Technical Taster Workshop
Come and learn first-hand from the award winning technical staff what it takes to work backstage on a Wise Children production.
What’s included*:
- A backstage tour of North by Northwest
- Learning to show call a section of the show with the Deputy Stage Manager
- Learning to mix a section of the show with the Sound department
- Setting props with the Assistant Stage Manager and Stage Manager
We encourage all participants to attend North by Northwest, either before or after the tech taster, to get the most out of the day.
Recruitment:
We’re looking for people at the start of their career. You don’t need experience in mixing or show calling, but you do need some experience backstage. You’ll be over the age of 18, will have had some training or some work backstage (including youth, community, or amateur productions) and you’ll be looking to take your next step into the theatre industry. We want to hear from emerging Stage Managers, Wardrobe, Sound, Lighting and AV Technicians, with an interest in touring.
At Wise Children we actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills, and stories to join us and influence our work. We know that people who are D/deaf disabled or neurodiverse, from the global majority and / or from a lower socio-economic background are under-represented in the theatre industry. Therefore, if you identify as having one or multiple of these protected characteristics, we are particularly interested in meeting you.
Please note as Wise Children offers this workshop around the country, preference will be given to local people. We consider our taster as being an ideal way to connect with budding technical theatre specialists that we wouldn’t normally get the opportunity to meet.
*Subject to change
