We are looking for an experienced Theatre Technician to join Tara Theatre as Senior Technician.
This is a part-time flexible role for 16 hours per week including some evenings and weekends. There will be the opportunity for additional hours paid on a pro-rata basis. The Senior Technician will act as Duty Technician for events and productions at Tara Theatre as well as taking on additional production roles.
The Senior Technician will oversee the production and technical needs of Tara Theatre. They will be responsible for planning and scheduling within the production department, managing and developing a team of freelance staff.
In liaison with the General Manager the Senior Technician will oversee building and theatre management, maintenance and day to day health and safety. They will lead on all aspects of health and safety relating to productions and events. They will work closely with creative and production teams on both in-house and received shows.
This role would suit an experienced Technician looking to move into their first senior role.
There will also be the opportunity for further work on events and productions at Tara Theatre and national and international tours, in a technical, design or production management capacity depending on the interests and experience of the appointed candidate.
About Tara Theatre
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:
Senior Technician Application Pack
Please fill in our Equal Opportunities form here.
DEADLINE: 12pm on Monday 27 January 2025
HOW TO APPLY
Please send a current CV (including details of 2 referees) and a covering letter 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 Senior Technician in the subject line.
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.
If you would like an informal, confidential conversation to discuss the opportunity please get in touch with Helen Jeffreys, Executive Director on helen@taratheatre.com