Head of Stage
ATG Entertainment is proud to stand at the forefront of the live entertainment industry.
Our expertise and capabilities enable producers and other creatives to bring their visions to life and create unforgettable performances for audiences, presented in our landmark venues and delivered with exceptional hospitality. It is the passion of our teams, that cover every discipline across the live entertainment industry, that underpins our continuing strategic growth and success.
The Liverpool Empire Theatre is the largest two-tier theatre in the country, hosting the best in touring theatre productions including musicals, opera, ballet and comedy. This iconic venue plays a crucial role in the cultural offering of the Liverpool City Region and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025.
We are currently recruiting a Head of Stage!
Our Head of Stage will provide leadership on all day-to-day aspects of the stage infrastructure within the theatre relating to both the production and the building. Working closely with the Technical Manager, you will ensure there is an efficient, cost effective and robust maintenance plan in place, meeting all operational and compliance needs from a stage maintenance perspective. You will oversee casual stage crew and dressers, and alongside the Head of Lighting and Sound oversee the senior technicians and communicate closely with visiting productions & show management to ensure a smooth get in, fit up and get out. This role will involve regular evening and weekend work.
To be successful in this role you should have, significant prior experience in a technical theatre setting with a focus on stage, rigging and flying systems.alongside experience managing and leading a team of people, with demonstrable people management skills. Knowledge of health and safety regulations, including experience of LOLER & Working at Height and experience in leading on get ins, fit ups and get outs.
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People are at the heart of our success. We are passionate about bringing great live experiences to the widest possible audience; about giving the world’s best creative talent the stage it deserves; and about providing our people and partners with opportunities to realise their full potential.
We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means that we are taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role. Where we receive more applications than we are reasonably able to interview for any given role, we will retain applications for the next available interview opportunity wherever possible.
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We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to provide a stage for everyone. Onstage and off, we hold ourselves accountable for nurturing an inclusive culture. Find out more about us and our values at atg.co.uk and careers.atg.co.uk
DEADLINE: 15th September 2024
About ATG entertainment
Founded in 1992 in the UK, we’ve grown into the world’s number one live-theatre company today. We cover every discipline in the theatre industry, from operating venues to ticketing platforms and producing shows. We are passionate about great shows and our ambition is to help them find the largest possible audiences.
We operate some of the world’s most iconic venues.
We operate close to 50 venues across Britain, the US and Germany. Our portfolio includes historic West End theatres such as the Duke of York’s, Harold Pinter, Piccadilly, Savoy, the Apollo Victoria and the Lyceum, home to Wicked and The Lion King respectively. We also operate venues across the UK in major cities such as Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and many more. In the US, we run the oldest theatre on Broadway, the recently restored Hudson and we are home to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric. We also operate venues in Brooklyn, New Orleans, San Antonio, and since 2018, Boston. In Europe, we operate theatres in Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Bochum. We’re delighted that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has chosen one of our venues, the Theater Am Großmarkt in Hamburg, for its first ever non-English production, which opens in spring 2020.
We are the world leader in theatre ticketing.
ATG Tickets operates in the UK, US and Germany across three brands atgtickets.com, LOVEtheatre.com and Group Line. We run Britain’s most visited theatre ticketing sites, selling over 10 million tickets a year for hit musicals, acclaimed plays, concerts, comedy shows, attractions and exhibitions. Group Line is consistently voted “Best Ticketing Agency” by industry peers.
We produce award-winning shows.
We produce shows across the entertainment spectrum and are proud to have won many Olivier and Tony awards. Recent ATG productions in the UK include King Lear starring Ian McKellen; Hamlet starring Andrew Scott and Oslo, winner of the 2017 Tony award for Best Play. On Broadway, we recently presented Sunday in the Park with George starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the inaugural show for the re-opening of the Hudson theatre. Our European production arm, BB Promotions, recently won the “Promoter of the Year” award in recognition of recent accomplishments such as West Side Story, the stage adaptation of The Bodyguard and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
We partner with the world’s most renowned creative talent.
We work in close partnership with some of the world’s most revered producers, directors and performers. We frequently co-produce shows alongside the Lincoln Centre Theater in New York, the Chichester Festival Theatre, the Almeida, the National Theatre and of course, Sonia Friedman Productions, the acclaimed international producer of dozens of hit shows including The Book of Mormon, The Ferryman, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Dreamgirls, Jerusalem and critical favourites such as The Jungle, Inheritance and Ink.
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Company infoWebsitehttps://atg-productions.comTelephone01483545855LocationAlexander House
Church Path
Woking
GU21 6EJ
United Kingdom