Lauren Godin
- Lighting Designer
- Assistant Stage Manager
London
Links
- Personal Website
- website
Credits
| Year | Role / Type | Name of Production / Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Work Placement with Paule Constable Theatre | Follies |
| 2018 | Lighting Designer Theatre | Flare Path Lindsay Posner |
| 2018 | Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre | The Caucasian Chalk Circle |
| 2018 | Follow Spot Operator Theatre | The Twelve Chairs |
| 2018 | Show Operator / Technician / Lighting Designer Theatre | A Song of Plague Joanna May |
| 2017 - 2018 | Casual Crew Theatre | Various Productions |
| 2017 | Lighting Designer Theatre | Buckets Ben Buratta & Stephen Farrier |
| 2017 | Casual Crew Theatre | PAT & Maintainence |
| 2017 | Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre | Em: The Musical Hannah Chissick |
| 2017 | Stage Hand Theatre | Roundelay |
| 2016 | Sound & Lighting Operator Theatre | Invisible Friends |
| 2016 | Sound & Lighting Operator Theatre | Woman In Mind |
| 2016 | Lighting Operator Theatre | The 39 Steps |
| 2016 | Lighting Operator Theatre | A Taste of Honey |
| 2016 | Lighting Operator Theatre | Neighbourhood Watch |
| 2016 | Lighting Operator Theatre | Wildest Dreams |
| 2015 | Lighting Operator Theatre | April in Paris |
| 2015 | Lighting Operator Theatre | The Thrill of Love |
| 2015 | Stage Hand & Second Sound Assistant Theatre | Hairspray |
| 2015 | Lighting Operator Theatre | Blackadder Goes Fourth |
| 2015 | Lighting Operator Theatre | The Importance of Being Ernest |
| 2015 | Work Shadowing Theatre | Private Fears in Public Places |
| 2015 | Sound and Lighting Operator Theatre | The Pied Piper |
| 2014 | Work Shadowing Theatre | A Christmas Carol |
| 2014 | Production Runner Theatre | Nottingham University Dance Society Showcase |
Education
Year Qualification Where 2019 BA Theatre Practice: Theatre Lighting Design Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Additional Skills
Experience as: Lighting Designer, Assistant Stage Manager, Follow Spot Operator, Lighting & Sound Operator, Q Lab Programming, Second Sound Assistant.
Courses: Lighting & Sound with the National Youth Theatre 2015 and Introduction to Stage Pyrotechnics with JustLX, ION training with ETC. Currently studying Lighting Design at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
About me
I am currently working as a production technician for Merlin Entertainments at Chessington World of Adventures.
I discovered my passion for theatre and working backstage completely by accident when studying the first year of a degree at university. I had attended the beginner ballet and tap group for a term and was due to participate in the end of term dance show when I had to pull out due to a repeated knee injury. Rather than missing the show completely I offered my services backstage where I was asked to help organise the dancers, making sure everyone was at the side of the stage ready before each dance. After this opportunity I noticed the same rush of adrenaline working backstage as I did when on stage and thus decided I wanted to work towards a career in technical theatre. I left Nottingham university in April of my first year and started a number of different full-time jobs to support myself financially while trying to gain experience in different disciplines of technical theatre.
Since then I have worked on different productions as a lighting operator, designer (LD) and assistant lighting designer (ALD). In addition to assistant stage manager (ASM) and sound No2. I have also completed a ten-day technical theatre course with the National Youth Theatre, a two-day training course with ETC and an Introduction to Stage Pyrotechnics course with JustFX.
Working in theatre allows me to spend time learning new skills. It challenges me to pick these up quickly and I enjoy working on live performances where anything could happen. I have had to learn to trust my own abilities and work well under pressure. I appreciate being able to add to the audience's enjoyment of each performance and find the work most rewarding by knowing I have contributed to the success of a production. My main interest within technical theatre is lighting design and operation as this is the area I have had most experience within.
Skills
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Organisation Memberships
- ALD (UK)
- ASP (UK)
- Years in industry
- 3 to 6 years
- Experienced In
- Comedy
- Dance
- Devised
- Drama
- Experimental
- Fringe
- Musicals
- Outdoor Events
- Pantomime
- Showcase
- Interested in
- European Tour
- Live Events
- UK Tour
- World Tour
- DBS checked
- No
- Industry Training
- Fireworks/Pyrotechnics
