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Job Description / Duties

Do you like pie? Are you game for a summer adventure? Interested in making memories and being part of Canadian Theatre history?

The Blyth Festival is currently seeking a candidate to join the seasonal House Technician team for the 2024 summer season. The contract will start May 13, 2024 and conclude September 15, 2024. The work of this position will take place both indoors and outdoors. If you’re available for all, or most, of the above-listed timeframe, we want to hear from you!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The responsibilities include but are not necessarily limited to those normally associated with a similar position in other professional Canadian theatre companies. They include assisting with technical aspects of the Blyth Festival season including:
• day to day use and maintenance of sound, lighting & video equipment and tools
• working with the Technical Director to manage inventory for the season
• assisting with work at the outdoor Harvest Stage and Blyth Memorial Hall, as well as in Blyth Festival’s other production spaces as it relates to site preparations, load-ins, fit-ups, changeovers, lighting hangs and focus sessions for all productions in the season
• participating in technical rehearsals, previews, changeovers
• operate lighting and/or audio consoles during the shows
• load outs and daily set up and strike of gear at the Harvest Stage and cleanup and general activities in the theatre as needed and/or assigned by Technical Director

Qualifications / Required Skills

REQUIRED SKILLS:
• Background and training in lighting and audio
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Strong team player
• Valid G Driver’s Licence an asset
• Working at Heights
• Comfort working on ladders (A-frame and extension)
• Working knowledge of QLAB, as well as ETC Eos, Digico S21, A&H SQ5, Dante
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.

Additional Information

The Blyth Festival is a little something extra special.
The Blyth Centre for the Arts (including Blyth Festival) was founded in 1975 to produce theatre that reflects the culture and concerns of the people of southwestern Ontario and beyond. In 1975, few scripts that fit the Festival's mandate were being written so we jumped into the creation of new work. At that time, the festival was the only summer theatre producing original Canadian plays, and one of the very few, if not the only "500-seat" theatre in Canada producing Canadian plays exclusively.
Today, located in a village of 1000 in rural Huron County, the Blyth Centre for the Arts is a year-round centre of cultural activity for southwestern Ontario. Every summer up to 100 artists, artisans, production crew and support staff come together in Blyth to make theatrical magic happen. It is a community like no other. See where we’ve been and where we’re headed: www.blythfestival.com

Salary: $1050/wk +4% vacation pay

Contact Information

HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, send a cover letter and resume to careers@blythfestival.com. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please include in the subject line: House Technician

Blyth Festival thanks all applicants but will respond only to those selected for an interview.

Employer Profile

In 2024, the Blyth Festival celebrates 50 years of producing original, Canadian theatre. We will celebrate our 50th Anniversary with a repertory season of six Canadian plays (5 world premieres, and 1 classic - with a twist).
Blyth Festival productions take place in two venues in the village of Blyth, Ontario:
Blyth Memorial Hall, a municipally owned 379-seat indoor theatre, and the Harvest Stage – a permanent, purpose-built outdoor theatre, seating 348 people, surrounded by trees and playing to audiences under the Huron County skies.
The Festival’s other facilities include two rehearsal halls, ample backstage space for repertory changeovers, and a dedicated production shop building with carpentry, props, paint and wardrobe workshops.