Fabricator: Design Realisation and Fabrication: Derbyshire

Independent Theatre Council Ltd; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 16,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Blanket Fort Club seeks a designer-fabricator to realise a large sensory installation adaptable for audiences of all ages, including those with complex needs. The residency runs January in Derbyshire with a three-month stay and a live performance strand.

You will produce clear technical drawings, contribute to access-led design, and plan sustainable, reusable solutions. Experience in sets, installations or immersive environments is essential; dressing experience is a bonus.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in building sets, installations or immersive environments.
• Clear technical drawings required.
• Interest in access-led work and building for every kind of body.
• Thought for sustainability and reuse.
• Public liability insurance required.

Responsibilities

• Design and fabricate a large sensory installation for audiences of all ages.
• Prepare and present clear technical drawings and plans.
• Collaborate on access-led design, sustainability, and reuse strategies.
• Coordinate with performers and venue for a three-phase residency.

Skills

Design for sets/installations

Immersive environments

Technical drawings

Dressing experience (bonus)

Job description

The Blanket Fort Club is looking for a designer-fabricator to help realise a large sensory installation for audiences of all ages, including those with complex needs and PMLD. We have a residency in January and the exhibition opens in September 2027 for a three-month stay in Derbyshire with a live performance strand.

You should have extensive experience in building sets, installations or immersive environments, with an eye for detail and finish (dressing experience is a bonus)

• Clear technical drawings
• Interest in access-led work and building for every kind of body
• Thought for sustainability and reuse
• Public liability insurance

Phase 1: 3 days in Derbyshire between 11 and 22 January 2027, mocking it up at full scale and planning where the tech lives, plus half a day remotely finishing the outcome drawings. £1,000 all in: £700 fee plus £300 for travel, accommodation and subsidy.
Phase 2: fabrication drawings, then the build, June to mid-August 2027. Paid at no less than the ITC/Equity weekly making rate, plus materials. The Phase 1 maker gets first refusal.

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