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Theatre and event crew hire in London and across the UK

Stage crew, technicians and crew chiefs chosen for each job. We’ve been crewing theatres and live events since 2009.


Technical crew hire

Skilled stage crew, carpenters, crew chiefs and technicians for get-ins, fit-ups, show calls and get-outs, arriving with PPE, experience, tools and the right attitude as standard.

  • Theatre is our speciality

    Our crew know theatre inside out: how a get-in runs, how to look after a set and how to work alongside the venue team. We also crew arena shows, concerts, exhibitions, festivals, corporate events, TV and film.

  • Picked for the job

    Tell us about the work and we’ll pick the ideal team on skill, experience and attitude, fully briefed before they arrive. On more involved jobs they bring a full toolbox of Pirate tools.

  • A full quote up front

    Before the job we confirm every detail with you, along with a full, detailed quote with no hidden costs.

  • We stay on it

    On the day we keep track of the crew, and a crew chief leads the team on site and reports back. Afterwards we ask how it went, and your feedback shapes the team we send next time.

How the Pirate Service worksThe crew we supply

Just some of our valued clients

  • National Theatre
  • Royal Albert Hall
  • The Old Vic
  • Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Southbank Centre
  • English National Opera
  • Sonia Friedman Productions
  • Ambassador Theatre Group
  • Live Nation Entertainment
  • Eventim Apollo
  • Bristol Old Vic
  • BBC

Read what our clients say

Recent jobs

What the crew have been up to lately.

Backstage Bonanza: April’s Standout Projects

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April was a very full on, exciting month for pirate, with award shows, big projects and a lot of hard…

Smashing it! – A Clueless February

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We're only half way through the month, but February has already been a jam-packed month already for our stage techs,…
Pirate Event Crew Installing Scaff

Cracking on – Pirate Crew’s lead up to March

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The last two weeks of Feb have been a another busy for the Pirates, and there’s a lot to be…

wrapping up january 2025!

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January is always a busy month for our theatre crewing services, and we couldn’t make it through without the unfaltering…

“Pirate Crew seem to have reinvented crewing, I can now expect properly trained, keen theatre professionals whenever I book a crew.”

LEE BATTY, HEAD OF PRODUCTIONBILL KENWRIGHT

“The crew we get have a great understanding of the way in which our theatre works. The crew are helpful, professional and hardworking. Led well by the crew chiefs, who are always responsive to the needs of the production and communicate excellently with the venue team.”

JONNY PASCOE, HEAD OF TECHNICAL OPERATIONSBRIDGE THEATRE

“I was so impressed. All of the guys were punctual, helpful, friendly and hardworking. I knew that it was a bit of an ugly one as it was an awkward building with lots of stairs, but they all just mucked in and got on with it.”

HEATHER DOOLE, PRODUCTION MANAGERNATIONAL THEATRE

“I have found the crews punctual, skilled, hardworking, polite with the public where necessary and flexible when objectives and priorities change. Their crews are also notable for their safe working practices.”

SPENCER NEW, PRODUCTION MANAGER

“The Pirate Crew regulars we use are always quick to help, do their best to learn the location and team names to increase the efficiency of their work, and are nice to work with even at 6:45am!”

JESS RICHARDSON, PRODUCTION COORDINATORNT LIVE

“I used Pirate Crew for the load-in … into the Ambassadors Theatre and found them all to be multi-skilled, friendly and hard working. The load-in ran to schedule…”

JASON CULVERWELL, PRODUCTION MANAGERNATIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

Tell us about the job

Let us know how many crew you need, the skills they need, the venue and the dates, and we’ll put the perfect team together with a full, detailed quote.

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