Job Description

Untold has conceived and developed a new technical training programme offering young offenders the chance to rewrite their story backstage, within theatre and live events. Supported by Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Untold will deliver production workshops in Lighting, Sound, Video and Stage Craft, aimed at providing constructive and supportive training in-prison and employment opportunities on release at HMO Isis, young offenders institute.

Working closely with Second Stage, a charity created to develop partnerships between prison leavers and the live events industry, Untold are recruiting an experienced theatre/live events technician to work part-time at HMP Isis, running and maintaining a theatre space and delivering in-prison courses and liaising with the professional industry, outside of the prison service.

The Technical Manager will need a basic knowledge in lighting, sound, video and stage management to deliver the GSMD entry-level production training courses, preparing the men for employment opportunities upon release. You will have an awareness and ambition to include basic life and social skills into your teaching to benefit the men both during their training, and on release.

You will need a genuine passion and experience of live events and be looking to share that passion with a new potential workforce, made up of people who might have had limited opportunities and experiences in life. Working for Untold, but in close conjunction with the HMPPS and ‘through the gate’ support teams, and in-prison, the Education and Employment depts.

The duties of the Technical Manager will mostly be completed within a 3 day on site role at HMP/YOI Isis, a category C prison housing sentenced young male adults and young offenders under the age of 25. However, the role may necessitate working some evenings as and when events may be staged. Prisoners can request to attend the courses offered and are risk-assessed for their suitability. The delivery of the technical course will be planned, scheduled and executed in close consultation with the GSMD and the prison team, meaning the post-holder will be expected to input and report back on its viability on an ongoing basis.

The TM will also work closely with the ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) and the charity Second Stage to engage with the professional theatre industry on the potential recruitment of the prison-leavers. Supported by existing ‘through the gate’ networks, together with the team at Second Stage, you would support applicants through the application and interview process of recruitment into technical roles backstage in the live events industry.

This is a new and unique opportunity for the right candidate to be instrumental in creating and delivering theatre training to young offenders in prison.

Applications to be made in writing and emailed to
info@second-stage.org

Deadline: Thursday 2 April, 2026