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paulbatten — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:25:13 CDT

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Production Manager	Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Co Jan - March	Ain’t Mis - Behaven Tour musical revue of Fats Waller songs
Lighting designer	Chalk foot/channel Jan 08	Touring show of Laurel & Hardy
Project director	Oxford inspires August – December 07	direction of to large scale event (Cycle of time and time Tellers ) to celebrate a 1000 years of Oxfordshire
Production management/lighting design	Drama studio London June 07 - July 07	Production management and lighting design of seven end of year shows
Theatre consultant/ Venue designer/project mananger	Hagley School Kidderminster April – August 07	Design and project management for studio venue at school
Re lighting design	Chalk foot/channel Margate April 07	re lighting for new tour of ragged trouser philanthropists
Set design and Construction	Opera Anywhere Oxford April 07	Design and build of staging for Don Giovanni
Deputy Production Manager/designer/constructor	Oxford Inspires Oxford March 07	Luminox fire event in Broad Street Oxford
Lighting designer	Channel & Chalkfoot theatre Feb 07	Lighting design for Never Ever After tour
Production Manager & set construction	Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Oxford Jan – March 07	Touring show Falling Sky
Lighting designer	Channel & Chalkfoot theatre Dec 06	Lighting design for Alice in Wonderland at Bexhill theatre
Project Director/Designer	West Ox Arts Sept – Dec 06	Community arts project of lantern making ending in a event for Christmas including pyrotechnical display
Production Manager /set construction	Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Oxford Sept – Oct 06	Tour of the Fire bird
Lighting design & production mangement	Channel & Chalkfoot theatre July – Aug 06	Open air production of taming of the Shrew
Design and construction	Channel & Chalkfoot theatre May – June 06	Designed and constructed an open air tour of Alice in Wonderland
Design and construction	Woodgreen school Dec 05 –April 06	Design and installation of studio theatre space
Production Manager /set construction	Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Oxford Feb 06 – March 06	Tour of Under Milkwood

Lighting design er		Channel & Chalkfoot theatre Jan 06	Lighting design for touring production of ragged Trousered Philanthropist
Lighting Designer and Tour Manager		Chalkfoot tour Co Kent Oct 05 – Nov 05	Rural tour of Sea Morgan’s Child
Technical Director		Komedia Edinburgh Ltd Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2005	Designing and arranging the installation of 5 temporary venues. Over seeing 42 theatre companies. Managing technical staff for venues
Lighting Designer and Site Manager		Creation Theatre Oxford May 05 June 05	Site management and lighting design for an open air production of As You Like It
Lighting Designer		Channel Theatre /Chalkfoot Margate Jan 05 Feb 05	Lighting Design for touring production of Emma
Lighting Designer		Creation theatre Oxford November 04	The lighting and electrics design for a production of Christmas Carol and Comedy of Errors held in the Spiegel Tent at BMW Oxford
Designer and rigger		Komedia & Aurora Nova Edinburgh Festival July 04	The design and rig of an outdoor lighting and banner area for the award winng venue St Stephens at the Edinburgh fringe festval
Course Leader (Production) PT		Abingdon and Witney College May 04 – Present	Over seeing BTEC course in all aspects of stage production. Management of the college theatre and technician.
Design / Set Construction		Abingdon and Witney College Abingdon Dec 04 Dec 04	Assisting and overseeing students in constructing the set for "Animal Farm
Lighting Designer		Channel Theatre Margate Jan 04 Feb 04	Lighting designer for two touring shows based on the creation myths
Production Manager/Lighting Designer:		Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Co. September 03 – May 04	Production Manager/Lighting Designer for touring theatre company
Lighting Designer:		Channel Theatre September 03	Lighting design for Phoenix & the Carpet tour
Theatre consultant:		Kidderminster College April 02-July 03	Consultancy and installation of new theatre space for Kidderminster College
Lighting/Sound Designer:		ACTA Community Theatre July 03	Four lighting and sound designs for community shows
Prodution Manager:		Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Co. May 03- June 03	Production management of large-scale multi media educational project.
