Volunteer Roles

Our Volunteering Roles

Front of House

A Front of House Volunteer provides a warm welcome and a safe environment to ensure our audiences enjoy their experience. You will join a friendly diverse team and receive full training and guidance.
Backstage

We have opportunities for volunteers to support us Backstage during the Christmas Productions which run from November to January. You will need to get in touch by October at the latest to be considered for this role.
Set Painting

If you have artistic skills, you can sign up for our set painting weekend which takes place in October – playing an important role in getting the set ready for the Christmas show. If you are interested in this role, please get in touch by the end of September.
Helping in the Office

Volunteers provide us with Administrative Support within a range of departments – Human Resources, Theatre Management, Membership, Marketing, Archiving let us know if you have basic IT skills and we will try to match your skills to available roles.
Costume Department

You don’t need to be a super at sewing to join our Costume Department, an interest in Costumes is ideal. Currently we are looking for Volunteers to support the team during the Christmas Production, you will need basic sewing skills and be able to reassure and help out our Cast Members if there is a costume emergency.

"I really enjoyed volunteering Backstage and in FOH. Everyone I met in both areas was lovely and I found it a great privilege to be involved."

Robert Goodwin, Backstage Volunteer and Front of House Volunteer

For nearly 50 years, Chickenshed has had the support of a dedicated team of volunteers sharing their time and talent across the theatre.

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