Non-Profit & Industry-Led
LIVE EVENTS ARE BOOMING
THE WORKFORCE ISN'T
As shows get larger, brighter and more spectacular, the specialist crews who make them happen are getting scarcer. EntPathways is a non-profit, industry-led initiative that shows new entrants what the work really involves — the roles, the disciplines, and the honest, useful ways in.
Live sessions at ENTECH 2027 · Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne
Non-Profit & Industry-Led
REAL JOBS.
REAL ANSWERS. REAL PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK.
EntPathways is a non-profit, industry-led program at ENTECH, Australia's leading entertainment technology show. Across two theatres, working professionals run straight-talking sessions on what a career in live production actually looks like — and how you get into it.
No sales pitch. No fluff. Just the people who do the job, telling you how they got there and what they'd tell their younger selves.
- The craft — Live sound, audio, lighting, video, staging and emerging tech: the jobs, and the openings.
- The reality — Lifestyle, freelancing, and the ways in: volunteering, amateur theatre, traineeships, crewing.
- The business — Money, PAYG, super, tax, GST, ABN, FEE-HELP and HECS, explained in plain English.
WHAT DO YOU
ACTUALLY WANT TO DO?
Front-of-house engineer. Lighting programmer. Vision switcher. Rigger. Show electrician. Stage manager. Live production runs on dozens of specialist roles — and every one of them has a way in.
We've laid out the major jobs across audio, lighting, vision, staging and production — what each one is, how you get in, and what to learn first.
Non-Profit & Industry-Led