Lyra are looking for an experienced Technical Manager to collaborate with them in the delivery of their annual festival, Bright & Wild.

Bright & Wild is a festival with children and teens at its heart. It is a celebration of new work commissioned by and created in collaboration with Lyra’s Young Artists. Each year they present four new productions, as well as a programme of Q&A discussions and the all-important wrap party.

They are looking for a Technical Manager to lead on all technical and production requirements of the festival, bringing the shows and festival to life.

Fee
The Technical Manager will be paid an all-inclusive fee of £2992 based on 17 days of work at £176 per day.

Project Dates
The Technical Manager must be available for the following dates in 2025:

*Planning Meetings with Lead Artists (online)
At mutually agreed times w/c 3 & 10 March
*Production Meetings (online)
At mutually agreed times w/c 24 March, w/c 21 April, w/c 28 April, w/c 5 May, w/c 12 May
*Production Week (Get-in, Technical & Dress Rehearsals)
Tue 20 May – Sat 24 May 2025 (five days)
[Break for the Edinburgh International Children’s festival]
*Festival Week (Get-in, Final Dress Rehearsals, Performances & Get-Out)
Tue 3 June – Sun 8 June 2025 (six days)
w/c 9 June 2025 (1 day) returns and wrap-up

Ideally, they will also be available to attend:
*Work-in-progress studio sharings (in person)
Wed 26 & Thu 27 Feb 4.30-6pm, Fri 28 Feb 2.30-4pm, Sat 1 Mar 1.30-3pm (If unable to attend, these can be reviewed from video)

The Role
The Technical Manager will be responsible for realising all technical and production requirements of the Bright & Wild festival, collaborating with the festival Producer and Designer to bring the four festival commissions to life, as directed by the Lead Artists. They will lead and oversee a team of Stage Manager/Technicians.

As part of Lyra’s journey towards Net Zero they aim to deliver this festival at Theatre Green Book Basic standard. This will be the first time we have used the Theatre Green Book for Bright & Wild and they are all learning together on this with the aim of delivering a sustainable festival.

Find out more about role and person specification in the Job Pack which you can find here lyra.co.uk/workwithus.

For further information, please contact anna@lyra.co.uk (Anna Plasberg-Hill) or visit http://www.lyra.co.uk/workwithus.