The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.
Manchester School of Theatre is recruiting Theatre Ushers for work across the academic year in the Grosvenor East Building. Ushers will be recruited to a 'pool' of students who will asked to work as and when there are performances during the 2026/2027 academic year.
Duties will include -
- Ensuring that the auditorium and Front of House area is clean and tidy.
- Welcoming and greeting members of the public in a polite and friendly manner.
- Collecting tickets for admission into the theatre.
- Ensuring entrances and pathways into the theatre are well lit and free from obstructions. Open and hold doors open for the audience to enter when the house is open.
- Answering questions regarding show and interval times and building navigation.
- Distributing programmes.
- Assisting patrons with access requirements as needed.
- Directing audience to their seats.
- Ensuring that food and drink is not taken into the theatre, that mobile phones are switched off, and that unauthorised photography of the production is not taken.
- Monitoring the audience and ensuring that safety rules are adhered to.
- Ensuring the auditorium is clear of any rubbish after performances, and retrieving and logging any lost property.
Ushers will be briefed by staff on the theatre running times including the length of the interval, and when the house will open. Ushers will be informed if there are any warnings for the audience such as smoking, flashing light, nudity, scenes of a sexual nature, use of firearms or weapons, or loud noises during the performance.
Ushers will be trained in emergency protocol and guiding members of the audience to the exits in the event of an evacuation. The ushers will know the exit route out of the theatre and the assembly point.