Costume Supervisor
Job Title: Costume Supervisor
Line Manager: Head of Production
Responsible for: Costume Assistant, Makers
Fee: £6500-£7000
Contract dates: July-October 10th 2026
Closing Date: 10 July 2026
The Role:
The Costume Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the realisation, management, and day- to-day operation of all costume requirements for the production. Working closely with the Designer(s), Wardrobe team and wider production departments, the role ensures that costumes are delivered to the highest artistic and technical standards, are safe and fit for performance.
Please see full responsibilities and specifications in the attached job pack.
About English Touring Opera:
Since 1979, English Touring Opera has toured outstanding live productions and impactful education and community projects to more towns and cities than any other UK opera company. At the heart of our ethos is making exceptional artistic experiences available and accessible to everyone. We reach 40,000 people per year with full theatre-based productions, specially commissioned operas for infants, children, families and young people with special educational needs, a series of creative workshops for people living with dementia and their carers, opera- making workshops in secondary schools, and songwriting workshops in Alternative Provision settings designed to benefit young people’s mental health.
How to Apply:
If you would prefer to submit your cover letter or statement of interest in a non-written format, you are welcome to submit a video or voice recording (or a link to one). Submissions should be no longer than five minutes.
Please also fill in the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, which will be anonymised, stored separately from your application, and will not be considered as part of it.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact admin@etopera.org.uk.
We actively encourage applications from disabled people, working class people and people from global majority backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the cultural sector.