
October Town Hall
We are pleased to announce that our next online Town Hall will be on Thursday 5th October at 4pm UK time. Chaired by Suzy Somerville, Director of Productions at Birmingham Rep, the main topic will be Diversity in Technical Theatre. This is a continuation of the discussion started in our

The PMF is Recruiting
We are looking to add a number of new members to the committee that is responsible for the general running and development of the PMF. All Committee Members give their services for free and fit their involvement with the PMF around other commitments and calls on their time. Due to

Three PMF Milestones
We are delighted to announce that our 1,200th member registered on the PMF website last week, and we have just posted our 700th Job Opportunity for Production and Technical Managers, and we have reached 1,000 followers on LinkedIn. These milestones epitomise what the PMF is about. Jill Robertshaw, Deputy Production


PMF Mentoring Scheme Relaunch
The PMF is excited to be relaunching its Mentoring Scheme as from Monday 24th July. The free scheme aims to support aspiring, early and mid-career Production and Technical Managers by pairing them with more experienced professionals for advice and help. Mentoring pairs then set up their agreement about how frequently

Diversity Forum – Video Available
The video of our Forum at the ABTT Theatre Show is now available. Many thanks again to TAIT for their sponsorship, and to Mark Dakin for chairing, and to the panel of Ben Arkell and Misha Mah.

Announcing Tomorrow’s Panel
We are delighted that Mark Dakin, Managing Director TAIT Neasden & Haverhill, UK, will be chairing the discussion on Diversity in Technical Theatre. We can now confirm that the panel will be made up of Production Managers Ben Arkell and Misha Mah The Forum will be at the ABTT Theatre Show

TAIT are sponsoring our Diversity Forum
We are delighted that TAIT have agreed to sponsor our forum on Diversity in Technical Theatre and that Mark Dakin, Managing Director TAIT Neasden & Haverhill, UK, will be chairing the panel. The Forum will be at the ABTT Theatre Show at 12.00 on Wednesday 7th June in the Londesborough

The PMF at the ABTT Theatre Show
Are you going to the ABTT Theatre Show? We are! We will be running a Seminar on Diversity in the Londesborough Room on Wednesday 7th at 12.00. In an era of skills and labour shortages, we will be discussing how to make technical theatre available to all. Please join us

The PMF Is Recruiting
The PMF is interested in working with a Development professional on a commission basis. The Fundraising and Income Coordinator would take responsibility for developing and running our income generating activities.

May Town Hall
We are pleased to announce the May Town Hall. This will be on Thursday 25th May from 16.00 GMT. As well as getting updates from the PMF membership, we will be talking about mentoring and our plans for re-launching our programme. Please join us on Zoom if you can, although

PMF AGM
Thanks to everyone who came to our AGM. We reviewed the work of the PMF over the last year and presented plans for the future to the membership. All registered PMF members can see the presentation here.

First Town Hall of 2023
Thanks to everyone who came to our first Town Hall of 2023. Chaired by our very own Mandy Ivory-Castile, we asked PMF members from around the world what they are looking for from the PMF in 2023 and beyond. We talked about opportunities to join the PMF Committee and had

Student and Young Members Associates
The PMF is looking to recruit more Student and Young Members Associates (SYMs) to our committee. SYM’s represent the interests of Students and Early Career Members of the PMF in all aspects of what we do. SYM’s are also vital in taking on Assistant Roles to help run different aspects

New Year Social
A Happy New Year to all our members! The PMF is kicking off the new year in style with a New Year Social in London. It will be on Thursday 19th January from 17.00 to 23.00 at The Spice of Life, which is just by the Palace Theatre

End of Year Catch Up
All our members should have received a summary of the PMF’s activities in 2022 by email.

Please support the PMF while you are Christmas Shopping online!
We want to ask you to help fund the PMF – and it’s not going to cost you a thing. The PMF has joined the free money raising site easyfundraising and we are asking you to sign up too (if you have not already done so).

Our Latest Town Hall
Thank you to everyone who came to our latest Town Hall. The video is now available.

ABTT Launches 2nd Guidance Note on Mental Health & Well-being
The Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) has launched Guidance Note W2: Mental health and well-being in the workplace – A practical guide to conducting Stress Risk Assessments and creating well-being policies.

The Dream Team Forum – Video now available
The video of our forum discussing the relationship between Production Managers and Designers is now available. Thanks to everyone who was part of our forum, and special thanks to our brilliant panel, to our sponsors J & C Joel, and to everyone at CAST Doncaster for making us feel so
Job Opportunities Record
We have posted a record TWELVE Production and Technical Management jobs this week, and there are currently 18 live on our website. 3 Heads of Production 2 Production Managers 2 Production Coordinators 1 Project Manager 1 Production Assistant 1 Technical Supervisor 5 Technical Managers 1 Deputy Technical Manager 1 Venue

J&C Joel Sponsor the Dream Team Forum
The PMF are pleased to announce that The Dream Team Forum will be sponsored by J&C Joel. As previously announced, this in-person and online forum will examine the relationship between Designers and Production Managers and will take place at CAST, Doncaster as well as over Zoom and Facebook Live on

TheatreCraft 2022
We are so excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at this year’s @TheatreCraft! Aged 16-30? Interested in backstage careers? Find us in the marketplace and join interactive workshops & panel talks throughout the day on 25 October 2022,@RoyalOperaHouse. Look out for our logo and green lanyards and come

September Town Hall Video
The video of our September Town Hall is now available. Many thanks to everyone who participated.