Technical Apprentice
Technical Apprentice
Fixed Term (18 months)
37 hours per week
£25,949.00 per annum
Application closing date 31 May 2026
Interview and practical assessment 3 July 2026 8am - 5.30pm
We are recruiting one full-time Technical Apprentice to join the technical team at the Marlowe Theatre.
Whilst working with our ambitious and creative technical team, you will develop a broad range of technical skills and knowledge. The successful candidate will complete the Level 3 Creative Industries Production Technician – Creative Venue Technician pathway. Learning will take place on-site in the theatre and online with our apprenticeship provider, Access Industry.
The apprentice will learn whilst working in the Marlowe’s technical team maintaining our own productions, as well as the high-profile tours that we receive. We are looking for someone who is outgoing and approachable, works collaboratively within a team, and is highly organised. You will also have a passion for theatre and be self-motivated to learn and to progress your own career and skills development.
Experience of working on productions in schools or amateur dramatics, as well as an understanding of Health and Safety, is desirable.
Applicants must have lived in the UK for at least three consecutive years prior to the start of the apprenticeship and must not be undertaking or enrolled in another funded qualification that would overlap with this programme. Applicants must be 16 years old or over by September 2026 and must not be in full‑time education. A Level 4 or above in GCSE Maths and English is preferable, but if you don't have those qualifications you will have to complete Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy as part of your apprenticeship. If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be required to complete a skill scan, and your contact details will be shared with Access Industry. Access Industry will contact you directly to complete the skills scan. This is a short conversation to confirm your eligibility for the apprenticeship. As part of the process, you may be asked to provide evidence of your Maths and English qualifications. Please note that without the completed skill scan, your application cannot be taken forward.
We want to work with someone who is enthusiastic about their work, solution-focused, and supportive of their colleagues.
This apprenticeship will commence in September 2026.
The Marlowe Theatre is an inclusive and disability confident employer. We value difference and recruit by merit based on fair and open competition. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique.
If you have a generic query about the role please contact recruitment@marlowetheatre.com
About Us
The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury is one of the UK’s most successful large-scale regional theatres (UK Theatre of the Year in the Stage Awards 2022). Our mission is to be the engine house for the performing arts in Kent, shaping the spirit of our region.
We bring West End musicals, national companies, a symphony orchestra season and high-profile tours to Kent audiences, in a year-round programme of theatre, dance, opera, music and comedy in our 1,200-seat Main House. This year we begin producing large-scale plays made in Kent and touring nationally. Our 150-seat Studio is dedicated to the development of new ideas, with a mix of R&D with resident and visiting companies, sharings and presented shows.
Our ground-breaking work with young people focuses on skills development and includes co-delivery of a UAL Level 3 Performing Arts course with East Kent Colleges Group; being the national home of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures’ Cygnet School and the RSC’s Associate Theatre in the South East. We launched our Writers’ Room, developing regional talent and supporting our producing aspirations. As the largest performing arts employer in the region, we are committed to developing the workforce of the future, providing apprenticeships and work experience opportunities for over 100 young people every year across all areas of theatre-making.
We are also fast outgrowing our spaces and developing major capital projects as a result, including turning the 800-year-old Poor Priests’ Hospital within the city walls into a Creative Learning Centre and free heritage destination, with support from Levelling Up and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are also looking towards the long-term development of our theatre building, increasing our technical and producing capacity.
Our investment in our loyalty strategy has ensured that we have consistently strong and engaged audiences for our varied programme. We’ve also received recognition from our industry, winning a Stage Award for our innovative approach to supporting the theatre sector and a Workforce Award from UK Theatre for our investment in our People Plan, ensuring our high calibre team are rewarded and supported.
We are a Creative Green organisation and are committed to taking action on climate change and environmental sustainability.