A day or two shadowing a Head of Department: a show plot, a maintenance session, a get-in. Free, and you watch and learn; you're never asked to do the job. Anything that's work comes as a paid call.
Hosts see your tech CV when you apply. Make yours first.
Build my tech CVExample Head of Lighting · A West End musical, West End
1 day · Wed 7 Jan, Wed 14 Jan · meet 09:30 · 18+
The programmer and the associate plotting a new cast's states on the desk, then the focus call after. Bring questions for the break.
Bring: Blacks, a notebook. No open-toed shoes.
Example Head of Automation · A long-running musical, West End
2 days · Fri 9 Jan, Sat 10 Jan · meet 10:00 · 18+
Weekly checks on the winches, the deck tracks and the flying, and how a show stays safe. You watch from where we put you.
Bring: Steel toe caps, blacks, a head torch if you have one.
Example Head of Wardrobe · A touring production, Manchester
1 day · Date agreed with you · meet 17:45
A full show on a dresser's track: the presets, the quick changes and the laundry after. We'll agree the night with you.
Bring: Blacks, soft shoes.