community
theatre work



for Company, Production, Technical & Stage Management & Book experience for a variety of community-based productions, including village halls, community centres, schools & parks in addition to venue-based work.



Company Stage Manager, MAC Midlands Arts Centre, February - April 2005 
Responsible for stage managing City Child, a community musical. Duties included being on the book,  liaison between theatre departments,  crewing, care of the community performers, overseeing of  rehearsals and technical week


Stage Manager, MAC Midlands Arts Centre, February - April 2002 
Responsible for stage managing King  a community musical. Duties included being on the book,  liaison between theatre departments,  crewing, care of the community performers, overseeing of  rehearsals and technical week


Production Manager, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company at Bicester Garrison, April-July 2001
Production Manager for A Plan to Build,  site-specific theatre-in-education project for 9-12 year olds. Responsible for technical and production budget, technical staff, sourcing of all technical requirements, supervision of contractors, health and safety on site, propping and furnishing of production, supervision of fit-up, and get-out,  LX & sound operation, petty cash, technical liaison with lighting designe, composer and designer, prop and set maintenance, and overall site management. (>> see also Plan to Build in depth)
 

 

Company Stage Manager, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company, November 2000
Production Manager and Lighting Designer for Tales of the Arabian Nights, one-night-stand tour of local community and small-scale theatre & non-theatre venues. Responsible for lighting design, technical and production budget, propping and furnishing of production, supervision of initial fit-ups, and get-outs, and pre-tour technical liaison with venues,

Technical Stage Manager, Salisbury Playhouse for Wiltshire County Youth Theatre , May 2000 the Grimm Tales company for Wiltshire County Youth Theatre
Grimm Tales open-air production TechnicalStage Manager of residential youth theatre course for 14-21 year-olds, presenting an open-air production of Grimm Tales  in the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral.  Responsible for supervision of LX design & rig,  propping and furnishing of production, supervision of fit-ups, and get-outs,  LX & sound operation, petty cash, technical liaison with venue, prop and set maintenance, and driving of set.(>> see also Grimm Tales in depth) 

Company Stage Manager, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company , August 1999 - May 2000
Company Stage Manager and Lighting Designer of He Said She Said,Hunchback of Notre Dame & Rehearsing Brief Encounter,  one-night-stand tours of local community and small-scale theatre & non-theatre venues. Responsible for lighting design, recording of soundtrack, propping and furnishing of production, supervision of fit-ups, and get-outs,  LX & sound operation, petty cash, technical liaison with venues, prop and set maintenance, and driving of set.

Company Stage Manager, Birmingham Rep. Community Tour, September - November 1997
Stage Manager of one-night-stand community tour of The Road to Hell to local theatre & non-theatre venues. Responsible for supervision of fit-ups, and get-outs, petty cash, technical liaison with venues, prop and set maintenance, FoH & press liaison, and driving of set. (See also Repertory Experience.)

Stage Manager, Birmingham Rep. Community Tour, February - March 1997
Stage Manager of one-night-stand community tour of Bonded to local theatre & non-theatre venues.  Responsible for supervision of fit-ups, and get-outs, petty cash, technical liaison with venues, prop and set maintenance, FoH & press liaison, and driving of set.(>> see also Bonded in depth and Repertory Experience.)