James Stokes

Lighting Designer
Lighting Programmer
Location: London

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My Contact Number:
+447446274016

Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2022	LX1 / Relighter Theatre	Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World Amy Hodge / Kenny Wax Ltd	UK Tour
2022	Lighting Programmer & Relighter Theatre	Mugabe, My Dad & Me John R Wilkinson / English Touring Theatre	UK Tour
2022	LX1 Theatre	Sleeping Beauty Ed Curtis / Crossroads Pantomimes	Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
2022	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	Grease The Musical Nikolai Foster / InTheatre Productions/Curve Theatre	UK Tour
2021	Cover LX1 / Relighter Theatre	Magic Goes Wrong Mischief Theatre	UK Tour
2021	Lighting Programmer Performing Arts	Backyard Cinema's Christmas Movie Spectacular Backyard Cinema	Troxy
2021	Lighting Programmer Theatre	Into Battle Ellie Jones / In Soft Wings Ltd	Greenwich Theatre
2021	Touring Stage Electrician Music & Singing	Madam Butterfly & The Barber of Seville Wno / Welsh National Opera	Wales Millennium Centre
2021	LX Programmer and Production LX/Relighter Theatre	By The Waters of Liverpool Gareth Tudor Price / Pulse Stage Productions	UK Tour
2021	Acting Deputy Chief Electrician Theatre	In-House Technician Cambridge Arts Theatre
2020	Lighting Technician Theatre	Various [Full Time Contract] Curve	Leicester Curve
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Loop Kathryn King / Theatre In Black	Touring
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Pepper and Honey Mathilda Branson / NotNow Collective	Derby Theatre (R&D) and tour
2019	Technical Director Theatre	It Is Now Mathilda Branson / Anonymous Is A Woman Theatre Company	Rural Tour
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Greyscale Anonymous Is A Woman Theatre Company	Vault Festival
2018	Production Technician Theatre	Alternative Armistice Anonymous Is A Woman Theatre Company	Streatham Space Project
2018	LX3 Theatre	Legally Blonde the Musical UK Productions	UK and Ireland Tour
2018	Production Technician Theatre	50/50 Scratch Night Anonymous Is A Woman Theatre Company	Vaults Festival
2018	Venue Technician Theatre	Various Productions Hounslow Arts Centre	Hounslow Arts Centre
2018	Technical Director Theatre	Think Of England Mathilda Branson / Anonymous Is A Woman Theatre Company	Rural Tour and London Vault Festival
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Dick Whittington Jonathan Ashby-Rock / Ashby Ryder Creative Management	Hounslow Arts Centre
2017	Technical Operator Theatre	Santa Claus and the Magical Christmas Journey Paul Holman Associates	The Myers Studio, Epsom Playhouse
2017	Production Technician Theatre	50/50 Scratch Night Anonymous Is A Woman	Southwark Playhouse
2017	LX2 Theatre	All Or Nothing: The Mod Musical Carol Harrison / All Or Nothing Ltd
2017	Dayman Electrician Theatre	Nimax Theatres	The Palace Theatre
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	America's Number One Detective Agency Anna Marshal / Fatale Femme	The Drayton Arms
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	La Bohéme Fred Broom / The Black Cat Opera Company	The Lights, Andover and The Electric Theatre, Guildford
2017	Casual Technician Theatre	Casual NIMAX Theatres	The Garrick Theatre
2017	Casual Technician Theatre	Various Productions Theatre Royal Stratford East	Theatre Royal Stratford East
2017	Casual Technician Theatre	Various Productions Pleasance Theatre Trust	The Pleasance Theatre, Islington
2017	Casual Crew Theatre	Various Productions Ambassador Theatre Group	New Theatre Oxford // Richmond Theatre // New Wimbledon Theatre
2017	Production Technician Theatre	Briefs XVI Shaun Kitchener / West Avenue Theatre Company	Waterloo East Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer and Stage Manager Theatre	Cinderella Jonathan Ashby-Rock / London Contemporary Theatre	Hounslow Arts Centre
2016	Production Technician Theatre	50/50 Scratch Night Fergal Phillips / Anonymous Is A Woman Theatre Company	The Pleasance Theatre, Islington
2016	Lighting Designer Event	Queer Cabaret Night Oxford University LGBTQ Society
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Teddy Bear's Picnic London Contemporary Theatre
2016	Venue Crew Theatre	Edinburgh Fringe 2016 Pleasance Theatre Trust	Pleasance Beyond
2016	Arts Centre Manager Theatre	Buxton Fringe 2016 Yaz Al-Shaater / Underground Venues
2016	Casual Technician Theatre	Various Productions Hounslow Arts Centre	Paul Robeson Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer and Technician Theatre	Last Orders Lucy Laing / Albert Productions	The Lion and Unicorn Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer Event	The Oxford Revue and Friends Georgia Bruce / The Oxford Revue	Oxford Playhouse
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Mischa Andreski / The Armchair Theatre Company	O'Reilly Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Noose Josh Dolphin / Koma Kino	Burton Taylor Studio
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	Spring Awakening Amelia Brown / Somewhere Outside The City	O'Reilly Theatre
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	Titus Andronicus Charlotte Ferguson / Owlets	Corpus Christi College Auditorium
2015	Lighting Designer Music & Singing	Tune-iversity Challenge In the Pink A Capella	The Space @ Surgeon's Hall

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2016	BA Archaeology and Anthropology	University of Oxford
2015	ABTT Bronze Award	Association of British Theatre Technicians

Equipment

I own and can operate: ETC Nomad, Qlab

I can operate: ETC Ion, ETC Element, ETC Smartfade, Zero88 Jester

About me

Lighting designer, technician and programmer with experience ranging from fringe theatre around the UK to the West End and Number 1 scale touring. Interested in design, programming, and relighting jobs anywhere in the UK.

Additional skills:
Followspot operation and calling,
Score reading,
Qlab programming and operation,
IPAF PAL 3a/b License
First Aid At Work qualification
Referees:
Available on request.

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Lighting Programmer
Job Titles	Electrician, Electrician, Chief, Electrician, Deputy Chief, Electrics Board Programmer, Lighting Designer, Lighting Operator, Lighting Programmer, Lighting Tech, Lighting, Followspot Operator, Technical Stage Manager, Technician, Technician, Assistant, Chief Electrician, Deputy Chief Electrician, Technician, Chief
Years in industry	3 to 6 years
Languages Spoken	English
Licenses	Powered Access Licence (PAL Card), Public Liablity Insurance
Organisations / Memberships	ABTT (UK), ALD (UK), BECTU (UK)
Work Permits	EU
Industry Training	ABTT Bronze Award, First Aid (Any), PAL Card
Musical Skills	Oboe

Professional Recommendations

Rebecca Slack · Lighting Technician
James is an extremely professional and wonderful person to work with. He goes above and beyond in every situation and always happy to help. James is someone who I definitely enjoyed working with and will work with again.