Technical stage manager
Creative and Cultural Skills and Equity, two key theatre industry bodies, say:
Stage management teams are responsible for every aspect of stage productions, including ensuring that everything, including props, scenery, and furniture; and everyone, including actors and technical staff, is in the right place, at the right time. Subsidised repertory companies and in-house producing theatres usually employ a core resource team comprising of stage manager (SM), deputy stage manager (DSM), and assistant stage manager (ASM), and hire in additional team members as required.
Touring companies and larger theatres usually use freelance stage management. Receiving theatres normally have a resident technical stage manager. Stage management personnel may also be involved in school or college productions, or in trade and conference work.
