Join our team at Sadler’s Wells as a Theatre Technician and help bring dance to life on our ambitious stage. You will be a flexible, practical person with excellent technical skills and experience in professional technical theatre work. You will be calm under pressure, a good problem solver and be able to work well as part of a team. You will be self-motivated and be confident in a wide range of technical theatre, sound and lighting skills. It will be useful if you had experience of media.

Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells East and The Peacock are receiving theatres with very varied seasons, including both artistic and commercial activities, and presents work in three venues: Sadler’s Wells Theatre (1,500 seats) and the Lilian Baylis Studio (180 seats), Sadler’s Wells East (550 seats), The Peacock (1,000 seats). This position is based at The Peacock Theatre in Holborn.

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of working with a variety of shows in an onstage capacity
• Experience of working with touring companies and / or venues
• Demonstrable knowledge of health and safety issues and safe working practice
• Knowledge, skills and experience to ‘intermediate’ level in lighting
• Knowledge, skills and experience in servicing and maintaining lighting equipment
• Knowledge, skills and experience of using ETC family consoles
• Knowledge, skills and experience to ‘standard’ level in sound
• Experience of supervising staff and of team leadership

Sadler’s Wells benefits include:

• Employee Assistance Programme, which includes counselling
• Complimentary tickets and discounts
• Enhanced holiday and time off in lieu
• Additional pay for parental and family leave, subject to eligibility
• Extended carers’ leave

We welcome all applications by 11:59pm GMT on 15 July 2025. Interviews will take place during week commencing 28 July 2025.

For more information, please go to the following link - Theatre Technician, Peacock Theatre Job Pack - July 2025.

We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and actively encourage applications from Black, Asian and those belonging to ethnic groups that are currently underrepresented within the Arts. Applications from d/Deaf and disabled communities and low socio-economic backgrounds are also welcome. As a user of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in the Job Pack. Sadler’s Wells also works collaboratively with Parents in Performing Arts (PiPA) in efforts to support parents and carers within the industry. You can also review our FAQs here.