Offstage employees are as important to the performing arts industry, as the performers on stage. And yet as one independent report has said (link below), these employees are not given the support they need for a good career.
As I suspected, the access to the arts industry is a problem, through voluntary work and unpaid internships. There needs to be a proper career path to becoming a producer, technician or other offstage professional.
To overcome most of the challenges, I think there need to be more technical apprenticeships, and open networking into the arts sector, through more groups like ours. There also needs to be more in house training, to allow people to develop within the industry.
And then there's the issue of pay. I think this can only be solved by a Living Wage for all offstage professionals industry-wide.
We need to remember, that the offstage production is as important for the arts, as performance itself.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2017/offstage-report-demands-urgent-skills-overhaul-exclusive-antiquated-sector/
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