OPPORTUNITIES
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INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE ROLE
REPLAY AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE
THE ROLE
The Herd are looking for individuals with experience in making and fabricating to work on a part time freelance basis maintaining our play exhibition, REPLAY, at the Southbank Centre. REPLAY is an installation and experience for children aged 0-11 years and their families, made entirely out of reclaimed and recycled materials. Part adventure playground, part installation, REPLAY encourages children and grown ups to play side by side - building, making, imagining, dressing up, creating, designing, inventing and much more. REPLAY advocates the benefits of play and explores a sustainable approach to play.
REPLAY runs at the Southbank Centre from 22nd January - 1st June 2025.
The Installation Maintenance Role will visit the site 3 or 4 times a week on selected weeks, checking that all elements of the installation are in order and making any necessary repairs where possible.
We are looking for resourceful individuals with creative, positive, open outlooks who have an interest in sustainable practice. We’re interested in talking to people with experience in general making and/or people with specific skills in working with a range of materials, with a particular preference for those experienced in sewing.
DATES AND TIMES
Each working week you will visit the installation 3 or 4 times before 10:30am or after 5pm (outside of installation opening times) for an hour for each visit.
Weeks
W/C 10th February
W/C 17th February
W/C 24th February
W/C 17th March
W/C 24th March
W/C 14th April
W/C 21st April
W/C 28th April
W/C 5th May
If you are available for the majority of weeks, but not all, do still get in touch.
LOCATION
The Spirit Level, The Southbank Centre, Waterloo.
FEE
You will be expected to undertake 3 or 4 site visits a week, each approximately an hour long. You will be paid £50 for each visit.
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CONTRACT
This is a freelance contract, you will be responsible for your own tax and NI contributions.
APPLICATION
To apply for this role please send your CV and an expression of interest to sam@theherdtheatre.co.uk by Sunday 5th January 2025. Potential applicants will be invited for a conversation at the Southbank Centre on 17th January 2025.
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
The Herd Theatre is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief.
ABOUT THE HERD
The Herd brings children, young people and families together in playful spaces to share exceptional experiences. We play alongside children to create shows, installations and experiences that celebrate, interrogate and nurture the joy of childhood. We believe in the transformational power of family arts and create experiences that children and adults can share together. We recognise that some children and families face barriers to accessing the arts and we proactively explore ways of removing these barriers.
The Herd are associates at Back To Ours, Hull Libraries and Freedom Festival. We have previously delivered projects with Royal Exchange Manchester, National Theatre, Hull Truck Theatre, Northern Stage, Freedom Festival and many more.
@theherduk
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ABOUT SOUTHBANK CENTRE
We’re the largest arts centre in the UK and one of the nation's top visitor attractions, located in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. We seek out the world’s most exciting artists, from household names to fresh new talent, and give them space to showcase their best work. Through music, performance, art and events, we take you out of the everyday, every day.
The Southbank Centre is made up of Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Hayward Gallery, National Poetry Library and Arts Council Collection.
@southbankcentre