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The Point welcomes applications for work experience placements and each year offers between six and eight opportunities.  

 

Doing your work experience placement at The Point

Priority is given to pupils from Eastleigh borough schools and colleges. The work experience programme is carefully managed to ensure that the student receives a quality experience and has the opportunity to sample a range of the venue’s work and/or to specialise in an area in which they have expressed an interest.

 

How old do I have to be to do my work experience at The Point?

Work experience placements are offered to year 10 students and above (14 + years).

 

What if I have special needs?

The Point welcomes applications from all students and if you have any special needs we will work as a team to support you during your placement with us. The Point’s building is fully accessible for wheelchair users.

 

Why do I want to come to The Point?

Before you apply for a work experience placement at The Point consider these things:

 

-   Am I seriously considering a career in the

    arts or do I just like the idea of hanging

    out in a theatre for a week or two?

-   Do I actually know what The Point does?

    Have I looked at its web site and even

    seen any shows there?

-   Am I prepared for the long days and the

    evenings and weekends that are  

    sometimes required?

-   Is it OK for me that there will be lots of  

    basic tasks as well as more exciting

    opportunities during my placement?

-   Do I want to do a placement which

    involves a lot of team working and contact

    with the public rather than working quietly

    by myself?

 

At the bottom of this page some of our 2009 work experience students have written about their time with us – this may be helpful in deciding whether The Point is the right placement for you.

 

When can I do my work experience?

This ensures that work experience placements get a true experience of working in a busy presenting theatre opportunities are only offered during periods when The Point programme is active.  

 

In general these are:

 

From mid-September to Christmas

From February to the Easter break

From after the Easter break to mid-June

 

Placements are offered for a minimum of one week and maximum of two and students may be required to do some evenings and weekends during their placement.

 

What will I get to do?

We encourage students to get an all-round experience of the theatre and so you will spend time in each department:

 

Marketing & audience development

Box office

Front of house (ushering for shows)

Technical & operations (backstage)

Young people’s theatre

Arts development team (including the weekly classes programme)

Resident companies

 

If you have a specific career interest (such as marketing, stage management, or lighting design for example) we can create a work experience programme specially for you.

 

What won’t I get to do?

The Point is a presenting theatre (shows come to us as part of national or international tours) rather than a producing one (we don’t have a company of actors or dancers which rehearses here full-time) so you won’t get to perform, make costumes and sets or teach any classes.

 

How do I apply?

Write personally to The Point’s director Gregory Nash telling him:

 

-   Where you are at school or college and

    what dates you would like to come

-   Why you would like to do your work

    experience at The Point

-   What your plans and ambitions are for

    further/higher education and your

    professional career

-   What you hope to get out of your work 

    experience placement

-   What skills, qualities and interests you can

    bring to The Point

-   Whether you would like to a general

    placement (spending time in each

    department) or a specialist one (for

    example in the marketing department or

    on the technical team).

 

Other than in exceptional circumstances applications written by parents or teachers on behalf of students are not accepted.

 

What happens next?

We get a large number of applications each year and so we shortlist applicants based on:

 

-   The quality of the letter of application

-   How clear and enthusiastic you are about

    your interests, skills and ambitions and

    what you want to get from the placement

-   Whether we can accommodate you on the

    dates you have requested.

 

Shortlisted applicants are then invited in for a short interview with the director Gregory Nash or arts programme administrator Liz Wolton and placements offered accordingly. Parents or carers are welcome to accompany the student to the interview but are requested not to take part in it.

 

Where possible the student meets with the director or a senior staff member both at the commencement and on completion of the placement.

 

During your placement we will ask you and your parent’s permission to take a photograph for this page of our web site and ask you to do a short report to accompany it.

 

Who has been on work experience in 2009?

 

 

      Joseph

                 

 

I have spent many evenings at The Point but never imagined that I would spend a whole two weeks there on work experience. During placement I have experienced a variety of educational, beneficial and amazing opportunities - from hanging up a large curtain over the auditorium by myself (but supervised!) to being creative in the Mosaic dance class. The Point staff that I worked with set a positive atmosphere which gave me new confidence in working with adults, created many learning opportunities and allowed me to try out new skills. I learnt about the different sides of The Point, not just the performance side but the marketing, technical and educational side opening up insights in to new future career opportunities. Whether it was learning how to book people’s tickets, having fun with my co-workers or working alone, The Point Theatre strengthened my confidence. I hope future work experience students have an awesome time just like me. 

Joseph Warne - Wyvern School

 

   
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