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Technical Stage Manager
The Thelmas are seeking a proactive, confident and reliable technical stage manager for the Autumn tour of Santi & Naz, and its London run at Soho Theatre in January 2025.
You will be working closely with the Producers, Director, Associate Director and Movement Director to remount this award-winning show.
Santi & Naz explores childhood friendship, coming of age, and coming out set against the backdrop of a country soon to be changed forever. It is a two person studio show, with a small set and flooring. Tech includes sound and lighting. The play is mostly dialogue based interspersed with movement sections.
This production is Arts Council England Funded. More about the show here.
£600.00 per week for 7 weeks plus holiday pay and touring allowance for the tour. £600 per week for 3 weeks for the London run.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
- Proven experience as a professional touring stage manager
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work to deadlines and adapt to changes
- Creative problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to adapt set and lighting design from venue to venue on tour
- Ability to integrate the diverse needs of our audience and creative team
- Background in working with diverse and neurodiverse teams
-Clean driving license and able to drive a small van
Key responsibilities include:
-Keeping record of any technical or staging changes during rehearsal and communicating them to the creative team as needed
-Managing get in & get out at tour venues
-Leading with tech rehearsals, including hanging and/or focusing according to the lighting designer’s plot and programming lights using Qlab
-Operating the show
-Sending out show reports
-Any other relevant administrative tasks relating to the tour at the request of the company
Rehearsal Dates - address TBC, London
10am - 6pm 16th - 20th September
10am - 6pm 23rd - 27th September
10am - 6pm 30th September - 5th October
Tour Dates
8th October - 8th November
exact dates provided at next stage
London Run
20th January - 8th February 2025
Please email CV, cover letter and two recent references to
with the subject heading SM COVER and
by 5pm 31st August
Due to the short timeline for this role, applications will be assessed on a rolling basis and if we wish to offer you an interview we may do so before the closing date, at a time that is mutually acceptable.
If a written cover letter is a barrier to applying, please email guleraana@thethelmas.co.uk suggesting an alternative application method that best suits your communication style.