Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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TECHNICAL THEATRE AND STAGE MANAGEMENT
2001 STUDENT  PROFILES
Graduated July 2002

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2000 Graduates
2001 Graduates
PRODUCTION RECORD
Chris Barham
Technical Stage Manager Warehouse Theatre, Croydon (contract until Feb 3rd)
Sound Operator "TheTree"
Production Electrician - "The Beau Defeated" - Gielgud Theatre
DSM - "Napoli Milionaria" - GBS Theatre
Production Electrician - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
ASM -"Playboy of the Western World" - GBS Theatre
Work placements - Lighting Dept Royal Court Theatre / Orbital Sound
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/Lx board op "Shy Man at the Palace" - G.B.S./ Props Department/ crew "La Ronde" - G.B.S./ Scenic Painting/ Set Construction & Lighting Crew. 
Rachel Barkataki
DSM "Don Carlos" - Stowe Opera
DSM - "The Tempest" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Stage Manager - "Napoli Milionaria" - GBS Theatre
Wardrobe Assistant - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Work Placement - Almeida Theatre - Stage Management Dept.
DSM - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
*Props Department/Set Construction & Lighting crew/Stage crew on "Shaviana"(Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre/Scenic Painting / Crew "Portia Coughlan" - Gielgud Theatre/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/Lx Board Op - "La Ronde" - G.B.
Set Construction/Crew ""The Storm"- Vanbrugh Theatre / Wardrobe Assistant 
Victoria Brennan
Sound Operator "Napoli Milionaria" - GBS Theatre
Secondment - Props Department English National Opera Company
Sound Operator "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Wardrobe Assistant - "Guys & Dolls" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Props Assistant - "Innocent as Charged"
*Props Department/Set construction & Lighting crew/Stage crew On "The Clandestine Marriage" - G.B.S / Scenic Painting / Crew "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre/Set construction/ Assistant Electrician - "La Ronde" G.B.S/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/. Lighting Operator "The Storm" Vanbrugh Theatre / Wardrobe Assistant 
Graeme Brown
ASM Octogan Theatre, Bolton (until June 2003)
ASM Southwark Playhouse
ASM - "Ulysses" - Gielgud Theatre
Stage Manager - "The Beau Defeated"
ASM - "Sirens" - Gielgud Theatre
Stage Manager - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Sound Operator - "Whale Music" - Gielgud Theatre
DSM - "Innocent as Charged" - Vanbrugh Theatre
*Set Construction/Scenic Painting/ Props Department/ Crew "Hobson's Choice" -Vanbrugh Theatre/ Set construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Board op - "Splendour" - Gielgud Theatre/ Set Construction / Wardrobe Assistant/ A.V.Operator. 
Aaron Chrysler 
Stage Manager / Lx Op "Awake" Black Box Theatre Co. Union Theatre (Oct 2002)
Stage Manager Man in the Moon Theatre
Design Assistant - "The Tempest" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Assistant Scenic Carpenter - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
DSM - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Production Electrician - "Playboy of the Western World" - GBS Theatre
DSM - "The Rimers of Eldritch"- G.B.S.Theatre
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/Lx Operator "Great Catherine" - G.B.S./ Props department/Stage crew On "Shaviana" (Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre/ Set Construction/ Crew "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre/Wardrobe Assistant / Scenic Painting/ Set Construction & Lighting crew 
Lisa Cooke
DSM Lyric Theatre, Belfast
ASM Almeida Theatre
DSM Lyric Theatre, Belfast
ASM Almeida Theatre
Work placement -Almeida Theatre, Stage Management Dept
ASM - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
DSM - "Guys & Dolls" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Sound Operator - "Innocent as Charged" - Vanbrugh Theatre
*Scenic Painting/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Set Construction & Lighting Crew/ Lx board op "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre/ Props Department/ crew "The Dream" - G.B.S./ Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction & Lighting Crew 
Kayo Furuta 
Sound Operator - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
ASM - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Stage Manager - "Playboy of the Western World" - GBS Theatre
ASM - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Scenic Painting/ Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ crew "Midsummer Night's Dream" Vanbrugh Theatre / Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lighting Operator "The Pains of  Youth" G.B.S. Theatre / Props Dept. 
James Glanville
Technical Manager Gate Theatre, Notting Hill
ASM - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Work Placement - Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch - SM dept
Stage Manager - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
*Props Department/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/Follow Spot Operator on "Shaviana" (Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre/ Set Construction & Lighting Crew/ Lighting Board Op "Shy Man at the Palace" - G.B.S./ Scenic Painting / crew "La Ronde" - G.B.S./ Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction & Lighting Crew 
Torquil Home
ASM Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Stage Manager - "Ulysses" - Gielgud Theatre
ASM - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
DSM -"Playboy of the Western World" - GBS Theatre
Work Placement with "Imagination" trade show company, doing 4 European trade launches.
*Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction/Stage Crew on "Shaviana"(Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre/Scenic Painting/ Crew "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre/ Set construction / Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lighting Operator "Attempts on her Life" G.B.S./ Props 
Department 
Tom James
Sound Technician Cold Play Arena Tour (UK and Europe) - Sept - Oct 2002
DSM - "Ulysses" - Gielgud Theatre
Sound Operator - "Prize Fights"
Sound Operator - "Guys & Dolls "- Vanbrugh Theatre
Production Electrician - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
*Scenic Painting/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Board Operator "The Clandestine Marriage" - G.B.S./Set Construction & Lighting Crew/ Crew "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre/ Wardrobe Assistant / Props Department /Crew (Flys) "The Storm" - Vanbrugh Theatre / Set Construction
Daniel Jenkins
Gwin D Jenkins
ASM "Taboo" - West End musical
Assistant Production Manager - "Napoli Milionaria" - GBS Theatre
DSM - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Stage Manager / DSM in performance- "Whale Music" - Gielgud Theatre
ASM - "Innocent as Charged" - Vanbrugh Theatre
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Props Department/Stage Crew on "Shaviana"(Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre / Wardrobe Assistant / Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Board Op - "Splendour" -Gielgud Theatre / Set construction & lighting crew/ crew "The Storm"-Vanbrugh Theatre/Scenic Painting 
Jay Johnstone
Technical Assistant Chipping Norton Theatre
Casual crew New Ambassadors Theatre (July 2002)
Work placement - Fountain Television - Lighting Dept, Peacock Theatre - Technical Theatre work placement
Production Electrician - "The Rimers of Eldritch" - G.B.S. Theatre
*Scenic Painting / Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Wardrobe Assistant / Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Board Op "Midsummer Night's Dream" - Vanbrugh Th.
Set construction & Lighting crew/ Crew (Flys) "The Storm" - Vanbrugh Theatre / Props Department 
Maria Myunghee Lee
Work Placement - Royal Ballet Company - Stage Management Dept.
ASM - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Sound Operator - "Playboy of the Western World" - GBS Theatre
ASM - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
*Scenic Painting/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Follow Spot Operator "Shaviana"(Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre / Props Department / Crew "Hobson's Choice" - G.B.S./ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Crew "La Ronde" - G.B.S./ Set construction & Lighting crew/ Lighting Operator "Attempts on her Life" G.B.S./ Wardrobe Assistant 
Adrian Lumb
HND Fine Art Course Huddersfield College (1 year course)
Wardrobe Assistant - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
ASM - "Whale Music" - Gielgud Theatre
Work placement on "The Bill" working with the art directors.
*Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Stage Crew on "Shaviana" (Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre / Set Construction/ Crew "Portia Coughlan" - Gielgud Theatre / Scenic Painting/ crew "La Ronde"/Props Department / Crew "The Storm" - Vanbrugh Theatre / 
Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Operator - "Yentl" - G.B.S.
Oliver Matthews
ASM - "Napoli Milionaria" - GBS Theatre
Work Placements - Royal National Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre - Lighting Depts.
Production Electrician - "Innocent as Charged" - Vanbrugh Theatre
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Scenic Painting/ Stage Crew On "The Clandestine Marriage" - G.B.S./ Set Construction & Lighting crew Lighting board op "Portia Coughlan"- Gielgud Theatre / Props Department/ crew "La Ronde" - G.B.S./ Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction & Lighting crew 
Emma Moore
Electrician "Grease" Victoria Palace Theatre
Follow Spot Operator "The Mikardo" Savoy Theatre
Production Electrician - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Work Placement - Sadler's Wells Theatre - Technical Stage Management
Sound Operator - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
*Props Department/ Scenic Construction & Lighting crew, Lx Board Operator- "Shaviana" (Good Luck to all Actors) - Vanbrugh Theatre / Wardrobe Assistant / Scenic Construction & Lighting crew/ crew "Midsummer Night's Dream" - Vanbrugh Theatre/ Set Construction & Lighting crew /
Crew "The Pains of Youth" - G.B.S / Scenic Painting.
David Pearce
Tour guide at the Globe Theatre
Stage Manager - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
ASM - "Prize Fights" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Props Assistant - "Guys & Dolls" - Vanbrugh Theatre
ASM - "The Rimers of Eldritch" - G.B.S. Theatre
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Wardrobe Assistant / Set Construction & Lighting Crew / Crew "Hobson's Choice - Vanbrugh Theatre / Scenic Painting / crew "La Ronde"/ Props Department/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Operator - "Yentl" - G.B.S.
Sara Posnasky
Freelance Events Manager
Sound Operator - "Ulysses" - Gielgud Theatre
Work Placement - Theatre Royal Stratford East, Stage Management Dept/ Jewish
Festival - Event Management
Stage Manager - "Innocent as Charged" - Vanbrugh Theatre
*Wardrobe Assistant/ Set Construction / Set Construction & Lighting Crew/ Crew "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre / Scenic Painting / crew "La Ronde" - G.B.S./ Props Assistant/ Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Operator "Camino Real" - Vanbrugh Theatre
 
