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SLTC/SLT Member 1977 - Present

Sound & Lighting on:

• Red Peppers (1981) (Main Stage)

Productions as Sound Recording/Operator

• Time and Time Again,(1978), (Main Stage)
• The Bacchae, (1978), (Main Stage) (operator only)
• The Ghost Train, (1978), (Main Stage)
• Plaza Suite, (1978), (Main Stage) (recording only)
• The Wizard of Oz, (1979), (Main Stage)
• Gimme Shelter, 1979, Main Stage (recording only)
• The Siege of Circa Castle and The Freedom Fighter (1979) (Prompt Corner)
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1979) (Main Stage) (recording only)
• Fanny's First Play, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• Five in Hand, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• The Price, 1979, Main Stage
• 3rd Year Acting Class workshop, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• An Inspector Calls, (1979), (Main Stage)
• Sing Brel, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• The Price, (1979), (Main Stage)
• The House of Bernarda Alba, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• 625 Horizontal Hold (1979) (Prompt Corner) with George Battrick
• Writers' Circle Workshop, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• House Arrest (1979) (Prompt Corner)
• Butley, 1979, Main Stage
• Breath of Spring, 1979, Main Stage
• Pippin, 1980, Main Stage (Live sound reinforcement design and operation)
• The Philanthropist, 1980, Main Stage
• Move Over Mrs Markham, (1980), (Main Stage)
• The Dumb Waiter, 1980, Prompt Corner
• Ball Boys, 1980, Prompt Corner
• The Queen and the Rebels (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Day After the Fair (1980) (Main Stage)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1980, Main Stage (assistant to sound engineer)
• Sing Brel, 1980, Main Stage
• Nice'N'Neat, 1980, Prompt Corner
• Platform 6, 1980, Prompt Corner
• Tom Jones (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Collector (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Typists (1981) (Main Stage)
• I Do! I Do! (1981) (Prompt Corner)
• Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi (1981) (Prompt Corner)
• A Voyage Round My Father (1981) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• The Bed Before Yesterday, 1981, Main Stage
• The Offshore Island (1981) (Bell Theatre)
• The Playboy of the Western World, 1981, Bell Theatre
• Gullible's Troubles (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• A Doll's House, 1982, Bell Theatre
• The Bespoke Overcoat, 1982, Bell Theatre
• Seaside Postcard, 1982, Bell Theatre
• Whose Life Is It Anyway?, 1982, Bell Theatre (Operating only)
• Slag, 1982, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Pinoccio, 1983, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Post Mortem, 1983, Bell Theatre
• Mutatis Mutandis, 1983, Bell Theatre
• Henry IV, 1983, Bell Theatre
• Writers' Circle Double Bill The Spinnach Eaters & And All Things Nice (1983) (Prompt Corner)
• Moby Dick, 1983, Bell Theatre (As part of technical team, which involved working on set and lighting as well)
• Double Bill of The Stronger & Dock Brief 1983 (Prompt Corner) (Recording only)
• Green Julia, 1983, Bell Theatre
• The Dresser, 1983, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Finian's Rainbow, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Sugar and Spice, (1984), (Prompt Corner)
• Skirmishes, 1984, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Hay Fever, 1984, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• The Owl and the Pussycat, 1984, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• The Prisoner Of Second Avenue, 1984, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Old Times, 1984, Prompt Corner (Recording only)
• Godspell, 1984, Bell Theatre (Live sound design & Operation + rehearsal track recording & playback)
• 'Arf 'n' 'Arf (1984) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist, (1984), (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Da (1985) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Kaleidoscope '85, 1985, Bell Theatre
• The Deep Blue Sea, 1985, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Coriolanus, 1986, Bell Theatre (Operating only)
• Passion Play, 1987, Bell Theatre
• 84 Charing Cross Road, 1988, Bell Theatre
• Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 1988, Bell Theatre (recording only)
• The Real Thing, 1988, Bell Theatre
• Double Bill Hello and Goodbye & At the Changing of the Year, 1989, Prompt Corner (Recording Only)
• The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery, 1989, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• The Maintenance Man, 1990, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Ladies In Retirement, 1992, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• The Anniversary, 1992, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• The Lady From The Sea, 1992, Bell Theatre
• The One-Sided Wall, 1992, Prompt Corner
• Filumena, 1993, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Our Town, 1993, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Chimera, 1993, Prompt Corner
• Salonika, 1993, Prompt Corner
• Shakespeare Country, 1993, Bell Theatre (Operator Only)
• Bury The Dead, 1993, Bell Theatre
• Steel Magnolias, 1994, Bell Theatre
• Pass the Butler, 1994, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• My Mother Said I Never Should, 1994, Bell Theatre
• On Golden Pond, 1994, Bell Theatre
• The Eyes Have It/I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon, 1994, Prompt Corner
• Just a Song at Twilight/Blue Remembered Hills, 1994, Prompt Corner (Recording only)
• Breaking The Code, 1994, Bell Theatre
• Sunburnt Ears The Full Story, 1994, Prompt Corner
• Talking Heads, 1994, Prompt Corner
• Jack and the Beanstalk. 1994, Bell Theatre
• One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 1995, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• An Evening With Gary Lineker, 1995, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Uncle Vanya, 1995, Bell Theatre
• Bad Day at Black Frog Creek, 1996, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Cabaret, 1996, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Portrait of a Woman, 1996, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Dancing at Lughnasa, 1996, Bell Theatre
• Daisy Pulls It Off, 1997, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1997, Bell Theatre
• The Killing Of Sister George, 1997, Bell Theatre
• Shadowlands, 1998, Bell Theatre
• The Nerd, 1998, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Belles, 1998, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Faith Healer, 1998, Bell Theatre
• Blithe Spirit, 1999, Bell Theatre
• Five Tellers Dancing In the Rain, 1999 Prompt Corner (Recording only)
• Chapter Two, 1999, Bell Theatre
• Kindertransport, 2001, Bell Theatre (Operating Only)
• New Directors' Showcase What Brutes Men Are & Daddy's Gone A'Huntin 2001 Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Twelfth Night, 2001, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Other People's Money (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Privates on Parade (2002) (Bell Theatre) (Operator and assistance on recording)
• Lettice and Lovage (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Playhouse Creatures, 2005, Prompt Corner
• Two Plays - Friel Meets Chekov, 2005, Prompt Corner
• Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman, 2006, Bell Theatre
• Anna In The Tropics, 2007, Bell Theatre
• The Parting Glass (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Dinner, 2008, Prompt Corner

