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Calling all performers, puppet makers and visual artists
Erth encourages applications from people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQI+ and people with disabilities.
We are always excited to connect with experienced puppet makers and performers.
Please contact Erth for further details or with any queries on (02) 8378 4222 or info@erth.com.au
CURRENT VACANCY: EMERGING ARTIST PUPPETEER ROLE
We are presenting Erth’s Shark Dive at Laycock St Theatre this school holidays from 9 to 11 October 2026.
We are seeking emerging physical performers aged between 18 and 25 years old to join our team during the season. Training/rehearsals are from 7th-8th October with daytime performances on 9th-11th October at the Laycock St Theatre.
This is a paid professional engagement with on-the-job training provided.
We are looking for people who:
Are self-motivated
Follow instruction
Are team players
Have a genuine sense of curiosity and inquiry
Have a great level of fitness and/or body awareness
Have great stamina both physically and mentally
Have a good sense of humour.
What you need to know:
About Shark Dive:
Erth’s Shark Dive is an interactive theatrical experience that brings audiences up close and personal with the much-maligned predator of the sea. Groups of up to 25 people are taken through a darkened space to experience a shark dive without getting wet.
They are met by the show’s Host and given silent disco headphones for the duration of the experience.
They’re then led into a “decompression chamber” where they’re introduced to the world of the show, and given instructions. At which point they’re led into the darkened performance space and into a 2.5m x 2.5m shark cage.
There is a team of 5 puppeteers who populate the performance space with an array of smaller aquatic puppets (stingray, 2D bull and nurse sharks) before the hero puppet emerges - a 4.5m great white shark.
The group is then led into a separate “viewing chamber” to watch the next group in the cage through a scrim, while their headphones play an alternate soundscape. The whole experience lasts around 40 minutes per session. Sessions run every 15 minutes across a 3-hour window for a morning block of 10 sessions, with a break followed by an afternoon block of 10 more sessions, allowing up to 500 people through each day.
How to apply:
Applications are by Expression of Interest. Please provide the following:
· description of yourself; age, height etc along with your relevant skills/experience;
· a brief explanation as to why you think you’d be perfect for the gig, and;
· in a video, tell us about a physical achievement you are proud of, or tell us a joke!
Applications close Monday 21 September 2026.
Click below to email your interest.