Professional Experience
Recently:
Safety Consultant
HME Services – removal winches SOH Concert Hall roof
Installation temporary funicular lift for SOH CH renovations
Waagner Biro – Installation hydraulic stage and lifting machinery SOH Concert Hall
AutoCAD site plans – several events
2019
CAD/CAM Construction Designer for Staging Rentals & Construction, work included Handa Opera ‘West Side Story’ (steel) and several large scale corporate events.
Risk
Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l
Various corporate events
around Australia
Zirk! Russian circus tour Australia – Theatre Tours International
Production Management:
Production Manager Sydney International Piano Competition 2020
Vertical Fields Elia Bosshard
Salon Flamenco Annalouise Paul
Lighting Design:
“Thunder in my Ears” Ken Unsworth (installation)
Minky opens a Gallery Jodine Wolman
Altered Love Fran Bowick
Salon Flamenco Annalouise Paul
Vertical Fields Elia Bosshard (installation)
Loader Lights Installation
2018
CAD/CAM Construction Designer for Staging Rentals & Construction
Teaching Technical Production at Academy for Music and Performing Arts
Technical Consultant Motimaru Dance Company
Updating and maintaining the ‘Australian Safety Resource Guide’
Production Management:
Three Voices – Cache in Point Sydney Fringe Festival
Morgan Stern Company of Rogues @ Belvoir Street and preparations for Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Somewhere between Hello and Goodbye Lisa Schouw, Chrissie Koltai, Anca Frankenhaeuser, Jenny West
Lighting Design:
Somewhere between Hello Lisa Schouw, Chrissie Koltai,
and Goodbye Anca Frankenhaeuser, Jenny West
The Other Woman Lisa Schouw
Three Voices Cache in Point
Buddah’s Wife Eileen Kramer / Sue Healey
Forge Annalouise Paul
Morgan Stern Company of Rogues – Belvoir Street
2017
Developing the Australian Event Safety Resource Guide
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l
Teaching Technical Production at Sydney Theatre School
Developing and launching the ‘Australian Safety Resource Guide’, including nationwide presentations (Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth)
Presenter at Design Quintessence / Global Truss seminars in Sydney and Perth.
Lighting Design:
Morgan Stern Company of Rogues
“Restraints” Ken Unsworth and Australian Dance Artists
2016
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l:
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l: Wide variety of events and companies.
Developing risk management systems for Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority – Event Delivery.
Production Management:
Arts Health Foundation Convention 2016 NIDA
Forge and Bush Bailando Riverside Theatre, Parramatta
MetaData – DeQuincy Co Riverside Theatre, Parramatta
Lighting Design:
“Dorian Gray – Reimagined” Genesian Theatre Company, Sydney
“Early Ones” Eileen Kramer NIDA Parade Theatre
“Forge” Anna Louise Paul
“Bush Bailando” Compania Pepa Molina
“Birthrights” Hunters Hill Theatre
“Nine, the musical” AFTT, Bondi Pavilion, Bondi
“Gaslight” Hunters Hill Theatre
“Seven Impossible Pieces” Ken Unsworth and Australian Dance Artists
2015
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l: Wide variety of events and companies.
Lighting Design:
“Gulls” Robert Hewett Hunters Hill Theatre
“Departures” Ken Unsworth and Australian Dance Artists
“Joseph K” Tom Basden ACTT, Bondi Pavilion, Bondi
“Brief Encounters” Hunters Hill Theatre
“Boys from Syracuse” ACTT, Bondi Pavilion, Bondi
2004 – 2014
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l:
Risk Management
Provided risk management advice for many large scale corporate event managers such as CiEvents, George P. Johnson Company, Jack Morton Worlswide and many others in a variety of dinners, exhibitions, product launches and functions. Also covered large scale events such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th celebrations for the Department of Premiers and Cabinet, New Years’ Eve ‘Bridge Operations’ for the City of Sydney and several opera productions for Opera Australia.
WH&S Consultant
Provided Safety Management Systems for a wide range of service providers in the entertainment industry such as Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics, George P. Johnson Company, Pollard Productions, Planet Entertainment, Chameleon Touring Systems, Norwest Productions but also the Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and the Opera Australia Workshop.
Site Management Consultant
Planning and management for sites as varied as V-Festival in Sydney and the Gold Coast, several outdoor concerts for Michael Coppel Presents, Opera on the Big Screen at the Sydney Opera House and Federation Square in Melbourne (simultaneously) and the Cockatoo Island Comedy Festival. Hope Estate concerts: Rolling Stones, Eagles and Rod Stewart.
Bengali Festival 2015 at Sydney Olympic Park.
2000 – 2004
Technical Manager / Risk Assessor / OH&S Manager:
Hordern Pavilion &
Royal Hall of Industries Playbill Venue Management & Fox Studios Australia
Responsible for the technical delivery of a wide range of events, exhibitions, concerts and dance parties.
