Career Pathways
Develop skills and find out if a creative career is for you. Opportunities include volunteering, work experience, placements and training.
Play Your Part
What part will you play?
Leeds Heritage Theatres is committed to having a team of staff and volunteers that represent the people of Leeds, and the future of our theatres.
We are developing career pathways to engage and inspire the next generation, and ensure routes into the industry (as it evolves), are accessible and inclusive. Scroll down for more information.
Work Experience
Our work experience opportunities are an excellent way for young people to gain an understanding of what it is to work in the theatre and the arts, and a professional environment.
- Aimed at secondary school students in Years 10-13
- Work experience placements last one week
- Applications are reviewed three times a year
- Students are based with our Learning team to support ongoing projects and can shadow different departments to gain a wider understanding of working in the arts
- Please note, as our theatres are receiving houses, we are not able to offer placements in costume, scenery, props and make-up departments
How to apply
We are currently reviewing our work experience programme. You are welcome to contact us but we cannot guarantee that we can offer a placement. Please keep checking our website for details of future opportunities.
If you are a teacher looking for career opportunities for your students, please look at our Teachers & Eductators pages or email learning@leedsheritagetheatres.com
“This placement has shown me numerous different jobs that I can definitely see myself doing in the future”
Work Experience Student
“The opportunity for our students to gain an experience of the ‘real world’ working environment is absolutely vital to them”
Head Teacher
Volunteering
Leeds Heritage Theatres could not operate without the help of our enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers.
Volunteering is a great way to meet people, experience something new, share your knowledge and passion, and develop additional skills. We are always looking at ways to make our volunteering experiences more accessible and have introduced recruitment days where you can have a look around our venues, meet the team and find out more. Scroll down for more information and check back for details about future recruitment days.
Attendant Volunteers
Help welcome audiences to The Varieties and Picture House, work alongside a fantastic team and share your love of theatre and film as Front of House Attendants.
Heritage Volunteers
Help us explore our heritage story and collate our archives so that we can share them with the public.
As the Picture House Project develops, we will be looking for more volunteers to join us in interpreting our collections.
Check back for more information in 2022.
Learning Volunteers
Gain valuable experience working alongside industry experts and support our weekly Youth Theatre sessions, encouraging participants to reach their creative potential.
Email volunteer@leedsheritagetheatres.com to express your interest.
Apprenticeships
Our apprenticeships are a fantastic paid, training opportunity to gain a recognised qualification and expand your skills and experience of working in the theatre and the arts. Aimed at people aged 18 years and above, our apprenticeship placements are offered for a minimum of one year.
Find out from Imogen what it’s like to train with us as a Cultural Learning & Participation Apprentice.
- Since 2011 we have supported eight apprentices, who have gained Level 2 & 3 qualifications in Community Arts Management, Cultural Heritage Venue Operations and Technical Theatre
- Apprentices develop their knowledge and passion for working in the arts by assisting and shadowing colleagues from different departments with projects, as well as working independently
- Vacancies will be advertised when available