Sarah Jane Morgan-Jones

Education

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About me

I am a confident creative, member of the stage management team. I can think on my feet and use my initiative and see both the big picture and the fine details. I have experience in a variety of production backgrounds - touring, rural, community, educational, additional needs, youth theatre, outdoor and site specific performance. I am able to rig, focus and relight LX and set up and check sound systems. I have experience of operating & basic programming of QLab, and basic AV ability. I have worked as sole tech/SM and been part of larger organisations with demarcated jobs. I am equally happy working as part of a team and individually, can organise my time & workload well, can keep to task under pressure and approach my work with motivation & a good sense of humour. I take pride ensuring the welfare of the company, can lead with authority and maintain good relationships with all production participants.
I can drive vans up to 3.5 tonnes, and have a full clean driving licence.

As a young student, in 1989, I ran a venue at Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival, for Bulmershe Revival Theatre Company in Reading. It was a theatre with three performance spaces and I booked and hosted a number of theatre companies and also homework from the student company itself. That venue went on to become Zoo Southside.

After leaving Reading, I went on to work as a rehab assistant in the NHS for 15 years, during which time I gained much experience in the intricacies of people, what brings out the best, and how to be observant, responsive, sensitive and discreet about their health and well-being.

I am resuming work after caring-break, which has lasted 18 months, and am very much looking forward to getting involved again!
Additional skills:
Project planning
Venue liaison
Social media marketing
Prop and costume management
Making the book from scratch
Calling the show
Improvised and devised work
Rehearsal scheduling, rehearsal & show reports, call sheets
Accommodation booking & tour logistics
Company pastoral care
Time sheets
Health & Safety awareness
QLab
Rigging & focussing, re-lighting, LX & Sound systems
Model box/design conception & construction, scale drawings, design realisation
Full clean UK driving licence since 1988 - up to 3.5tonnes,LWB
Experience of planning & delivering modules of stage management course
Good written & verbal communication & organisational skills/numeracy/Admin/IT/basic financial systems.
Design & deliver training in stress management/self esteem/assertiveness skills.
Referees:
Tim Baker - Director c/o Clwyd Theatr Cymru
DJ Britton - Writer/Director Theatr Cadair removed
Catherine Paskell - Theatre Director removed
Sybil Crouch - Head of Cultural Services, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea removed

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Deputy Stage Manager
Job Titles	Production Assistant (PA), Stage Manager, Production Manager, Costume Designer, Wardrobe / Wardrobe Support, Props Master, Prop Maker, Props Buyer, Props Assistant / Support, Set Dresser, Set Artist / Designer, Set Builder, Marketing / PR, Events Management / Support, Theatre Technician
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)