Matthew O'Leary

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Canon 400D, Strand 300

I can use: Strand 300, Canon 400D

About me

Matt is based in Bristol and has extensive experience working as a Production Electrician & Technical Manager for theatre, TV & events. Matt also has experience in re-lights, lighting design and technical stage management, touring both Nationally and Internationally.

Most recently Matt was appointed as a Lighting & A/V Consultant, advising on the design & construction of lighting & A/V systems within a new theatre based in Streatham, South London.

Matt was lighting designer on Kate Tempest's Brand New Ancients, which won an Offie (Off West End Theatre Awards 2012) for best TBC production, a category for work that sits outside current recognised genres.

Press:

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Reviews for Kate Tempest's Brand New Ancients:

"There's a moment halfway through Kate Tempest's spoken-word theatre show when the gloom intensifies and the vaulted ceiling is lit up by the glow from the streetlights outside, pouring in through squares cut in the blacked-out window...Suddenly it feels as if we are not in a theatre but a church... We're given the sense that what we are watching is something sacred."

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The Guardian, Lyn Gardner

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/sep/10/brand-new-ancients-review?newsfeed=true

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"..incandescent brilliance.."

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Time Out, Andrzej Lukowski

http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/273383/brand-new-ancients

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"The show’s lighting, designed by Matt O’Leary, was perfect, not just drawing attention to Kate and her musicians but also, certainly from my vantage point right up in the gallery, highlighting the full beauty of the Bristol Old Vic auditorium."

http://www.guide2bristol.com/news/2903/Kate-Tempest-Brand-New-Ancients-at-Bristol-Old-Vic-review

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"Matt O'Leary's integral lighting design is also notable for the way it helped to reflect upon and carry the story, flitting between states for different characters."

Total Theatre Review, Edward Wren.

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"Clever lighting design from Matt O’Leary"

thespeakerscorner.co.uk, Alex Saunders

http://thespeakerscorner.co.uk/content/90

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Reviews for UNTitled Theatre's Beast:

"Matt O'Leary's lighting fused together the contrasts in the pace and style of the writing by switching from an atmosphere of warmth and tenderness, to one of an icy anguish."

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Fourth Wall Magazine, Danielle McNally

http://www.fourthwallmagazine.co.uk/2012/06/review-beast-white-bear/

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"Alistair Turner's clever and evocative set uses the tight confines of the White Bear's auditorium effectively, and Matt O'Leary's lighting also expands the constraints of the small performing area."

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The Public Reviews, Jonathan Grant

http://www.thepublicreviews.com/beast-white-bear-theatre-london/

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Reviews for Night Light Theatre's Romeo & Juliet:

Rhys Jarman's set upon which they do battle is a simple round stage with a myriad of trap doors and compartments and is brought to life by Matt O'Leary's beautifully effective lighting design.

The Public Reviews, Iain Sykes

http://www.thepublicreviews.com/romeo-and-juliet-%E2%80%93-contact-theatre-manchester/

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"The atmosphere, aided greatly by Matt O'Leary's moody lighting"

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WhatsOnStage, Dave Cunningham

http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831319016581/

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'Night Light Theatre's production is visually stunning; a faultless celestial design by Rhys Jarman, one of the finest atmospheric plots by Matt O'Leary, Dom Coyote's evocative, Gregorian chant-based, score, and impressive puppets from Max Humphries, combine to provide a timeless world, both classical and modern, realistic and dreamlike'

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The Public reviews. Glen Pearce

www.thepublicreviews.com/romeo-and-juliet-new-wolsey-theatre-ipswich/
Additional skills:
City & Guilds Electrotechnical 2365 level 2, July 2017
IPAF 3a & 3b
PASMA Level: U Category:T (Assembly, Use, Alteration, Dismantle, Inspection)
Tallescope Use & Rescue Kit Procedure (AAP)
IOSH Managing Safely for Theatre & Production
Fire Marshall Training
COSHH Training

Creative Skillset Certificate in Design and Management of Temporary Electrical Systems (BS7909), 2016.

White Light Moving Light Maintenance, 2011.

Completed 2 day user training of Grand MA2 at Ambersphere Solutions, London, 2014.

Completed 2 day Rigging Course by Eric Porter (NRC), Backstage Academy, 2015.

Software:
Vector Works, Auto CAD, Lightwright, LPS Pro, SpotTrack, Qlab.

Console Experience:
Good Competency in ETC lighting consoles.
Basic knowledge of Avolites Tiger Touch

Valid driving license.
Industry awards:
Lighting Designer on Brand New Ancients, TBC award, Offies 2012.
Referees:
Available on request.

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Technical Manager / Director
Job Titles	Stage Manager, Production Manager, Production Support, Sound Operator / Engineer, Lighting Tech / Operator, Lighting Designer, Electrician, Theatre Technician
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	BECTU (UK)