Steph Dawson

Lighting, Followspot Operator
Lighting Operator
Location: Erith, England, UK

Other

My Contact Number:
07932420787

Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2024	Followspot Dep Theatre	Matilda the Musical	Cambridge Theatre
2023	Followspot Dep Theatre	Jersey Boys	Trafalgar Theatre
2023	Followspot Dep Theatre	& Juliet	Shaftesbury Theatre
2022	Service Technician Event	(various)	White Light
2022	LX Prodution Technican Theatre	Frozen Theatre Royal Drury Lane	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
2021	Casual Lighting Technician Event	(various) Royal Opera House
2021	Followspot Operator Theatre	Madness - Global Concert London Palladium
2020	Followspot Operator Theatre	Pantoland London Palladium	London Palladium
2020	Followspot Operator Theatre	Matilda Cambridge Theatre
2020	Stage LX dep Theatre	9 to 5 Savoy Theatre
2020	Followspot Dep Theatre	Fiddler on the Roof Sonia Friedman Productions	Playhouse Theatre, London
2020	Casual Lighting Technician Theatre	(none) Royal Opera House	Linbury Theatre
2019	Followspot Operator Theatre	Motown the Musical Shaftesbury Theatre
2018	Lighting Technician Theatre	West End Bares 2018 - Tops off the Pops TheatreMAD
2015	Followspot Operator Theatre	The Illusionists Shaftesbury Theatre	Shaftesbury Theatre
2015	LX Swing Theatre	Memphis Shaftesbury Theatre	Shaftesbury Theatre
2015	Lighting Technician Theatre	West End Bares 2015 - Take Off! Cafe de Paris	Cafe de Paris
2015	Followspot Operator Theatre	West End Heroes 2015 Dominion Theatre	Dominion Theatre
2014	Followspot Operator Theatre	Let It Be Garrick Theatre	Garrick Theatre
2014	Followspot Operator Theatre	We Will Rock You Dominion Theatre	Dominion Theatre
2014	Followspot Operator Event	West End Heroes 2014 Dominion Theatre	Dominion Theatre
2014	Lighting Technician (casual) Theatre	(none) Sadler's Wells
2014	Followspot Operator Theatre	Top Hat (UK Tour) New Wimbledon Theatre	New Wimbledon Theatre
2014	Followspot Operator Theatre	Brasil Brasileiro Sadler's Wells	Sadler's Wells
2014	Board Operator & F/S Operator (dep) Theatre	Wolf Hall/Bring up the Bodies Royal Shakespeare Company	Aldwych Theatre
2013	Followspot Operator Event	West End Eurovision 2013 Dominion Theatre	Dominion Theatre
2013	Followspot Operator Event	West End Heroes 2013 Dominion Theatre	Dominion Theatre
2013	Followspot Operator Theatre	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs New Wimbledon Theatre	New Wimbledon Theatre
2012	Technician (Cables) Theatre	(none) White Light
2012	Followspot Operator Theatre	9 to 5 (UK Tour) New Wimbledon Theatre	New Wimbledon Theatre
2012	Followspot Operator Theatre	Wizard of Oz London Palladium	London Palladium
2011	Followspot Operator Theatre	Lend Me a Tenor Gielgud Theatre	Gielgud Theatre
2011	Lighting Technician (casual) Theatre	(none) Royal Opera House
2011	LX Show Dayman Theatre	Dirty Dancing Aldwych Theatre	Aldwych Theatre
2008	Followspot Operator Theatre	Dirty Dancing Aldwych Theatre	Aldwych Theatre
2006	LX Swing Theatre	Blood Brothers Phoenix Theatre	Phoenix Theatre

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2025	BEng Electronic Engineering	Open Unversity
2021	Access Course: Science, Maths & Technology (Distinction)	Open University
2006	C&G 1810 Theatre Electrics	City of Westminster College
2005	ALRA Diploma in Stage Management	Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
2004	C&G 4351-07 2D AutoCAD	Preston College
2004	BTEC National Diploma Production	Preston College

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit:

I can use: Follow Me (Completed Follow Me Technician Training)

About me

I am a skilled and experienced followspot operator with calling experience and experience preparing cue sheets. I've worked on a variety of West End productions. I enjoy my work and take pride in what I do.

I'm hardworking and keen to learn with an interest in control systems and programming. Good sense of humour and willing to get stuck in.

I'm comfortable working at heights and wearing a harness.

Additional skills:
Followspotting - experienced with a range of Robert Juliat followspots and Lycian followspots.

Followspot maintenance (Robert Juliat & Lycian)

Moving light maintenance

Competent & experienced PAT tester (Greenford Town Hall, Battersea Arts Centre, Royal Opera House, Sadler's Wells, Shaftesbury Theatre and the Dominion Theatre)

I have operated various lighting desks (Strand 520i, ETC EOS, ETC ION, Arri Imagine 2, GrandMA2) and have programming experience with the Strand 520i.

Training:
PASMA Tower
Production Safety Passport
IPAF PAV 1a/1b
PAT Testing (C&G)
BS 7909a & BS 7909b

Additional Skills:
website design (CSS, HTML), Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightworks, photography, AutoCAD LT and currently learning French.

Referees:
Available on request.

DBS Checked.

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Lighting Operator
Job Titles	Production Support, Lighting Tech / Operator, Electrician
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	BECTU (UK)