Natasha Prior Props Assistant - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
DSM (in rehearsal) - "Whale Music" - Gielgud Theatre
Stage Manager - "The Rimers of Eldritch" - G.B.S. Theatre
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Props Department / Set Construction & Lighting Crew/ Crew "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre/ Wardrobe Assistant /Scenic Painting / Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Lx Operator - "Camino Real" -Vanbrugh Theatre
Sarah Ratcliffe
ASM Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (Aug 2002 - Jan 2002)
Work Placement - "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
DSM - "Daisy Pulls It Off" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Stage Manager - "Guys & Dolls" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Wardrobe Assistant - "Innocent as Charged" / "The Rimers of Eldritch"/ "The Good Luck Cat"
*Set Construction & Lighting crew/ Wardrobe Department / Set Construction & Lighting Crew/ Lighting Board op "Portia Coughlan" - Gielgud Theatre / Props Dept./ Crew "La Ronde"" - Vanbrugh Theatre/Scenic Painting / crew "The Storm" - Vanbrugh Theatre / Set Construction & Lighting crew
 

SPECIALIST TECHNICAL STUDENTS
 (Graduating December 2001)

Specialist Electrics 

Andrew Turner Freelance Electrician Soho Theatre
Freelance Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer - "Guys & Dolls" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Lighting Designer - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
Sound Designer & Operator - "Yentl" - G.B.S. Theatre
Lighting Designer - "The Pains of Youth" - Gielgud Theatre
Production Electrician - "Midsummer Night's Dream" - Vanbrugh Theatre 
Production Electrician - "Hobson's Choice" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Lighting crew & Lighting Board Operator 
"The Clandestine Marriage" - G.B.S. 
Lighting crew on "Engaged","Great Catherine", & "Kit's Play"
Geoffrey Williams
Freelance work
Lighting Designer - "Playboy of the Western World"-G.B.S.Theatre
Lighting Designer - "Innocent as Charged" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Lighting Designer - "Yentl" - G.B.S. Theatre
Production Electrician - "The Storm" - Vanbrugh Theatre
Production Electrician - "Splendour" - Gielgud Theatre
Production Electrician - "Shy Man at the Palace"- G.B.S.Theatre
Lighting crew & Lighting Board Operator 
"Shaviana"- Vanbrugh Theatre
Lighting crew on "Engaged", "Great Catherine" "Kit's Play". 
 

Specialist Scenic Art
Frances Russell #
Freelance Scenic Artist - working with various scenic artists
Scenic Painting work for Royal Court Theatre / Chichester Festival Theatre Garrick Theatre / Bowerwood Workshops / Set Up Scenery in Cambridge
Productions include:
Supervisor on "Playboy of the Western World" - GBS Theatre
"Camino Real" and "Yentl" "The Storm", "Attempts on her Life", "The Pains of Youth"
"Midsummer Night's Dream", "La Ronda" "Splendour"/ "Hobson's Choice", "The Shy Man at the Palace"
Work placements with the Scenic Art Departments at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera.
"Portia Coughlan"/, " "Shaviana" and "The Clandestine Marriage".
Stage Crew on "Shaviana" Vanbrugh Theatre.
Specialist Wardrobe
Amy Brown
Wardrobe Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Wardrobe Supervisor "Measure For Measure" - NYU New York
Wardrobe Supervisor - "The Good Luck Cat" - Gielgud Theatre
Wardrobe Assistant - The Tree, Vanbrugh Theatre
Wardrobe Assistant - "Prize Fights"-Vanbrugh Theatre.
Work on "Shaviana" and "The Clandestine Marriage". 
Secondment at the Royal National Theatre Hire Department.

Specialist Property Making

Geir Christiansen#
Prop Maker for "Det Norske Teater" (the Norwegian Theatre)
Freelance work for NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Company)
Props Projects plus work on productions "Shaviana" /"The Clandestine Marriage" / "The Storm"
Kate Guyan 
Freelance film work and animation work
Props Projects plus work on productions "Shaviana" / "The Clandestine Marriage" / "The Pains of Youth"
* departments worked in during first year.
# Click here for photographs of some work