20 Stories High are looking for a Technical Stage Manager to work with them from the 4th September until 25th November on their upcoming tour, High Times and Dirty Monsters. As well as their research and development week on the 24th-28th April at the National Theatre Studio.
The Technical Stage Manager will work closely with the Production Manager to manage the technical
elements of the production.
Contract type: Freelance
Payment (see schedule and payments in the table below):
£550 per week plus holiday pay for Sept-November contract.
£600 for the research and development week (24th-28th April)
Travel, accommodation and daily allowances provided on tour where necessary.
Job Description
● Assisting with the get in and get out at each tour venue alongside the CSM
● Operating sound in the performance
● Live sound mixing
● Possibly set up and operation of AV
● Ensuring cast safety during rehearsals and on tour
● Ensuring the safe use and storage or set, props and technical equipment alongside the CSM
● Setting up the captioning machine where necessary on tour
● Liaising with the technical departments at each tour venue
● Creating the technical rider alongside the CSM
● Ensuring compliance with the show risk assessment
● Trouble shooting technical problems
● Contributing to the show evaluation
A full clean driving license and experience driving vans would be desirable.
Person Specification
Essential skills and experience
● A knowledge and/or interest in theatre
● Good leadership skills
● Good communication skills
● Experience using QLab
● Experience setting up and mixing live sound with a range of vocalists, eg singers, beatboxers.
● Experience touring theatre to venues
● An enthusiasm for working with culturally diverse, working class and Deaf, disabled and
neurodivergent audiences and communities
● Proven ability to plan workloads and effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities
Personal Qualities
● A good team player
● A problem solver
● A positive attitude
● Calm under pressure
● An organised individual
● Flexible and diplomatic
● An effective communicator
Access
20 Stories High are committed to meeting the access needs of everyone we work with. We will work
with the selected person to identify any access requirements they may have and address them in the
best way possible.
State of Mind
Over the past 4 years we have been developing our State of Mind programme which is about
Wellbeing in everything we do. This means prioritising the mental health and wellbeing of our
participants, audiences, staff team, freelancers and creatives in making an accessible, inclusive
space.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Activism
It is important to us that the lived experience of our team accurately and fairly represents our
participants, audiences and communities we serve. We strongly believe in having a diverse team, and
we specifically welcome applications from candidates from the following groups, which we believe are
underrepresented in our workforce and in the wider cultural sector:
● People of African or Caribbean, South Asian, East or Southeast Asian, or mixed heritage, or
other people of the Global Majority*
● Deaf and/or disabled candidates
● Neuro-divergent candidates
● Candidates from working-class backgrounds
● LGBTQIA+ candidates
* This includes but is not exclusive to people of Middle Eastern, Arab, Latinx, Jewish, Romany and
Irish Traveller heritage.
Contact
If you are interested and available for the above dates, please get in contact with Natasha Patel
(Associate Producer) on natasha@20storieshigh.org.uk with your CV. We will be in touch with suitable
candidates to arrange an informal meeting.
Please do let them know if you would like to receive this information in a different format or have any
questions: natasha@20storieshigh.org.uk