Vacancies
CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Adam Kenwright will retire as Chair of the Donmar Warehouse Board in December 2024 after four exceptional years. During his tenure, he led the theatre through significant changes including the appointment of new Artistic Director, Tim Sheader, in 2023. Adam successfully guided the organisation through its post-covid recovery and delivery of a sustainable, robust new business model; the theatre has gone from strength to strength both financially and creatively, with highly successful shows cementing the theatre’s position at the forefront of the UK theatre industry.
The Donmar are now seeking an outstanding candidate to build on this impressive legacy. The new Chair will work in partnership with the Artistic Director and Executive Director, supporting the setting and realisation of the Donmar's strategic, artistic and financial objectives. They will be crucial in shaping the theatre’s identity as an independent charity focused on quality and accessibility, appealing to diverse audiences, and producing exceptional work.
The Donmar's Chair of Trustees is responsible for guiding the theatre’s overall strategic direction, supporting the Chief Executives to deliver the charity’s mission and ensuring sound governance.
The Donmar Warehouse is partnering with Nurole, the leading board-level search specialist, to find a new Chair. You can find out more and apply here. To arrange an informal conversation or in case of any other queries, please contact joshua.dernie@nurole.com
ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER
We are seeking an Assistant Set Designer to work on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. This person will have the opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into, a professional production process and develop their skills and artistic voice, by assisting the designer to realise the set design for a Donmar production.
This person will have the desire to pursue a career in set design and is of a background underrepresented at the Donmar and the wider theatre industry. We define this as artists who experience barriers to work and training due to ethnicity, gender, low economic background and/or identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodiverse.
CATALYST is our career development programme continuing our commitment to equity in access to theatre jobs. This role is an opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into a professional production process and further develop your skills and artistic voice.
Terms: Fixed Term - Up to 25 days across the production process. Salary: £129 per day
Application Deadline: Monday 23 September 2024. Interviews will take place on Monday 7 October 2024.
Please apply through the Breathe portal here. If you have any queries or need the job description in an alternative format, please emails jobs@donmarwarehouse.com
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER
We are seeking an Assistant Choreographer to work on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 . This person will have the opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into, a professional production process and develop their skills and artistic voice by assisting the choreographer to realise the choreography for a Donmar production.
This person will the desire to pursue a career in choreography and is of a background underrepresented at the Donmar and the wider theatre industry. We define this as artists who experience barriers to work and training due to ethnicity, gender, low economic background and/or identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodiverse.
CATALYST is our career development programme continuing our commitment to equity in access to theatre jobs. This role is an opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into a professional production process and further develop your skills and artistic voice.
Terms: Fixed Term - Up to 25 days across the production process. Salary: £129 per day
Application Deadline: Thursday 26 September 2024. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 8 October 2024.
Please apply through the Breathe portal here. If you have any queries or need the job description in an alternative format, please emails jobs@donmarwarehouse.com
ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER
We are seeking an Assistant Sound Designer to work on NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. This person will have the opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into, a professional production process and develop their skills and artistic voice, by assisting the sound designer to realise the sound design for a Donmar production.
This person will have the desire to pursue a career in sound design and is of a background underrepresented at the Donmar and the wider theatre industry. We define this as artists who experience barriers to work and training due to ethnicity, gender, low economic background and/or identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodiverse.
CATALYST is our career development programme continuing our commitment to equity in access to theatre jobs. This role is an opportunity to contribute to, and gain insight into a professional production process and further develop your skills and artistic voice.
Terms: Fixed Term - Up to 25 days across the production process. Salary: £129 per day
Application Deadline: Tuesday 1 October 2024. Interviews will take place on Thursday 10 October 2024.
Please apply through the Breathe portal here. If you have any queries or need the job description in an alternative format, please email jobs@donmarwarehouse.com
PARTICIPATION TRAINEE
We are seeking a Participation Trainee to work across all of our participation projects, support our administration and operations teams, and work closely with schools, community organisations and freelance theatre-makers.
As participation trainee, you will have the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge of the theatre industry through working as part of the team that delivers the Donmar’s schools and community work.Donmar Warehouse will support you in developing your personal professional development plan during the role, offer external mentoring and networking opportunities, and support with mentorship beyond the 12-month post.
CATALYST supports the development of talent both on and offstage which is underrepresented both at the Donmar and in the wider industry. Through this talent development programme, the organisation creates bespoke experiences for roles/individuals within the organisation, welcoming a range of voices and skills to the Donmar.
This opportunity is only open to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, who are under-represented in the industry and workforce.
The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.
TERMS: Fixed Term, 12 Months. SALARY: £25,643.
Appliation Deadline: Sunday 29th September at 11.59pm.
Please apply through the Creative Access site here. If you have any queries or need the job description in an alternative format, please emails jobs@donmarwarehouse.com
Customer Service Assistant
We are looking for Customer Service Assistants who will create a welcoming and safe environment for all visitors to the Donmar Warehouse. You will have experience of offering the highest levels of service to customers – ideally both to members and the general public - in person, by telephone and by email.
Terms: Permanent Fixed Hours Contract, 60, 80 or 120 hours a month
Working hours: £13.15 per hour (London Living Wage)
Application Deadline: Wednesday 2nd October, 10am
Interview Date: Wednesday 9th October
Please apply through the Breathe portal here. If you have any queries or need the job description in an alternative format, please email jobs@donmarwarehouse.com
General information
If you would like these details in an alternative format to support access needs, please kindly email jobs@donmarwarehouse.com
Please note that feedback will only be provided for candidates taken through to the interview stage.
We believe that representation matters; diversity of identity, of perspective, of lived experience enriches our work and our lives. We recognise that the Donmar and the wider theatre industry is not representative of contemporary society in terms of workforce, artists and audience. We particularly encourage applications from those who are currently under-represented both at the Donmar and more widely in the industry, and specifically from D/deaf or disabled, or neurodivergent applicants and applicants who experience barriers and inequity due to ethnicity, gender identity and/or socio-economic background.
Where application numbers allow, all disabled candidates who demonstrate that they meet the minimum criteria will be invited for an interview*
*Please note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as high-volume we may limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
In these circumstances we will select the disabled candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria as we would do for non-disabled applicants.
We are an active member of PIPA and a Disability Confident employer.
