Chris Swain
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My Contact Number:
07976251850
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Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2024 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Kin Amit Lahav / Gecko |
Lyttleton Theatre, London |
2023 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Oliver Twist Heidi Vaughan / Tobacco Factory Theatres |
Factory Theatre |
2023 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Snowed In Anitomical |
Lowry, then Touring |
2023 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Colour of Dinosaurs Dom Coyote / Otic |
Bristol Old Vic Theatre |
2023 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Little Watersprite Sophie Nuzel / Sophie Nuzel Dance |
Touring |
2023 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Kin Gecko |
Lighthouse, Poole then touring |
2022 |
Lighting Designer
Dance |
Snowed In Anitomical |
The Place, London |
2022 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Kin Gecko |
Home, Manchester, then touring |
2022 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Stars and Sails Tidal Tales |
Small Scale Touring |
2022 |
Relights
Dance |
Phantoms - A Triple Bill Mark Bruce Company |
Touring |
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Oz Emme Earle / Pins and Needles & Tobacco Factory Theatres |
The Tobacco Factory |
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Little Watersprite Sophie Nuzel / Sophie Nuzel Productions |
Utopia, Munich |
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Somnium Małgorzata Dzierżon / Fertile Ground |
Dance City, Newcastle & Touring |
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Labyrinth Renaud Wiser / Fertile Ground |
Dance City, Newcastle & Touring |
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Cutting Out Tom Roden / Viv Gordon Company |
Touring |
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
a little space (Film) Rich Rusk / Gecko & Mind the Gap |
|
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Eighth Show R&D (working title) Amit Lahav / Gecko |
|
2021 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Somnium (Dance short film) Małgorzata Dzierżon / Fertile Ground |
|
2020 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf David Mercantali / Tobacco Factory Theatres & Salisbury Creative |
Tobacco Factory Theatre and Salisbury Playhouse |
2020 |
Lighting designer
Theatre |
a little space Rich Rusk, Dan Watson, Charli Ward & Karen Bartholomew / Gecko & Mind the Gap |
Touring |
2020 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Institute Gecko Theatre Company |
UK Tour |
2019 |
Technical Manager
Theatre |
In House & Touring Tobacco Factory Theatres |
Tobacco Factory Theatres |
2019 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
Spring Sean Gandini & Alex Whitley / Gandini Juggling |
Touring |
2019 |
Lighting Designer
Music & Singing |
The Barber of Seville Richard Studer / Opera Project |
Tobacco Factory Theatres |
2019 |
Chief Lx
Theatre |
Malory Towers Emma Rice / Wise Children |
|
2019 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Caucasian Chalk Circle Jessie Jones / Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
Tobacco Factory Theatres |
2019 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Our Country's Good Anna Girvan / Tobacco Factory Theatres |
Tobacco Factory Theatres |
2019 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Mike Tweddle / Tobacco Factory Theatres |
Tobacco Factory Theatres |
2019 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Missing Amit Lahav / Gecko |
Battersea Arts Centre, York Theatre Royal, Nottingham Playhouse and Nuffield Southampton |
2019 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
We Can Time Travel Rich Rusk / Dom Coyote |
Touring |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Scarlet Pimpernel Emme Earle and Joe Hufton / Pins and Needles & Theatre Royal Bath |
The Egg, Bath Theatre Royal |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Beautiful Thing Mike Tweddle / Tobacco Factory Theatres |
Tobacco Factory Theatres |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Flies Emma Earle and Hannah Drake / Pins and Needles |
Pleasance Two |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Smoke Screens Renaud Wiser and Patricia Okenwa / Renaud Wiser Dance Company |
Touring |
2018 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Emma Rice / Kneehigh |
Uk Touring |
2018 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
The Wedding Amit Lahav / Gecko |
Uk Touring |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Event |
5 Days of Falling Sam Amos / TRASHDOLLYS |
Touring |
2018 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
Smashed Sean Gandini / Gandini Juggling |
International Tour |
2018 |
Relighter
Theatre |
4x4: Ephemeral Architectures Gandini Juggling |
International Tour |
2017 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Circus City Fesitval Circus City |
Bristol Venues |
2017 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Dreamer Rich Rusk / Gecko and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre |
Shanghai Centre for Dance & The Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh |
2017 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
Othello Richard Twyman / Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory |
Touring |
2016 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Blue Heart David Mercantali / Tobacco Factory Theatres |
The Tobacco Factory Theatre |
2016 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Dreamer Rich Rusk / Gecko |
Shaghai Dramatic Arts Centre |
2016 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
World Factory Metis |
Touring |
2016 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Dark Land Light House Sleepdogs |
Bristol Old Vic Studio |
2015 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Light Princess John Nicholson / The Tobacco Factory |
The Tobacco Factory Theatre |
2015 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Time of Your Life (BBC4 performance) Amit Lahav / Gecko |
BBC Television Centre |
2015 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
We Sort of Disappear R&D period |
Trinity Arts Centre, Bristol |
2015 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Who Killed Bambi? Renaud Wiser Dance Company |
Dance City, Newcastle |
2014 |
Relighter (own design)
Theatre |
Missing Gecko Theatre Company |
International Tour |
2014 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Institute Gecko Theatre Company |
