About Me/Online CV
In June 2005, I finished producing a film which was coupled with an innovative set design, lighting, original music and choreography to produce a cathartic new work of dance. This was my Final Project at LIPA, and some pictures can be seen in my 'Gallery' section.
In the summer of 2005 I was DSM for a performance of "Children of Eden".
This show was rehearsed over 2 weeks, and had one day in the theatre to fit up, rehearse and perform. I came late to the project, having to cue the show after seeing only two runs.
We suffered a partial power cut 10 minutes before the interval, and I also had to assist in dealing with the effects of this.
About Me
RICHARD CURTIS - Online CV
Last updated: 13/09/2006
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address: 85 Minster Court
Liverpool
L7 3QD
Telephone: (0151) 708 9767
Mobile phone: 07752 599 474
Fax: 07092 810 945
Email: richard@richardecurtis.co.uk
Website: www.richardecurtis.co.uk
BIOGRAPHY
My theatre/performance experience has been onstage, backstage and front of house, and I have worked in venues from a converted church to a 600-seat proscenium arch theatre to a 1600-seat concert hall.
My recent experience has allowed me to take on many roles on theatrical productions, from Stage Crew, through Stage Management, and Lighting Design, up to Production Management.
This has given me a thorough knowledge of all aspects of a production process, and an awareness of what other team’s members may be working on at any point in a production.
I maintain an interest in all technical theatre, and as well as Production and Stage Management, with recent Lighting work, I also have experience of Sound, and touring productions. I am a hard worker, who gets on well with others, can cope with positions of responsibility, and has a sense of humour!
EDUCATION
Sept. 2002 – July 2005
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
BA (Hons) Theatre and Performance Technology [2:1]
Sept. 2000 – July 2002
Yeovil College, Yeovil, Somerset
BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts (Technical Theatre) [Distinction]
A-level General Studies [A]
A-level Drama and Theatre Studies
Sept. 1995 – July 2000
Huish Episcopi School, Nr Langport, Somerset
12 GCSEs including English [A*], Physics [B], IT [B], Electronics [B], and Music [A]
EMPLOYMENT
January 2006 – Present
Production Technician, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.
Duties: This is a full-time post encompassing Lighting Design/Operation and Maintenance, as well as Stage Management, Sound, Projection (digital and 35mm) and other responsibilities (covering Fire Officer duties, keyholders etc.).
December 2005 – January 2006
Assistant Stage Manager, "Sleeping Beauty", Lichfield Garrick, Lichfield Garrick Theatre.
September 2005 – December 2005
Casual Technician, Mulberry Grove Ltd.
Duties: working for various clients on conferences and corporate events.
October 2005 DSM, “Misunderstood”, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
June/July 2005
Maintenance Technician, LIPA Productions Department.
Duties included PAT testing, general theatre maintenance.
June/July 2005
Lighting Operator/Crew, working for Adlite Productions, “Bugsy Malone”, Chester Gateway Theatre.
January 2004 – January 2006
Casual Technician, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.
Duties include Lighting Operation and Followspotting.
January 2004 – July 2005
Duty Technician, LIPA Technical Services.
Duties include issuing equipment, advising students, operating computer based room-booking, locking and tidying rooms.
November 2004
Camera operator, filming “Make It, Break It”, LIPA
August 2004
Technician “The Gospel of Matthew”, George Dillon’s Vital Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2004.
August 2004
Stage Manager, “The Wild Party (Lippa)”, National Student Theatre Company, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2004.
July 2004
Relief Technician, Various, Walk the Plank (on the theatre ship), Liverpool Comedy Festival 2004
August 2002
Lighting Designer/Technician, “Princess Barby and the Wrestler”, Funky Fairytales, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2002
November 2001 – January 2002
Stage Crew, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, Pantoni Pantomimes, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil.
PRODUCTIONS WHILE TRAINING
June 2005
Deputy Stage Manager, “Children of Eden", dir. Beth Hodgson, LIPA.
May – June 2005
Production Manager, Lighting Designer, “Brezhnev’s Children” (revival),
dir Maggie Ford, Battersea Arts Centre
April 2005
Created the film element of a collaborative work which featured choreography,
music, lighting, sound and structural design.
Final Practical Project for BA (Hons) Degree, LIPA
April 2005
Deputy Stage Manager, “Judy Garland”, dir. Beth Hodgson, LIPA
December 2004 -March 2005
Production Manager, “The Insect Play”, dir. Jamie Lloyd, LIPA
September - November 2004
Production Manager, Lighting Designer, “Brezhnev’s Children”, dir Maggie Ford, LIPA
May - June 2004
Production Manager, "Chimera" (dance performance), dir. Jacqui Jones, LIPA
January - May 2004
Production Manager, “Little Shop of Horrors”, dir. Lise Olson, LIPA
SUMMARY OF EQUIPMENT USE
I am familiar with a range of equipment, including:
Lighting Control: Strand 430 and 520i desks, ETC Express 125/250 and 24/48, Jands Vista T2, Flying Pig Wholehog 3, Avolites Pearl, Zero 88 Sirius 24 and Elara, Strand LX and Tempus (manual 2 preset)
Dimming: Zero 88 Betapack/2, Alphapack, Strand LD90, ADB Eurorack.
Luminaires: Strand, CCT, Selecon and ETC Source 4 stock. High End Studio Spot, Studio Color, Trackspot, and Cyberlight. Martin Mac 550, RoboColor Pro 400, RoboScan 812, Mac 250.
Pulsar LED MR16 Birdies and ChromaQ Colour Scrollers.
Sound Control: Soundcraft GB4, Allen and Heath GL2200, some knowledge of Cadac A-type.
Sound Equipment: Variety of Mics, including Sennheiser Evo 845, Shure SM58 and SM57, as well as various items of outboard.
Miscellaneous: Smoke/Low Fog/Dry Ice, a range of communications and cue light systems.
I have wide-ranging AV knowledge, using VHS, MiniDV, DVCAM and ‘CCTV’ cameras, analogue Panasonic vision mixers, a variety of LCD projectors, CRT displays and 35mm Projection, and Mac and PC editing software.
INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Reading, Swimming, Music (Choral Singing, Piano), Theatre, Cinema, Computing.
I have achieved Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Grade 3 Piano.
I have previously been a member of:
Somerset County Youth Choir, Somerton Parish Church Choir,
1st Somerton Boy’s Brigade Company, and Somerton Dramatics Society
I am familiar with both PC and Macintosh computers.
I am familiar with Windows 98/XP, Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Final Cut Express/Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro, and a range of other mainstream software packages.
I hold a clean full UK driving licence (Category B).
REFERENCES
Pat Peter
General Manager
Philharmonic Hall
Hope Street
Liverpool
L1 9BP
(0151) 210 2895
Joe Stathers-Tracey
TPDT Programme Leader
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Mount Street
Liverpool
L1 9HF
(0151) 330 3126
I was Production Manager for four shows while at LIPA, and have experience as a Stage Manager and DSM.
I have often been asked to assist with issues of projection in live performance, have used my knowledge of A/V in a major project (described above), and am one of two Projectionists at the Philharmonic Hall, where I regularly show ‘classic’ films, and also more recent titles on the world’s only working Walturdaw screen - which rises from the stage on a platform carrying a decorative proscenium, curtains, and Left, Right and Centre speaker clusters!
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