Ali Alnajjar

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About me

I am a technician of nearly seven years standing and have experience working at theatres, festivals and warehouses. I am London based but am willing and able to travel work where required. I am an arabic speaker.

I am currently working as a technician at the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch, a producing house which puts on 8 in house shows per year, as well as having a busy schedule hosting touring musical events and local community companies. At the Queen's my roles and responsibilities include:

• Production Electrician and Programmer for in-house productions.
• Lighting Design for in-house shows and extrenal hirers as required.
• Facilitating hirers use of the space.
• Sound Production responsibilities include working as sound N.o 1 and 2 on several shows
• AV Production role includes Content creation, installation, programming and networking.
• Maintenance of equipment and space, updating electronic equipment, diagnosing equipment failure, planning & implementing infrastructure projects to improve productivity of the venue eg. Cat5e Network

Recent freelance work I've done include freelance electrician on Well, by Geraldine Pilgrim, working with Punchdrunk Enrichment as a technician. I have also worked on corporate gigs and festivals, as well as in warehouses.

I started working on the technical side of events during my first year of university, having no prior experience of any kind, where I found appreciation for working on the technical aspects of theatr and entertainment. After university I freelanced around the UK for several years before starting my current job, where I have been gaining and improving my lighting skills in particularly.

I hope to eventually move into larger scale systems instillation, specifically working in project management and engineering to design and build versatile theatres and venues which allow creatives to fully pursue their vision.
Additional skills:
• Reading, interpreting & modifying Lighting Designs
• Using Vectorworks
• Programming & Operating ETC Gio Lighting Board (including busking & triggering AV via QLab)
• Lighting Design
• Rigging LX, sound & AV
• Basic carpentry skills
• Programming sound effects and AV using QLab
• AV content creation including photography & editing using Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
• Soldering and repairing cables
• Repairing generic lighting fixtures.
• Performing visual inspections and PAT certification of appliances
• Arabic speaker
• Using Microsoft Office Package
Referees:
Chris Howcroft
Technical Coordinator, Queen's Theatre

Pete Higgin
Director, Punchdrunk Enrichment

Contact details available in CV
Additional information:
I am more than happy to travel and relocated for work. Please contact me at any time.

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Electrician
Job Titles	Production Assistant (PA), Stage Manager, Production Support, Sound Operator / Engineer, Set Builder, Lighting Tech / Operator, Lighting Designer, Electrician, Theatre Technician, Automation / Flying
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	ABTT (UK), BECTU (UK)
Work Permits	EU