Fri, 30 May 2025 > published - Fri, 30 May 2025

Job Summary

Leeds Playhouse is looking for a Costume Technician Apprentice to join us full-time for 24 months starting September 2025.

Job Description

Leeds Playhouse seeks a Costume Technician Apprentice for a full-time, 24-month position beginning September 2025.

Are you aspiring to a career in Costume, interested in all aspects of a costume department from dressing and maintenance to cutting, sewing, making, and planning, working with designers? Are you proactive, detail-oriented, passionate about how costume contributes to storytelling, and a good team player? If yes, this fixed-term apprenticeship could be your opportunity.

This apprenticeship is part of the Regional Theatre Technical Apprenticeship Programme, funded by The Mackintosh Foundation. It offers a comprehensive experience within a large-scale theatre organisation, providing opportunities to learn from experienced costume makers and designers, develop skills, and build industry relationships.

You must be over 18, locally rooted in Yorkshire, and in the early stages of your costume career, as this programme is designed as a stepping stone into the industry.

This role is fixed-term for 24 months, full-time (40 hours/week), including one day per week for college or training.

Please read our recruitment pack for more details and application instructions.

If you're unsure if this is the right fit, join us for one of our Open Evenings on Wednesday 11 June or Thursday 12 June, between 5pm and 8pm at Leeds Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UP. Enter through the Front Room Café entrance on St Peter's Street.

• Job Title: Costume Technician Apprentice

The application deadline is 10am on Wednesday, 25 June 2025.

First-round interviews are scheduled for the week commencing 30 June 2025.