Kirsty Hickman

Highlights

• Throughout my career I have been commended for being an individual who is adept at supporting the team I work within, and I am employed in highly responsible positions due to my ability to handle the technical demands and longer working hours required.
  
  I am proficient at anticipating the needs of those around me and I aim to always be alert and responsive within my working environment. I understand the importance of co-ordinating with managers and supervisors, outer-departmental colleagues, as well as with junior members of the team as this facilitates preparation and therefore the development of a more relaxed, efficient and safe working atmosphere. I thrive on the fast pace of a challenging and industrious environment, and through my learned capabilities of coping with stress and pressure I always strive for professional success.
  
  Education & Training
  2014 Certificate of Proficiency in Crowd Management Techniques
  2013 Certificate of Proficiency in Security Awareness
  2012 Le Maitre Chameleon (canister powered flame machine) training
  2011 Practical Pyrotechnics Safety Awareness course and certificate (ASP)
  2010 Chameleon software and Acrobat G6 Automation Desk operation and programming training on the Stage Technologies System
  2010 Mechatronics Visual Stage G5 Automation Desk operation and programming training on the Mechatronics System
  2009 CAT Automation Desk training on the Wagner Biro’s system
  2008 First Aid Safety Training
  2008 Practical Pyrotechnics Safety Awareness course and certificate (ASP)
  2008 Introduction to Health & Safety & Manual Handling Certificate
  2005 2:1 BA (Hons) Degree in Drama from Edgehill College of Higher Education
  (Accredited to Lancaster University)
  
  Employment
  . April 2008 – September 2014
  Carnival UK, Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton.
  Deputy Production Manager/Technical Stage Manager/Head of Automation
  
  • Responsible for co-ordinating all technical requirements on stage in the main theatre venues. Over the years I have worked with many on board theatre companies in addition to various specialist acts such as David Essex; the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ BBC producing team as well as show judges Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell; Zoe Tyler; Alfie Boe; Russell Watson; Gary Wilmot; Ruthie Henshall; Ronnie Corbett; Deborah Stevenson; Sue Holderness; Brian Conley; and numerous winners of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’.
  
  
  Other responsibilities of this position include:
  • Liaising with Production Mngr and Entertainment Mngr to discuss the logistics of the production schedule. Liaising with incoming Directors, Choreographers and Lighting/Sound creatives.
  • Providing technical reports on stage shows as well as ensuring communication with and providing information for technical engineers in reference to stage equipment maintenance.
  • Supervising a team of Production Assistants and the accompanying Deputy Production Managers during the construction and dismantling of production sets.
  • Being responsible as ‘Head of Automation’ for the health and safety onstage of all theatre technicians and performers and oversee the discipline of all technical rehearsals and production shows.
  • Being exclusively responsible for the budgeting, ordering, handling and use of the large pyrotechnics stock stored and used on board for Theatre Company productions.
  
  . Oct 2009 – December 2009
  NIMAX Theatres LTD, The Apollo, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
  Assistant LX / Stage Manager
  . Feb 2009 – April 2009
  Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Wakefield.
  Technical Deputy Stage Manager ‘Hansel & Gretel’ at Wakefield Theatre Royal
  * Nominated for an SMA (Stage Management Association) award for this employment.
  . Jan 2008 – April 2008
  Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester.
  Events Technician
  . Nov 2007 – Jan 2008
  Pele Productions Ltd, Quickswood Close, Liverpool.
  Deputy Stage Manager ‘Aladdin’ at Thameside Hippodrome