Stage Technician

UK Theatre Association; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

ATG Entertainment in the United Kingdom seeks a Stage Technician to assist the Head of Stage with daily theatre operations from a technical perspective. You will support resident productions, visiting events, and theatre maintenance, with regular evenings and weekends.

The role offers cross‑venue exposure across the West End estate and requires safety‑driven, proactive teamwork. The job involves compliance with risk assessments, method statements, and contractor management, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Pro-active, positive approach to problem solving.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience of working collaboratively in a team.
• Basic maintenance skills.
• Willingness to learn and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Stage Department to keep the venue in top condition during the current production.
• Follow risk assessments, method statements and safety policies.
• Support maintenance of the stage, stage house, machinery and back-of-house areas.
• Attend health and safety meetings and contribute to reducing theatre risk.
• Support ATG theatres across the West End when required.
• Act as duty stage technician for four performances a week.

Skills

Pro-active approach to problem solving

Good communication

Teamwork

Basic maintenance skills

Willingness to learn

Job description

The Stage Technician role will assist the Head of Stage and Deputy Head of Stage with the day to day running of the theatre from a technical perspective. You will assist in supporting the resident production, visiting events, as well as assisting with the maintenance and upkeep of the theatre. You will be working in a fast-paced environment, with no two days the same. There will be opportunities to support work across our West End estate of theatres, working with various shows to ensure a smooth production period. This role involves regular evening and weekend working.

• Assist the Stage Department in ensuring the venue is in the best possible condition for the duration of the run of the current resident production.
• Carry out your duties in line with all relevant risk assessments and method statements relating to the production and venue.
• Support with the maintenance and upkeep of the stage, stage house, stage machinery and back of house areas.

Compliance and Maintenance

• Working to implement a comprehensive maintenance plan for the building, ensuring the building is always compliant and presented to the highest possible standard.
• Supervise visiting contractors, following our Contractor Management Policy, to ensure all visitors operate in a safety conscious manner, reporting all issues as necessary.
• Ensure the back of house and front of house areas are always well maintained and presented.
• Use relevant compliance software to support in ensuring that all legislative and compliance based inspections are carried out on time and all associated actions are complete in the stated time frame.
• Support the Head of Stage and Deputy Head of Stage in delivery of repairs, maintenance and capital investment projects to the building as appropriate.
• Ensure that all relevant processes are completed to an agreed standard and documented as required.
• Ensure the Contractor Management Policy is followed by all third‑party visitors.
• Actively contribute to the annual health and safety audit and fire risk assessment ensuring all relevant actions are implemented within the assigned timeframe.
• Attend health & safety meetings and actively contribute to lowering the risk associated with the theatre and all associated works.
• To always behave in a manner which complies with the Company’s health and safety policy.

Staff Development, Training and Relationships

• Attend all necessary compliance and safety training relating to your role as well as all technical training.
• Actively lead on your own personal development, seeking out opportunities both internally and externally to ensure you remain abreast of industry developments.
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with various stakeholders across the Company, including other HODs within the theatre and the Central Operations Team.

Other Duties

• As and when the business requires, support other ATG theatres across the West End estate.
• Support the theatres Corporate Social Responsibility policy, actively participating in community based initiatives and Creative Learning & Community Partnership agenda.
• Undertake any such duties as required by the Theatre Management team.
• To act as the duty stage technician or duty fire officer for no fewer than four performances a week.

Your skills, qualities, and experience.

• Pro-active, positive, 'can do' approach to problem solving.
• Good communication skills.
• Proven experience of working collaboratively in a team.
• Basic maintenance skills.
• Willingness to learn.

Desirable:

• Understanding of health and safety at work legislation.
• Experience of working in a stage role in a theatre environment / relevant transferable experience.
• IOSH certificate.
• First Aid at Work trained.

ATG Entertainment's values set the tone for how we work, how we treat one another, and the culture we continue to build across the UK and the wider organisation.

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.

Our culture You'll help us uphold a positive culture around meeting our obligations, by having a positive attitude to health and safety, legal and insurance requirements and take care to understand our policies and procedures. We are all expected to participate actively in the life of the company, and opportunities will arise for you to collaborate with others across the business. Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to be flexible and adapt as the needs of the business change, taking on new or different responsibilities as the need arises. Our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Mission Statement - A Stage for Everyone Our stages are a platform for compelling stories - stories that are for all, by all, and of all. We shine our spotlight on our differences and believe that understanding and celebrating these differences makes us better global citizens. Onstage and off, we hold ourselves accountable for nurturing an inclusive culture, one in which everyone can bring their authentic selves. At ATG entertainment, we provide a stage for everyone. We recognise that we do not have all the answers; but we strive to listen, to learn and to change in order to ensure ATG Entertainment becomes a truly inclusive organisation. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from those currently underrepresented in our workforce. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means that we are taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role. Where we receive more applications than we are reasonably able to interview for any given role, we will retain applications for the next available interview opportunity wherever possible.