National Tour |
2014 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Institute Gecko Theatre Company |
UK Tour |
2013 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Super Sam and Mega Max Save Christmas Tobacco Factory Theatre |
Brewery Theatre |
2013 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Metropolis Renaud Wiser |
Dance City, Newcastle |
2013 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
Ours Was The Fen Country Still House |
NT Shed |
2013 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Casting Traces New Movement collective |
Site Specific Performance in Copenhagen |
2013 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Dracula Mark Bruce Dance Company |
UK Tour |
2013 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Missing Gecko |
Pleasance Grand |
2013 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Paper Architect McGuires and Tobacco Factory Theatre |
Site Specific Performance in London |
2013 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Mayfest Theatre Festival MAYK |
Bristol Venues |
2013 |
Re-Lighter
Theatre |
The Seagull Headlong Theatre Company |
UK Tour |
2013 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Queen's Knickers The Egg/Southbank centre |
The Egg, Bath and The Purcell Rooms, London |
2012 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Hansel & Gretel N.I.E |
Tobacco Factory Theatre |
2012 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Lost Present Tobacco Factory Theatre |
The Brewery Theatre |
2012 |
Relighter
Theatre |
Sensual Africa Tavaziva Dance Company |
Touring |
2012 |
Lighting Designer (with Matt Graham)
Theatre |
Eugene Onegin Opera Project |
Tobacco Factory Theatre |
2012 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Something Like an Elephant Tobacco Factory Theatre and Oran Mor |
Tobacco Factory Theatre |
2012 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Peter Pan - Storm on the Lawn Bath Theatre Royal, YPT |
Prior Park |
2012 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Wilde Tales Bath Theatre Royal, YPT |
The Egg |
2012 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Casting Traces New Movement Collective |
Testbed 1, Battersea |
2012 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Made In Heaven Mark Bruce Dance Company |
Small Scale Touring |
2012 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Mayfest Theatre Festival MAYK & Bristol Old Vic |
Bristol Venues |
2012 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Missing Gecko Theatre Company |
Touring |
2011 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
(I Think) I Love You Bath Theatre Royal YPT |
The Egg Theatre |
2011 |
Programmer / Production LX
Theatre |
Surprise of Love Ustinov Studio Company |
Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal |
2011 |
Re-lighter
Theatre |
The Overcoat Gecko Theatre Company |
Shanghai Theatre Acadamy Theatre |
2011 |
Programmer / Production Lx
Theatre |
Iphigenia Ustinov Studio Company |
Ustinov Studio, Bath |
2011 |
Programmer / Production Lx
Theatre |
Pheonix of Madrid Ustinov Studio Company |
Ustinov Studio, Bath |
2011 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Bugsy Malone Bath Theatre Royal YPT |
Egg Theatre, Bath |
2011 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Grapes of Wrath Bath Theatre Royal YPT |
Egg Theatre, Bath |
2011 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Devils Music Bath Theatre Royal YPT |
Egg Theatre, Bath |
2011 |
Relights
Theatre |
Children of Killers NT Connections + BOV |
Cottelsloe Theatre, NT |
2011 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Mayfest Festival MAYK & Bristol Old Vic |
Bristol venues |
2011 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Missing Gecko Theatre Company |
|
2011 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Book Labyrinth Bath Theatre Royal YPT |
The Egg, Bath |
2011 |
Casual Lx Crew
Theatre |
Various shows Tobacco Factory Theatre |
Tobacco Factory Theatre |
2011 |
Casual LX
Theatre |
Various Bath Theatre Royal |
|
2010 |
Relighter
Theatre |
The Overcoat Gecko theatre Company |
Touring |
2010 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Love and War Mark Bruce Dance Company |
Touring |
2010 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
The Land of Yes and The Land of No Bonachela Dance Company |
International Touring |
2009 |
Casual LX
Theatre |
Turnarounds and show crew Sadler's Wells Theatre |
|
2009 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Is That All There Is? Inspector Sands Theatre Company |
Traverse 2 |
2009 |
Technical Manager
Theatre |
Dear Body Protein Dance Company |
UK tour |
2009 |
Casual LX
Theatre |
Various Arts Theatre, Cambridge |
|
2008 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Me + You = Five Robin Dingemans |
Bath ICIA |
2008 |
Production Manager
Theatre |
Square Map of Q4 Bonachela Dance Company |
International Tour |
2007 |
Lighting Technician
Theatre |
Touring Rep Rambert Dance Company |
National Tour |
2006 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
The Tylwyth Teg Apricot Theatre |
Welsh Tour + Edinburgh Fringe |
2006 |
Casual Lx
Theatre |
Various Redgrave Theatre |
Radgrave Theatre (Bristol) |
2006 |
Casual Lx
Theatre |
Various Tobacco Factory |
Tobacco Factory (Bristol) |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2006 | 2 yr. Stage Management | Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
Equipment
My Equipment/Kit: ETC Nomad 1 universe with 2 DMX input DMX king Ethernet to DMX converter, Vectorworks 2018
I can use: Vectorworks, Etc Eos/Ion Control Desk
About me
I'm a freelance lighting designer, re-lighter and production manager. I have lots of experience with dance and physical theatre, including international touring experience. I have worked in China, Colombia, Mexico, Russia, the USA, and extensively throughout Europe.Additional skills:
Good competency with ETC EOS/ION, Vectorworks and Drafty CAD packages . A little Q-lab knowledge, and some basic networking, some basic video. I have IPAF and PASMA certification. Full clean UK driving licence.
Referees:
Guy Hoare
Lighting Designer
removed
Rosalind Wynn,
Producer for Gecko Theatre Company
License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Production Manager |
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Job Titles | Production Manager, Production Support, Gaffer / Lighting Director, Lighting Tech / Operator, Lighting Designer, Electrician, Theatre Technician |
Years in industry | 6+ years |
Organisations / Memberships | ALD (UK), BECTU (UK) |
Work Permits | EU |