Introduction to Stage Management

Our Introduction to Stage Management course runs online and at the National Theatre, on London’s South Bank. It offers an in-depth and free introduction to the art of stage management, led by our in-house teams.

On this course you’ll have the chance to go backstage at the National Theatre, work with our stage managers and try out the huge variety of jobs they undertake.

This course is open to those aged 16+.

Applications are currently closed.

The Stage Management course is a hybrid course that introduces participants to the role of the stage manager. Sessions will include:

• The role of the stage manager during every stage of the production process
• How to get ready for rehearsals, including marking up the set and preparing the props
• Managing rehearsals, including production and creative team meetings
• Running the show, including management of the company, team, set and crew
• What a Deputy Stage Manager does
• Observing a technical run of a National Theatre production

The National Theatre is committed to diversity and access. Therefore, we concentrate our recruitment on people from groups underrepresented in stage management including:

• young people from the global majority;
• young people from working class backgrounds;
• and d/Deaf, neurodivergent and disabled young people.

Simon Stephens
Head of Skills Centre

Carmel Macaree
Project Manager, Skills Centre

Katherine Corner
Administrator, Skills Centre

You can contact the Skills team on skillscentre@nationaltheatre.org.uk.