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Come and join the team at Polka! We welcome people who are excited about delivering our Mission for children, and bringing our Values to everything we do – you can read more on our About Us page. Polka is an Equal Opportunities and Living Wage employer. Read on for details of current vacancies.

Theatre Technician – Deadline: Tuesday 22 July 9am

This is the role for you if

  • Want to champion the work of a specialist and unique national theatre for children.
  • Love working in a venue or theatre but would prefer mainly daytime hours.
  • Are practical and hands-on

This is a full-time permanent job, normal working days Wednesday – Sunday inclusive, normally daytime hours. This is a hands-on role within our technical department. You will be the primary Duty Technician supporting the day-to-day running of the technical side of our shows, plus delivering technical aspects of our productions and facilitating visiting companies and events. 

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Your local theatre needs you!  

Come and join the team in our beautiful, newly refurbished children’s theatre. 

  • The roles are all casual and mainly daytime hours. 
  • They are all paid London Living Wage or higher plus benefits. 

Casual Technicans

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    We’re looking for casual technicians to join our team, working according to the needs of the theatre’s performance schedule and private hires. You must have experience working in a technical department and ideally a full, clean driving license.

    To apply

    Please send your CV, short cover letter (or short video or audio file telling us about yourself) and privacy notice, to [email protected]. 

    Please also complete the Equality Monitoring Form here. 

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