Production Manager - (Regional & Touring)
Reporting to: Senior Production Manager
Position Type: Seasonal Fixed Term 40 Day Contract 24 August - 31 October 2026
0.6 FTE (24 August – 24 September 2026)
1.0 FTE (28 September – 30 October 2026)
Position Purpose
The Production Manager (Regional & Touring) is all about taking Melbourne Fringe on the road. You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end production delivery of our regional work, leading a week-long Fringe Encore mini festival in Ballarat in late Oct, working with venues, suppliers, production crew, and artists to bring bold work into theatres, civic buildings and unexpected outdoor spaces. It’s a hands-on production role that blends big-picture thinking with practical delivery, managing budgets, timelines and relationships to make sure the art lands brilliantly and the region feels it.
The position will commence as part-time and move to full-time in August, and the applicant will be required to work across Melbourne, Ballarat and remotely.
Melbourne Fringe democratises the arts. Our vision is cultural democracy – empowering anyone to realise their right to creative expression. We support the development and presentation of artworks by, with and for the people of Melbourne, running the annual Melbourne Fringe Festival, the year-round venue Fringe Common Rooms at Trades Hall, and a range of arts sector leadership programs.
We have evolved across our 41 years, beginning in 1982 as the Fringe Art Network. While we stay committed to our roots – a collaborative encouraging, representing and uniting artists of all disciplines – we have matured to become one of our state’s most significant arts organisations that supports the generation of new work, discovering artists and new ideas. We work year-round as educators, promoters, and creators. We are supporters, we are challengers, we rock the boat and we question the status quo.
