Assistant Production Manager
Lyric theatre

Productions

• To assist the Production Management team with the planning and delivery of the theatre’s in-house production programme;

• To provide production management support for the Creative Learning programme under the supervision of the Production Manager and Head of Production;

• To liaise with directors, designers, and other members of production teams to ensure that key deadlines are met and help ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget;

• To ensure that all departments are kept informed of the requirements of the artistic team;

• To compile and distribute schedules, plans, and other necessary information as directed by the Production Management team;

• To work with the Scenic Construction team to plan and schedule the scenic build at the Lyric Scenic Workshop;

• To attend the fit-up, technical rehearsals, dress rehearsals, and first performance as required, ensuring that all technical notes arising from them are passed on and acted upon.

Health & Safety

• To undertake assigned training within the organisations Health and Safety training portal;

• To comply with all relevant legislation including the promotion of a health and safety culture within the production team;

• To be active in the continued development and delivery of a safe and healthy workplace including the development of safe and efficient systems of working;

• To keep abreast of current developments in health and safety;

• To remain current with industry best practices;

• To comply with all relevant legislation and to champion the promotion of a health and safety culture within the organisation.

Other

• To always observe the strictest confidentiality

• To comply with the theatre’s policies and practices on health and safety, and equal opportunities

• To attend staff meetings and department meetings as required

• To work for the benefit of the whole organisation

• Any other duties that may reasonably be required.

About the Organisation

The Lyric Theatre enjoys a special place within Northern Ireland’s artistic landscape. As a prolific production house, the Lyric is the beating cultural heart of Northern Ireland – inspiring and entertaining audiences with both new and established plays and helping to launch the careers of some of our most famous actors, directors, and playwrights. 

The Lyric is a playhouse for all. We are a shared civic space for artists and audiences alike; a creative hub for theatre-making, nurturing talent and promoting the critical role of the arts in society.

As Northern Ireland’s only full-time producing theatre, each year we produce 9 or 10 full-scale productions, 2 of which run concurrently at Christmas. We also receive visiting work from touring companies. We stage some 400 performances each year and are the largest employer of theatre practitioners in Northern Ireland. Our modern theatre opened in 2011 and consists of the 390-seat main stage and the 124- seat flexible Naughton Studio. In recent years, the theatre won 4 Irish Theatre Awards, was voted NI’s most welcoming theatre, staged co-productions with the Abbey Theatre, Soho Theatre and the Dublin Theatre Festival and toured to New York, London, Glasgow, and Dublin. In 2022, we won Best Play Revival for Translations with Abbey Theatre at the UK Theatre Awards, in addition to our Creative Learning department winning Excellence in Arts Education. In 2023 we won Theatre of the Year at The Stage Awards, and Business Contribution to the LGBTQIA+ Community at the GNI Mag Awards.

There are two group companies. Lyric Theatre NI (The parent company) is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity and is also the owner and operator of the theatre and the primary recipient of grant funding. Lyric Players Theatre Productions Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lyric Theatre NI and is responsible for producing professional theatre productions and the operation of food and beverage operations within the theatre. The combined turnover of the two companies is in excess of £4.5million and employ more than 100 employees. For more information on the Lyric Theatre, visit www.lyrictheatre.co.uk.