Theatre Manager

Wetherby Pembridge is the latest demonstration of Inspired's commitment to providing the highest academic excellence, curriculum rigour, extensive premium co-curricular facilities, and the very best support in accessing the top universities in the world.

This exceptional co-educational senior school will open in Olympia, London in September 2025 and will enable students to gain access to Inspired’s global best practices in teaching and learning, as well as global exchange and summer camp programmes, providing students with even more opportunities to transform and broaden their horizons.

The school will build on the academic success and heritage of our Wetherby and Pembridge Hall Pre-Prep and Prep Schools. Wetherby Pembridge will provide a premium, academic senior school pathway for students who are looking for an academically excellent, London co-educational senior school.

The school will feature state-of-the-art learning environments with future-ready classrooms and labs, a library with an eight-floor glass atrium, professional-standard theatre facilities, STEAM Maker Spaces using the latest AI and VR technology, a vibrant Creative and Performing Arts programme and outstanding provision for sport both onsite and nearby.

The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for technical management and oversight of the School’s professional-standard theatre, as well as production management, Front of House and facilities management responsibilities, the precise details of which will be shaped by the qualifications and experience of the post holder.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Being responsible to the Director of Performing Arts for the daily running and oversight of the School’s Drama and Performing Arts spaces, including the theatre, drama studio and recital hall
• Overseeing the day-to-day scheduling of theatre spaces, ensuring that teaching, rehearsal and production needs are consistently met
• Working with the Director of Performing Arts to help ensure the provision of a comprehensive co-curricular offering from the Theatre, including possibly running student clubs and activities, and helping to foster a culture in which broad and regular co-curricular engagement is a routine aspect of student life
• Recruiting, training and managing a production crew of students, allocating teams for individual productions, and managing and reviewing their work
• Depending on the expertise and experience of the successful candidate, facilitating student clubs and activities as part of the School’s wider co-curricular programme
• Creating, implementing and overseeing detailed production schedules for each project
• Chairing regular production meetings in respect of individual productions
• Managing individual production budgets allocated by the Director of Performing Arts, keeping spreadsheets for relevant expenditure and creating reports by production
• Assisting the Director of Performing Arts with construction of the annual theatre budget
• Overseeing all aspects of health and safety in theatre performance, teaching and ancillary spaces
• Creating individual risk assessments for each production
• Ensuring that standing risk assessments are regularly reviewed and updated
• Ensuring the maintenance and safety of all working areas, implementing best practice across the department
• Making a significant contribution to production work in an area of individual technical specialism
• Playing a part in the staffing of shows during performances in a technical supervisory, fire steward or front-of-house capacity
• Liaising with other internal users of theatre spaces, ensuring technical requirements are met as appropriate
• As the School and its theatre grow, assisting with the recruitment, induction and line management of any additional theatre staff
• Leading on ensuring that the theatre is routinely an organised, tidy and inspiring learning environment
• Supporting the Director of Performing Arts, the Partnerships Lead and others as appropriate to develop and support Community Partnership opportunities

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• A high level of technical theatre skills, including rigging, focusing and programming lighting, use of microphones and Q Lab and, ideally, some set building
• Significant experience of working as a theatre technician or production manager, ideally acquired in a high-performing school environment
• Experience of strategic planning
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
• High levels of digital literacy
• The resilience, drive, strength of character and sense of both humour and perspective to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding and ambitious environment

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

SCHOOL APPLICATION FORM

Please download and complete the application form below. You will be asked to attach this document during the application process.