Theatre Programme Manager (maternity cover)

Job Summary

If you’re looking for the next step in your career in the theatre, arts, or charity sector, Stagetext are looking for someone passionate about theatre and deaf access, to be our new Theatre Programme Manager (1 year maternity cover starting mid July 2025).

Job Description

Stagetext are a national charity advocating for and providing access to the arts for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences.

This a full time, hybrid role working a minimum of three days at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester, and two days from home. We are ideally looking for someone with lived experience of deafness, and great links to deaf organisations or cultural venues in London and across the UK. You will work to deliver Stagetext’s vision to expand captioning.

The maternity cover for the Theatre Programme Manager role will focus on delivering theatre captioning services nationally and will support our advocacy work, including Captioning Awareness Week and Deaf Awareness Week.

Working with the Senior Management Team (SMT), you will also have the opportunity to work with touring companies to bring accessibility into the creative process. You will work with a variety of softwares and will be able to provide technical support for theatres and captioners.

This is a one-year maternity cover, starting mid-July 2025 to July 2026. The salary is £28,000 p.a. plus 6% employer pension and 25 days annual leave. We are a small, friendly, deaf-led team who love what we do. Fancy joining us? If you wish to find out more information, please contact the CEO, [email protected].

The deadline for applications is midnight Sunday 25 May 2025. Interviews will be held week commencing 2nd June 2025. Apply via our website: https://www.stagetext.org/working-for-stagetext/