Stage Technician

Royal Ballet and Opera; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Ballet and Opera is seeking a stage technician for Covent Garden, London, on a fixed-term contract. The role supports the Stage Team and handles theatre productions from pre-production to stores, ensuring safety, efficiency and high quality.

You will contribute to rigging, scenic construction and automation systems, with a strong emphasis on safety and teamwork. The position is based at Covent Garden, London, with a full-time 42.5-hour week.

Qualifications

• Good level of technical stage skills with experience in theatre production.
• Qualifications or training in rigging and scenic construction.
• Understanding of automated systems including flying and elevator systems.
• Commitment to safe working practices including CDM2015.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work unsupervised.

Responsibilities

• Work as an effective member of the Stage Team to ensure safety, efficiency, and quality.
• Participate in all technical work for a production from pre-production to stores.
• Collaborate with colleagues across departments to support rehearsals and performances.
• Assist with build area, workshops, rehearsal rooms and stage operations.

Skills

Stage skills

Rigging training

Scenic construction

Automation systems

Safety CDM2015

Communication

Job description

Salary: £42,571.31 per annum
Fixed-Term Contract from early September to 31st August 2027
Full time; 42.5 hours per week
Covent Garden, London

Our Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

The Royal Opera House describes the place we work, not who we are. The whole is always more than the sum of its parts – we may be a House, but three quarters of our audiences experience what we do outside this building. While our Covent Garden theatre is the nerve centre, the impact and influence of the organisation can be felt in every corner of the country, and around the world.

The Role

Our Technical, Production and Costume Department plays a leading part in ensuring our performances are of the highest quality by delivering excellence for every performance, rehearsal and event. This role will work as an effective member of the Stage Team, working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that activities, rehearsals and performances are carried out to the highest possible standard of safety, efficiency and quality. Our stage technicians participate in all technical work necessary for a production from pre-production to stores/workshops, to Build Area, rehearsal rooms and stage, and back to stores.

What You’ll Bring

• Good level of technical Stage skills experience in producing theatre.
• Demonstrable qualifications and/or training in rigging and scenic construction.
• An understanding of working with automated systems including flying and elevator systems an advantage.
• Commitment to safe working practices including CDM2015.
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to work unsupervised and show initiative in dealing with day-to-day problems.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK’s leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do. We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK. We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation. We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means that we are actively working to ensure that candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will endeavour to offer an interview to candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential criteria for the role, though sometimes due to the volume of qualified candidates with declarations this is not possible. The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices. Due to our safeguarding promise, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check before commencing employment with us, which will be indicated in the advertising.

Job Description

A full job description can be found here.

For more information about working with the Royal Ballet and Opera, please review the info pack here.

For a list of potential reasonable adjustments, please review this guidance document. If you have any access requirements for your application, please contact the RBO Recruitment Team on [e-mail]

If you are applying as an internal candidate, you might find this guidance document helpful.

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm, Tuesday 8th September 2026.

Interviews will be week of 14th September 2026.

To ensure a fair process, late applications will not be considered under any circumstances.

Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK. No agencies.