Head of Wardrobe (Lehman)

Discipline: NT Productions
Job type: Fixed Term
Salary: £850 per week, buy out. Overtime payment for worked bank holidays, and paid holiday.
Contact email: Recruitment@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Job ref: 001343
Published: over 2 years ago
Expiry date: 19 Sep 2022 12:00
Startdate: 2nd January 2023

We are looking for a Head of Wardrobe, working within the National Theatre Productions team, to join us in staging the Lehman Trilogy at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

 

The Lehman Trilogy is making its triumphant return to London, following an acclaimed season in Los Angeles and a highly lauded run on Broadway.

It won 5 Tony Awards®, including Best Play.

 

The successful candidate will have the following:

  • Extensive experience of maintenance wardrobe work and dressing actors on productions of different scale and type. Previous experience and responsibilities on ‘West End’ productions or in a similar professional environment is essential 

  • Excellent sewing skills and working knowledge of theatre costume 

  • To have a flexible approach and be proactive in supporting colleagues and Acting Company and form excellent working relationships. To be able to work calmly under pressure and clearly demonstrate an empathy with the pressures of the backstage performance environment. 

  • Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to lead and organise skilled theatre staff, including planning and the organisation of the department to provide the best possible Wardrobe support 

  • Ability to work under minimum supervision and adapt work in accordance with performance requirements 

  • A desire to work in and uphold an actively anti-racist and inclusive working environment.   

  • Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.        

 

If that sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

 

Please  download the job description here

 

The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Monday 19 September 2022, at 12 noon.

 

For further queries please email recruitment@nationaltheatre.org.uk.

 

We want our workforce to be representative of all sections of society and welcome applications from everyone

 

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our vacancies

 

HR Department 2022