Adrian Emmerson

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit:

I can use: Etc Ion,Etc Element, Etc Express, Strand Palette, Strand 520, Zero 88 Frog 2

About me

A creative, enthusiastic and hard working individual with experience of providing a high standard of production and technical support. Capable of working unsupervised and running productions from the first initial idea of the production to the last show and get-out. A well-organised, very accurate, reliable, safety-conscious employee. I am not afraid of a challenge and feel that this has been one of the qualities that has helped me with all the projects I have been involved with. I am Looking for a new tour to join, where I can put my ability and skills into something that will be a challenge and something I can make my own to be proud of.
Additional skills:
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Rigging, focusing, plotting and operation of lighting equipment for relight.
• Reading and analysing lighting plans quickly and to a high standard.
• A good Level of ability to Set up and operation of complex Sound Systems.
• Fit ups, changeovers, show running (follow spot, board operation, stage cues).
• Produce ground plans and scale drawings for productions.
• Use of power tools and understanding of construction drawings, good carpentry skills.
• Ability to lead a team in the assembling and disassembling of set.
• Provide technical support for festival work.
• General awareness of Health and Safety issues and safe working practice.
• Capable of working safely at height.
• Experience with working with flying systems both hemp and counterweight and also rigging of flying equipment and set.
• Experience of assembling and dissembling revolves.
• Ability to set up and operate small scale pyrotechnics.
• Experience of manual personnel Flying systems (Kirbys AFX)

PERSONAL SKILLS
• Ability to work as a team member, also using my own initiative when required.
• Ability to communicate effectively and politely with colleagues and guests.
• Excellent eye for detail and the ability to maintain high standards.
• Enjoy dealing with the public, being courteous at all times, even under pressure.
• Remain calm in emergencies and solve problems efficiently.
• Learn new systems quickly and ability to adapt to the way others work if necessary
• A good level of physical fitness.
• Trustworthy and loyal individual, with a friendly and pleasant personality.
• Capable of creating paperwork on time, which is well formatted through self discipline and high organisation skills.
• Ability to work to and manage budgets and to document all expenditures.
• Able to create realistic production schedules from my knowledge and experience of working in multiple departments across theatre.
Referees:
Mr Digby Robinson
Production Manager

3rd Floor, 62 Shaftesbury Avenue
London,
W1D6LT
Telephone: removed
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Mr Jim Roberts
Worthing Theatres - Technical Manager

Worthing Theatres
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1LG

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Skills

Secondary Job Title	Technical Stage Manager
Job Titles	Production Assistant (PA), Stage Manager, Production Manager, Production Support, Set Builder, Lighting Tech / Operator, Lighting Designer, Theatre Technician, Automation / Flying
Years in industry	6+ years