Sheridan Nadon

Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Assistant / Stagehand
Location: Preston, UK

Education

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About me

I'm a happy and up-beat person. I love to laugh and make others laugh, whether it be with me or at me.

I moved around a lot while growing up; I was born in Leeds, UK. I moved to Cyprus with family when I was 5 years of age and lived there for nearly 9 years, in which time I attended a Greek school. We then moved to Canada for a year and a half before moving back to the UK in 2002.

I completed a degree in British Sign Language at the University of Central Lancashire in 2011 and achieved a 2:1 with honours. I did the degree out of a real interest but fell out with a career in BSL as I love theatre so much more. I still regard it as a worth while qualification though as I met great people and it's a great skill to have.

I love playing my X-Box, attempting to play acoustic guitar, and I like to draw; mainly with pencil and graphite but I have started experimenting with Copic markers as well.

I'm a huge Trekkie and am known to some of my friends as 'She-Sheldon' (Big Bang Theor

Skills

Secondary Job Title Stage Assistant / Stagehand

Highlights

  • - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough: Volunteer work backstage. This mainly included resetting props before the show.
    Duration: Two weeks.

    - Charter Theatre, Preston: Follow Spotting, ASM, DSM, LX desk operative, and called LX and FX queues. Various shows which included Victoria Woods "Dinner Ladies", 'PJ Proby' concert, The Tommy Cooper tribute tour with Clive Mantle, and some more local productions for Preston Opera Group and other local Drama groups.
    Duration: 2 years

    - Playhouse Theatre, Preston: ASM, and Stage hand. This theatre is run only by volunteers and the productions are primarily those of local theatre and drama groups. Everyone who volunteers often helps in just about everything, regardless of specialisation.

    As well as this experience, I also worked in Front of House at the Stephen Joseph theatre for 5 years. First as an usher and later as Duty Manager for the Front of House team.

    While my experience is limited in comparison to others in this field, working in theatre is the only life for me and I have never been happier than when working in theatre. I hope to gain more experience in theatre, as well as television and film, in order to gain a firm career in the industry.