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SalaryInterested in learning about how arts festivals are run and working on this year's event?
Ensemble Festival 2024 takes place from July 20-21 in the heart of the Royal Docks bringing an explosive mix of circus, theatre, live music, dance, and outdoor performance.The festival is produced by Certain Blacks, an arts development organisation based in East London. The company supports the work of diverse artists from many different cultural, socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, life experiences and life choices and is supported by The Royal Docks.
Role: Festival Assistant
Dates: July 18th (training session 11am-4pm) & July 20th-21st (Festival days)
Shifts: The festival takes place over two days - July 20th & 21st - from 12pm-8pm. Shifts will be 5.5 hours on each day (staggered from 9am-9pm), ideally consisting of one opening shift and one closing shift and will be paid at the London Living Wage rate of £13.15 per hour.
The training session will take place between 11am-4pm on Thursday July 18th in the Royal Docks with a free lunch provided.
Training topics will include:
- the key roles that make a festival work
- this year's Ensemble Festival & specific running information related to the programme
- how to support artists at an outdoor festival & how to deal with the public
- the importance of audience data collection for future evaluation
