The General Manager is a key, senior member of Tara Theatre’s team; we are looking for someone to produce in-house productions and projects, support visiting productions and work alongside the executive team in planning the logistics of future programming. Our new General Manager will work on HR and organisational management and deputise for the Executive Director when required.
Tara Theatre creates innovative, politically charged theatre harnessing the power of co-creation. Our work explores the complexities of our world through a South Asian lens, championing South Asian voices and artists, identifying new narratives, new ideas and new forms.
For nearly five decades, Tara Theatre has supported the emergence of generations of South Asian performers, writers, directors, musicians and choreographers, and toured extensively both nationally and internationally. Artists such as Nitin Sawhney CBE, Ayub Khan Din and Sudha Bhuchar started their careers with Tara Theatre. As the longest running global majority led theatre, we are driving change within the UK theatre landscape, addressing the lack of diversity and representation and challenging our industry.
Tara Theatre is a contemporary and democratic space, a centre for a wide-ranging community of artists and audiences locally, nationally and internationally. We believe everyone we work with has an important and creative voice to be amplified, whether they are part of our local community, younger creatives, emerging talents or established professionals.
Our recent work has included a major international artist collaboration with the British Council, a powerful VR performance supported by The National Theatre’s Immersive Story Telling Studio and a co-production with the Donmar Warehouse. In 2024 we took our production on a major national tour visiting venues including Birmingham Rep, Leicester Curve and HOME, Manchester.
In 2024 we announced Natasha Kathi-Chandra as the next Artistic Director and Joint CEO of Tara Theatre https://taratheatre.com/news/natasha-kathi-chandra-announced-as-new-artistic-director-of-tara-theatre/
We are based in our beautiful theatre in Earlsfield, less than 10 minutes from Waterloo. The building was redeveloped in 2016 and houses a main auditorium, studio space, café-bar and garden and two floors of office space.
For more information about our work please visit www.taratheatre.com
For a full job description, download the recruitment pack below:
General Manager Recruitment Pack
Please fill in our Equal Opportunities form here.
DEADLINE: 12pm on Monday 4 November 2024
First interviews will take place on Friday 8 November
Second interviews will take place on Friday 15 November
HOW TO APPLY
Please send a current CV (including details of 2 referees) and covering letter (no more than 2 pages A4) outlining how your skills and experience match the person specification. Please also complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.
Email your completed application to Helen Jeffreys at recruitment@taratheatre.com
Please state General Manager in the subject line.
If you would like an informal, confidential conversation to discuss the role please get in touch via recruitment@taratheatre.com
ACCESS
If you would like to submit your application in a different format we would be happy to accommodate this, please contact frederick@taratheatre.com
We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills and stories to join us and influence and develop our working practice. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates from Global Majority backgrounds and candidates who self-identify as disabled and neurodiverse. All candidates who self-identify as disabled who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview. Tara Theatre is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.