Lighting Technician

Theatre Royal Plymouth is a registered charity, inspiring a lifetime of creativity for audiences, artists and participants throughout Plymouth and the wider region. As the principal home of performing arts in the Southwest, we engage and inspire many communities, creating memorable experiences for people from all backgrounds. TRP do this by creating and presenting a breadth of shows on a range of scales, with their extensive creative engagement programmes, by embracing the vitality of new talent and supporting emerging and established artists, and by collaborating with a range of partners to provide dynamic cultural leadership for the city of Plymouth.

The Lighting Technician will assist the Head of Lighting and Deputy Heads of Lighting as part of Theatre Royal Plymouth's (TRP's) Technical department. The role will be focused on delivering an effective and flexible service to ensure the delivery of lighting requirements for all in-house, co-productions and visiting programs on the Lyric stage. The Lighting Technician's role will be key to the day-to-day running of performances within the venue, ensuring technical excellence for every performance rehearsal and event. The primary role will be show running in the Lyric Theatre.

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion at TRP with a workforce, participants and audiences that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. The collective power of each team member’s life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent creates the very best environment for us to achieve our ambitions and lead the sector. In recruiting for our team, we recognise the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

The Role

On joining TRP, we will introduce you to our core values and work through how they will help you deliver an excellent technical service. Here are some of the key duties you will undertake:

Principal Tasks

• Operate Follow spots and other show-related duties for performances as required.
• Participate in get ins and get outs of productions in-house, co-produced and of visiting companies as required, contributing to the safety and efficient operation within current theatre practice.
• Assist with the maintenance and testing of theatre lighting equipment.
• Supervise the training of new follow spot operators to ensure they meet the standards required.
• Assist with delivering technical projects as agreed with the Head of Lighting and/or Deputy Head of Lighting.
• Regular contributions to technical staff meetings.
• Involvement in learning and development opportunities including Engagement and Learning activities, support of training schemes and training courses as appropriate.
• Any other reasonable duties as may be requested from time to time including cross-venue working, support of toured work externally, and courses or work outside of Plymouth.
• Be aware of the Health and Safety policies of the company and ensure compliance with all relevant legislation.
• Uphold TRP's values-based system built on Quality, Collaboration, Creativity and Diversity.

Skills/Experience

Essential:

• Good communication/people skills.
• Ability to operate lighting and sound during performances.
• A helpful, team-oriented approach and a willingness to take responsibility when needed.
• A committed approach to health and safety in the workplace.
• Some theatre lighting/sound knowledge.
• Basic stage and rigging skills.
• Good housekeeping skills.

Desirable:

• Experience of get ins/outs and show running in a theatre environment.
• Experience of programming ETC lighting consoles.
• Some electrical knowledge.
• Interest in theatre making and design.

The Person

Our Values are at the heart of everything we say and do, and our people demonstrate these values in every aspect of their work. To be successful in this role, you should be able to demonstrate the following skills, experience, and behaviour in line with these values.

Quality

Taking pride in achieving excellence. We take responsibility for and pride in what we do, recognising each other’s good work. We set consistently high expectations and ensure that everyone has the skills to achieve excellence.

Collaboration

Valuing each other in the way we work, communicate, and spend time together: We communicate regularly with each other, listening and understanding people’s needs. We value and respect the relationships we have with colleagues and partners, and we celebrate shared successes.

Creativity

Being imaginative in everything we do: We use our knowledge, experience, and judgement to explore doing things differently. We aim to empower everyone in the organisation to adopt a flexible, open-minded, and imaginative approach.

Diversity

Embracing the diversity among our people and community: We embrace and value difference and individuality treating everyone as equally important. Together we are stronger and more effective.