University Tech and Theatre Society Directory

If you enjoy going on deep dives of what other unis have, this page is for you! With all our equivalents at other universities (that I've come across at least, I'm sure there are many more).

Stage Technicians' Association (STA) (Bristol)

STA are the people behind the curtain of Bristol's performing arts, whose members design, construct and run productions throughout the year. Their main venues are the Winston and Pegg Theatres, but they also support events in other Bristol theatres and locations such as the Anson Rooms, Loco Klub, and the SU Welcome Fair on the Downs.

Bedlam Theatre (Edinburgh)

Like the new theatre in Nottingham, Edinburgh's Bedlam Theatre is a student-run theatre, based in a church. Their website holds an archive of shows like Nottingham's, only going back to 1871! They also have an incredible wiki.

Imperial DramSoc

At Imperial, the tech society is half of the drama society, but they also do tech on a very big scale (including the Imperial Grad Ball), with alumni often sticking around to help with big events. It's a bit like all of the DC and Tech Crew combined into one society and made bigger. They have what I'm told is an excellent wiki (featuring a page on a nuclear reactor), but unfortunately its all being a login gate.

Like many other drama societies, they have their own space in the Imperial Union Concert Hall, which they share with Imperial Cinema.

Loughborough Stage

Somehow functions as a society with 100+ members and only 3 committee members strong. They put on 3 shows each term and cover all areas of theatre including Performance, Directing, Technical, Stage Management, and Backstage.

Nottingham New Theatre

England's only student-run theatre, the Nottingham New Theatre has an 86-seat main theatre and two 30-seat studios is currently closed for "refurbishment" with no date for reopening. Currently, they are based in a temporary performance space in the Portland (SU) Building. They have a fantastic history site, with records of shows going back to 1950. Every summer, they run Student Fringe Festival (StuFF) for student and professional theatre makers to showcase their work.

TEC PA & Lighting (Nottingham)

Also at the University of Nottingham, TEC seem to have a lot of cool equipment, running tech for the Uni's grad ball and doing a lot more external hires for companies around Nottingham. Members get £15.25 for crew food at or after events. They also have a moose as their mascot, which is fun.

Oxford University Technical Theatre Society

Helps put on shows at five different venues across the city and covers all backstage and prod team departments. Their website still seems to be a work in progress, however they do have some useful resources outllines department expectations. They have a hires store where they keep lighting and sound equipment, props, set pieces, and costume to rent to Oxford student productions. To hire from them, you can either visit the store during it's opening hours or book appointments through their website.

Manchester Universities Technical Theatre Society

MUTTS was founded in 2013 and provides technical support and equipment hire for societies and organisations around Manchester, working in the SU Theatre/Theatre Lounge and storing all equipment in a storage facility known as The Arch. They meet every Tuesday and have frequent trainings and socials, and also seem to stock a lot of equipment including intelligent lighting, truss, steel deck and power distro (and a lot of flight cases!). Whilst they have a wiki, most of this is only available to members.

Technical Services Committee (TEC) (Sheffield)

TSC is a Working Committee of the Sheffield Students' Union, run by students and supported by staff in its Technical Services department. They seem to run weekly training sessions on Wednesday and have a lot of cool equipment and software, including a dLive sound desk, Avolights lighting desks and Resolume Arena.

Ents Crew (St Andrew's)

Ents Crew are technically not a society, but a direct part of St Andrew's Students' Union. This means they perform both the role of doing SU tech (like Warwick SU Tech Services), but also random tech for student events like we do. They have an excellent page of lore on their wiki.

UCL Stage Crew

Collaborates with UCL societies to put on 13 large shows in the Bloomsbury Theatre throughout the year, with an average of one smaller show per week in the Studio, other smaller performance spaces around UCL and in local Camden theatres

UEA Drama and Musical Theatre Society

UEA has a singular drama society that covers all aspects of theatre - acting, directing, tech, writing, performing, singing, dancing and more. They put on main stage productiuons, an annual `Spotlights’ Festival, workshops, PANTS (Performance and New Theatre Showcase) and more. They have access to a white box drama studio which is home to the Drama degree programmes, student-run productions and receives professional touring theatre, comedy and musical performances, and live literature events.

York DramaSoc

York's drama society have up to 48 shows a year, in their very own "Drama Barn" space. Their website doesn't exist at the time of writing but there's the "Barn Bible" in their linktree which explains how they work, kind of like this wiki!

York TechSoc

Probably the society that's closest in what we do. AdamRMS was originally written for them, and we totally didn't steal the idea for a Docusaurus based website from them either (as well as the idea of hires assistants)! They have a whole drama studio with dressing rooms and storage to themselves on the York campus, which is very cool. Their building got mothballed :(