Productions as Lighting Design/Operator

• The Dresser, 1983, Bell Theatre Operator only
• Finian's Rainbow, 1984 Bell Theatre Operator, last night only
• Hay Fever, 1984, Bell Theatre Design only
• The Owl and the Pussycat, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Animal Farm, 1984, Prompt Corner
• Equus, 1984, Bell Theatre Realisation and operator only
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Cowardy Custard, (1984), (Bell Theatre) Rope-Light operator
• Dames At Sea, 1985, Bell Theatre
• A Christmas Carol, 1985, Bell Theatre
• Charley's Aunt, 1986, Bell Theatre
• Masterpieces, 1987, Prompt Corner, Design only.
• What The Butler Saw, 1987, Bell Theatre Design & Rig only
• The Turn Of The Screw, 1990, Bell Theatre Design Only
• Ladies In Retirement, 1992, Bell Theatre
• Betrayal, 1993, Bell Theatre Co-design (with Gareth Barker) and operation.
• The Boy Friend, 1993, Bell Theatre Operator, one night only
• Salonika, 1993, Prompt Corner
• Confusions, 1994, Prompt Corner
• Breaking The Code, 1994, Bell Theatre
• Same Time Next Year, 1995, Bell Theatre Design & Rig Only.
• Groping For Words, 1998, Prompt Corner Design & Rig Only.
• Sweet Sorror, 1999, Bell Theatre Design & Rig only.
• Visiting Hour, (1999), (Bell Theatre)
• Marking Time, 1999, Bell Theatre Design & Rig only
• Up 'n' Under, 2000, Bell Theatre Design & Rig only
• Deckchairs, 2000, Bell Theatre Design & Rig only
• 'A Christmas Parcel' comprising: Pride at Southanger Park, Cinderella and The (12) Daze of Xmas 2000 (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• Murder At The Howard Johnson's 2001 (Prompt Corner) Design & Rig Only.
• Dealer's Choice 2001 (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig Only.
• New Directors' Showcase What Brutes Men Are & Daddy's Gone A'Huntin 2001 Bell Theatre Design & Rig only
• Latin, 2001, Prompt Corner, Design & Rig only
• The Memory of Water, (2001), (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• Stars in the Morning Sky (2001) (Prompt Corner) with Will Howard
• Two Gentlemen of Verona (2002) (Prompt Corner) Rigging help only
• Dinner, 2008, Prompt Corner, Operator and help rigging.

Productions as Rigging Assistant

• Rogers a Man on the Great White Way (1978) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Stage Manager

• Finian's Rainbow, 1984 Bell Theatre, except last night as had to operate operate lights.

Productions as Assistant Set Builder

• The Merchant of Venice, 1982, Bell Theatre
• An Italian Straw Hat (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Finian's Rainbow, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Hay Fever, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Robin Hood - The Truth Behind the Green Tights, (1985), (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Film/Slide Projectionist

• The Last Day Of November, 1983
• The Last Day Of November, (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• The One-Sided Wall, (1992), (Prompt Corner)
• The Parting Glass (2008) (Prompt Corner)

Technical Assistance on:

• The Children's Hour (1981) (Prompt Corner)

Interests

Real Ale, Home brewing and Winemaking, CAMRA (the campagne for Real Ale), Photography.

External Links

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