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ATG Entertainment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

ATG Entertainment and Palace Theatre in Manchester are seeking casual technicians for the upcoming season. You will join the venue Technical Team to support productions and events, ensuring technical requirements are met and customers receive a professional service.

The role suits multiskilled individuals with stage, lighting or sound experience; willingness to work evenings, weekends and late nights and to lift and move equipment. Training may be provided.

Qualifications

• Some relevant experience in stage, flying, lighting or sound.

Responsibilities

• Welcome visiting production staff and treat them as valued clients.
• Support full-time staff in fit-ups, shows and get outs.
• Keep work areas clean, safe, and well maintained.
• Identify risks and act to keep colleagues and customers safe.
• Attend required training and develop role-specific skills.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure tasks are completed.

Skills

Stage & technical experience

Lighting

Sound

Follow spots

Health & safety knowledge

Customer service

Teamwork

Evenings/weekends availability

Tools

Counterweight Flying Systems

Lighting equipment operation

Sound equipment operation

Computer literacy

Job description

Induction 26th November 2026 - Palace Theatre

Seasonal contract up to 10th January 2027

Availability across the above dates is essential

Casual technicians work as part of a team reporting to the Technical Manager, Chief Electrician or Stage Manager. You’ll work closely with visiting companies, touring teams and contractors as well as other ATG Entertainment venue staff.

Working as part of the venue Technical Team you will support all productions and events programmed, ensuring their technical requirements are achieved. This role provides a professional, enabling and efficient service for all customers and visitors to ATG Entertainment’s venues.

Please note, your role may involve working with children or vulnerable people and you must be 18+.

The Palace Theatre & Opera House are stunning, large-scale historic theatres located in the heart of Manchester City Centre. We host work from leading UK and international producers enabling the most spectacular West End and Broadways show to visit the Northwest alongside drama, classical and contemporary dance, live music, comedy and one-night specials. The theatres host around 650 performances each year, with longer runs of major musicales mixed with week-long tours and one-night shows. We work increasingly in partnership with producers to open new shows or launch national tours.

We are looking for multiskilled people, with particular experience in stage and follow spot desirable, and are keen to hear from people with a wide range of relevant skills and experiences.

Key responsibilities

• Welcome and assist visiting production technical staff and companies to the venue, ensuring they are treated appropriately and always as an important and valued client.
• Support the full-time technical staff in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of fit-ups, shows and get outs, in line with company policy, current health and safety legislation and the requirements of the visiting production or event.
• Take pride in your working environment at all times ensuring that work areas are clean, tidy and safe. Under the direction of the full-time technical staff assist as required in the inspection, servicing and maintenance of the stage machinery and production equipment.
• Work safely at all times, proactively identify risks to yourself, other colleagues and customers health, safety or security and take appropriate actions to keep everyone safe.
• Implement and comply with the company Health & Safety Policy, maintaining the safest possible environment for your colleagues, visiting companies and customers.
• Attend training as required developing skills and knowledge relevant to the role.
• Work collaboratively as a team member, working well with others to ensure all required tasks are completed. Maintain a can do, professional attitude.
• Proactively identify tasks which need to be done and take responsibility for completing them.

Your skills, qualities, and experience.

If you have most of the essential criteria, we encourage you to apply, and welcome transferable skills from other industries or backgrounds. We can give experience of any desirable criteria but may also use them to decide between candidates for this role.

• Some relevant experience in either stage, flying, lighting or sound environment.
• Working knowledge of current Health & Safety Regulations.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Problem solving skills and the ability to act on initiative.
• Ability to deliver a high level of customer service.
• Willingness and availability to work the required hours over the upcoming season, including evenings and late nights, weekends and public holidays.
• Physically able to lift and move technical equipment and scenic items safely and sensibly.
• Able to work at height which may include working on a grid and using ladders.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.
• Working knowledge of Counterweight Flying Systems.
• Knowledge of the lighting and sound equipment we frequently use.
• Experience operating Follow Spots.
• Computer Literacy.
• Numeracy Skills.

The following training is desirable, but not essential as relevant training will be provided:

• Relevant Health and Safety Training Courses.
• First Aid Training.
• Working at Height Training.
• Industry training such as ABTT Bronze, Silver or Gold.
• Relevant industry rigging training.

About Us - Our values

• THRIVE doing what we love (with passion and dynamism)
• CONNECT through every act (with collaboration and kindness)
• DARE to do different (with curiosity and courage)
• PERFORM at our best (with customer focus and ownership)

Our Corporate Social Responsibility pillars

Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to play their part in achieving our goals and upholding our Corporate Social Responsibility priorities:

• Inclusion: Committing to creating and upholding a positive, inclusive culture that nurtures potential and supports well-being.
• Sustainability: Playing your part in reducing our environmental impact and finding more sustainable ways of working.
• Next Generations: Encouraging the next generation in live entertainment by contributing to our outreach and training programmes, including mentoring students and trainees, and supporting our Creative Learning and Community Partnerships work.