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Getting started with theatre

The world of theatre contains a very wide range of careers aside from acting. (Image: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

Susan Elkin is the author of 'So You Want To Work In Theatre?’ – a guide for young people who want to work in the theatre world. She shared five pieces of advice about careers in theatre.

Getting into backstage work

Simon Lovelace founded CrewClass in an effort to provide greater access to backstage training.

Simon Lovelace, founder of technical crew training company Crewclass, has seven tips for finding backstage technical work.

Learning technical theatre

Theatre would be nothing without people working behind the scenes to bring it alive. Chichester Youth Theatre teaches young people the skills they need to work backstage.