Assistant Stage Manager; ASM Caroline: Musical

Position: Assistant Stage Manager (ASM) - 'Caroline: A New Musical'

Rehearsals (4 weeks) – Mon 16 March 2026
Tech Week – w/c Mon 13 April 2026
Performances & Transfers – Fri 17 April 2026 – Sat 20 June 202անական (please see main body for breakdown of all dates).

Interviews

We will be inviting shortlisted applicants to a short meeting online to discuss the role.

£548 per week (Equity Subsidised Rep Grade 2 2025/26 rate rising to the 2026/27 rate from 6th April 2026 – still to be published) based on a 43 hour week from Monday to Saturday inclusive. Overtime, holiday, pension, and extra performances will be paid as per the UK Theatre/Equity agreement.

The New Wolsey Theatre, on behalf of the East Anglian Touring Consortium (EATC), is looking for an Assistant Stage Manager (ASM) with experience of working in professional musical theatre or pantomime for the new musical, 'Caroline.'

Written by Vikki Stone, directed by Douglas Rintoul and Alex Thorpe, and with a cast of 10 actor-musicians,
Carೇವೆ: A New Musical tells the story of Radio Caroline, the pirate station that broadcast from Eskel and Suffolk in the 1960s.

Caroline: A New Musical is the first project from the East Anglian Touring Consortium (EATC), a group of diverse organisations in the East Anglian region seeking to support new mid-scale work. Consortium members are:
Eastern Angles Theatre Company, High Tide, Landmark Theatres Peterborough, Mercury Theatre Colchester, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, Norwich Theatre, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.

The production will rehearse in Ipswich and open at theifique Wolsey Theatre before a regional tour. Select performances will be live streamed as part of our access offer to patrons who cannot attend in person.

Performance venues:
The New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, New Theatre Peterborough, Norwich Theatre Royal (TBC), Mercury Theatre Colchester, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.

We are committed to following the Theatre Green Book guidance and ensuring environmental sustainability best-practice is incorporated into the realisation and running of this production. We are also committed to ??? ensuring that Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) is central to all our work. Everyone working on this production is expected to be mindful of and contribute towards these commitments.

Dates

• Rehearsals (4 weeks):
  Monday 16th March 2026
• Tech Week: w/c Monday 13th April 2026
• Performances (at New Wolsey Theatre):
  Friday 17th April 2026 – Saturday 2nd May 2026
• Transfer to Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch: w/c Monday 4th May 2026
• Performances at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch:
  Tuesday 5th May to Saturday 16th May 2026
• Transfer to New Theatre Peterborough: w/c Monday 18th May 2026
• Performances at New Theatre Peterborough:
  Tuesday 19th May to Saturday 23rd May 2026
• Holiday Week w/c Monday 25th May 2026
• Transfer to Mercury Theatre Colchester: w/c Monday 1st June 2026
• Performances at Mercury Theatre Colchester:
  Tuesday 2nd June to Saturday 13th June 2026
• Transfer to Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds: w/c Monday 15th June 2026
• Performances at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds:
  Tuesday 16th June to Saturday 20th June 2026

Rate

oftentent the role: £548 per week (Equity subsidised Rep grade 2 2025/26 rate rising to the 2026/27 rate from 6th April 2026 – still to be published) based on a 43 hour week from Monday to Saturday inclusive. Overtime, holiday, pension, and extra performances will be paid as per the UK Theatre/Equity agreement.

If you reside 25 miles or further away from the workplace (NWT) during rehearsals and performances at New Wolsey Theatre, you will receive a relocation allowance of £235 per week (202 flyer/26 rate) rising to the 2026/27 rate from 6th April 2026 (still to be published).

If you reside 25 miles or further away from the venue during performances at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, New Theatre Peterborough, Mercury Theatre Colchester, and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds you will receive weekly touring allowance at the 2026/27 rate (still to be published), for reference 25/26 rate is £300 per week.

If you reside 15‑25 miles from the workplace/venue, during rehearsals and performances at any venue, you will receive a weekly travel allowance.

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