1998 – 2000
Technical Consultant Renovations & Operations Manager:
Hordern Pavilion &
Royal Hall of Industries Playbill Venue Management
1993 – 2000
Lighting Design & Production Manager:
“Virtuosity” Australian Dancers Company, Perth
“Frenzy” Aku Kadogo, Sydney
Peugeot – Annual Dealer
Conference Eventures
International Fencing
Championships Australia Australian Fencing Board
“Romeo & Juliet” Kings Park, Perth
“Prometheus” – Skriabin Sydney Symphony Orchestra
“Honour” Griffin Theatre, Sydney
“Australian Dance Awards” Ausdance, Sydney Opera House
“Arabian Nights” State Theatre Company South Australia
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Adelaide Botanic Gardens
“Romeo & Juliet” Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens
“Four Generations Project” Taipei, Taiwan
“Aïda” Indoor Stadium, Singapore
“Baryshnikov &
White Oak Dance Project” Australian & New Zealand Tour
“Four Generations Project” Taipei, Taiwan
“A Choral Sea” Sydney Townhall
“Housing Industry Awards” SCEC
“Four Generations Project” Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
“DanceWeek 1995” Various Locations
“Museum of Sydney” Opening Museum of Sydney, Sydney
“Casanova Confined” Cellblock Theatre, Sydney & Saltram Winery, Barossa Valley
“Piaf” Jeannie Lewis Melbourne, Perth & Adelaide
“Nambundah Festival” Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
“Dinosaurs in Space” Tin Lids National Tour
“Bad Boy Johnny” Enmore Theatre, Sydney
“St George Bank” Midyear Conference
“Lexus” LS400 Launch National Tour
“Housing Industry Awards” SCEC
“St George Bank” Christmas Conference
“1994 Book Awards” SCEC
“Circus Express” Sheraton Hotel, Seoul – Korea
1990 – 1992
Production Manager:
Sydney Dance Company International Tour ( France, Colombia, Venezuela )
National Tour ( Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra )
Sydney Opera House seasons
“The Tiffany Show” Tiffany Theatre, Pattaya – Thailand
Lighting Design:
“PianoSonata” Sydney Dance Company
“Afterworlds”
“Streetcar named Desire”
“Some Rooms” (revival)
“Nearly Beloved” (revival)
“Bard Bits”
“The Rape of Lucretia”
“Mooggrah”
“Poppy” (revival)
“In the Company of (Wo)Man” Sydney Dance Company
“King Roger”
“Sandsiren” The Australian Ballet
“Dance Collection 1991” onwards The Studio, Newtown Performing Arts
“Steaming” Theatre Royal, Sydney
“Bridging Tunnels” City of Amsterdam – Holland
Before 1990
Production Manager
Holland Festival 1985, 1986
Dutch National Ballet 1983 – 1988
Theatre du Soleil, Paris 1986 ( European Tour )
Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre, Tel Aviv 1983
International Ballet Gala 1985 & 1987 ( Live Television Broadcast )
Taller Amsterdam 1987 – 1989
North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague 1983 – 1985
Deputy Tour Manager:
Royal Shakespeare Company Holland Tour
National Ballet of Canada Holland Tour
National Ballet of Cuba European Tour
LaLaLa Human Steps European Tour
Paco Rabanne Fashion Shows Holland Tour
Lighting Design:
Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam
Dutch Opera Foundation Amsterdam
Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre Tel Aviv
Company Dominique Petit Paris
Salome Isler Company Zurich
Taller Amsterdam Amsterdam
Kinora Dance Theatre Munich
Rotterdam Opera Company Rotterdam
Frank Boeyen Band Nijmegen
North Sea Jazz Festival The Hague
Sound Engineer / Sound Design:
Dutch Opera Foundation Amsterdam
Paris Opera Palais Garnier Paris
Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam
Video Editor / Operator:
Dutch Television Network Hilversum
Dutch Opera Foundation Amsterdam
International Touring:
Various Companies
Italy, Spain, France, UK, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Martinique, Israel, USA, Columbia, Venezuela, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong.
Other Skills:
Qualifications: Public Venue Management School Graduate 2003
Cert. IV – Risk Assessment
Cert. IV – Training and Assessment
Cert. IV – Occupational Health and Safety
Diploma Crowd Science and Risk Analysis (UK)
General Manager:
Taller Amsterdam 1988, 1989
Sydney Dance Company (Acting) 1991
Presentations:
Venue Management Association Congress
Love Parade – what happened 2011
Indianapolis – Impact on Australia 2012
PALME Asia conference (Singapore)
Work Health and Safety in the events industry 2013
Entech Roadshow – Sydney, Brisbane,
Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth
Safety Resource Guide 2017
SARA Conference, Johannesburg, SA
Safety in the Entertainment Industry 2017
Consultancy (other):
Het Muziektheater (Amsterdam Opera House), Amsterdam
Audio & Video systems 1984 – 1985
Hordern Pavilion & Royal Hall of Industries
Technical facilities and operations 1998 – 2000
Teaching:
TAFE Loftus campus, units in SITXEVT013A 2010
AFTT – CUA60213 – Risk Management 2016
Sydney Theatre School – Technical Production 2016 – 2017
AMPA – Technical Production 2018
Languages:
English, Dutch, German Fluent; speaking, reading & writing
French Conversation level
Italian and Spanish Basic understanding