Stage Casuals

Casual rates @ £16.89 per hour with uplift for additional responsibilities.

Shift patterns around rehearsal and performance schedule.

Starting ASAP.

Based in Covent Garden, London.

The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

What do we do? Our Technical, Production and Costume Department plays a leading part in ensuring our performances are of the highest quality by delivering technical excellence for every performance, rehearsal, and event. As we enter a busy period, with end of season Opera/Ballet performances, staff travelling for the Royal Ballet Tour and a summer of live events to deliver, we require the support of a small pool of casual technicians to meet operational peaks and deliver performances, rehearsals, and events.

Technical casuals are required to work effectively as part of a team, participating in all necessary technical work for a production from stores/workshops to rehearsal room, to stage rehearsal and performance, and return to stores, ensuring that all assigned activities associated are carried out to the highest possible standard of safety, efficiency and quality.

What are we looking for? Ideally, we are looking for individuals with:

• A good level of stage bias technical experience in large scale theatre.
• A broad range of stage bias technical skills and understanding of the requirements of other technical teams and departments.
• A strong commitment to safe working practices including CDM2015.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills, self-motivated to acquire new skills and knowledge within technical theatre.

To apply, please send your CV directly to Mark Loader, Deputy Head of Stage, on mark.loader@roh.org.uk. Please do not try to apply via the online system – only CVs received via email as instructed will be considered.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK’s leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do. We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK. We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means that we are actively working to ensure that candidates with disabilities and long‑term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will endeavour to offer an interview to candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential criteria for the role, though sometimes due to the volume of qualified candidates with declarations this is not possible.

The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices. Due to our safeguarding promise, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check before commencing employment with us, which will be indicated in the advertising.

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm, Tuesday 9th June 2026. To ensure a fair process, late applications will not be considered under any circumstances. Please note, due to the immediate need for additional casuals, we will be assessing applications on a rolling basis as and when they are received. We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive enough interest. Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK.