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Front of House-Job Description
The role of the front of house team is to make the experience of the public
watching the event as enjoyable as possible.
In theatre it is there job to run the day to day management of the venue.
Normally there is one front of house manager who will employ the rest of the
team, who will then take orders from them during the production whatever it
maybe. The responsibilities of the teams are firstly to create a welcoming
environment for the public and volunteers, to ensure the safety and security of
the public during performance time and to make sure all public is on premises
at all time, ordering and dealing with the merchandise that is sold at the
theatre. Making sure all food and drink sold on the premises is up the correct
standard of the box offices and tickets sales.
A lot of the front of house teams work is ran in the Lobby. The Lobby is the
room in the theatre which is used for public entry into the building. Ticket
counters, coat check and toilets are all located in, or just off the Lobby. In a
large theatre, a facilities manager may also to make sure that the physical
building, along with the heating, ventilation, and utilities, are well maintained
and fully operational. This all comes under the front of house umbrella. It is not
uncommon for the front of house team to help in other sections of the theatre
where assistances are needed. For example if the dresser team have lots to but
little people to help, one of the fronts of house team may need may need to
step in and assist in the job. The average rate of pay is £21,000 per year but
could be as low as £16,000 or as high as 26,000.

It is the assistances job to take orders off the roles above them in the higher
archery.

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Front of house

  • 1. Front of House-Job Description The role of the front of house team is to make the experience of the public watching the event as enjoyable as possible. In theatre it is there job to run the day to day management of the venue. Normally there is one front of house manager who will employ the rest of the team, who will then take orders from them during the production whatever it maybe. The responsibilities of the teams are firstly to create a welcoming environment for the public and volunteers, to ensure the safety and security of the public during performance time and to make sure all public is on premises at all time, ordering and dealing with the merchandise that is sold at the theatre. Making sure all food and drink sold on the premises is up the correct standard of the box offices and tickets sales.
  • 2. A lot of the front of house teams work is ran in the Lobby. The Lobby is the room in the theatre which is used for public entry into the building. Ticket counters, coat check and toilets are all located in, or just off the Lobby. In a large theatre, a facilities manager may also to make sure that the physical building, along with the heating, ventilation, and utilities, are well maintained and fully operational. This all comes under the front of house umbrella. It is not uncommon for the front of house team to help in other sections of the theatre where assistances are needed. For example if the dresser team have lots to but little people to help, one of the fronts of house team may need may need to step in and assist in the job. The average rate of pay is £21,000 per year but could be as low as £16,000 or as high as 26,000. It is the assistances job to take orders off the roles above them in the higher archery.