Set/Lighting/Sound designer:		Bishop Stortford College January 03-July 03	Set, lighting, sound design pre production management f Much Ado about Nothing for Edinburgh Festival.
Production/Tour manager Lighting/Sound Designer:		Channel Theatre Co. Margate January 03-March 03	Design and purchase of new touring lighting system. Lighting and Sound Design and Tour management for tour of community halls and theatre in Kent and Sussex for production of "Spooky Little Girl"
Technical Manager:		Bishop Stortford College September 02- December 02	Up grading the facilities, health and safety and running of the college’s drama department. Designing set, lighting, sound and production managing student production of Much Ado About Nothing. Instructing students in lighting, sound and stage management.
Venue Designer Production & Venue Manager:		Hawk Communications Edinburgh July 02-September 02	The designing, fitting up & overseeing three performing spaces at Edinburgh Festival.
Production Management Set Construction Lighting and Pyrotechnic Design:		Creation Theatre Oxford June 02-July 02	Open air production or a Midsummer’s Night Dream
Design & Construction:		Komedia Brighton May 02-June 02	Design and construction of seating unit for Edinburgh Festival Venue
Tour/Production Manager (Re-Lights)		Pentabus Theatre Co. January 02 - April 02	National tour of "Smashed Eggs" a children’s show.
Lighting Designer/ Pyrotechnician:		Acta Community Theatre Bristol November 01 - December 01	Several community theatre in & out-door projects.
Production / Tour Manager: & Lighting Designer		About Face Theatre Co. Midlands September 01 - October 01	"Wave Watchers" tour of the Midlands for a special needs theatre company.
Venue Designer Production &Venue Manger:		Komedia Edinburgh July 01 - September 01	The designing, fitting up & overseeing five performing spaces at Edinburgh Festival.
Production Manager/ Lighting & Pyrotechnic Designer:		Creation Theatre Oxford June 01 - July 01	Open air productions of Romeo & Juliet & As You Like It.
Site Manager		Zap Productions Brighton May 01	Site management of Brighton Street Arts Festival
Lighting designer Technician:		Urban Strawberry Lunch Europe March 01 - May 01	Band Tour of Europe.
Tour Manager & Lighting Design:		Guy Masterson Productions The Netherlands January 01 - February 01	Tour of "Adolf" in The Netherlands & Belgium.
Lighting Designer & Operator:		Acta Community Theatre Bristol. November 00	Large-scale community show.
Set Build / Lighting Design Stage Management:	Spectacle Theatre Wales September 00 - December 00			Tour of Wales of Antigone Now! Performing in Theatres, Schools & Community centre.
Pyrotechnician:	Acta Community Theatre Bristol. November 00			Community firework show & lantern procession
Lighting Designer & Operator:	Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh Festival August 00			"Warm to my Winning Smile" Comedy show with Omid Djalli.
Production Manager:	Komedia/ Hawk Communications Edinburgh Festival July 00 - September 00			Production managing Technical budget, building and running of 6 spaces in 3 Venues with 18 crew.
Lighting Designer:	ACTA Bristol July 00			Lighting design for "Witness" Large-scale community show at Colston Hall in Bristol.
Lighting Designer:	Ludlow College			Lighting design for college production of "Adam Bede" at the
Event / Production Manager & Pyrotechnic Design:	Pentabus Theatre Co. June 00 - July 00			"Shot Through the Heart" Large site specific performance based at Ludlow Castle.
Technical/Tour Manager (Tutor):	Ludlow College / Performing Arts March 00			Overseeing student tour of schools.
Technical Manager:	Komedia Brighton January 00 - June 00			Six month contract to oversee the technical running of the Komedia’s Theatre and cabaret spaces. Pre - production work for Komedia @ Edinburgh. Installation and running events for Komedia for Brighton Festival at Hove Town Hall.
Pyrotechnician:	Dragonfire Cardiff December 99			Millennium fireworks in Cardiff.
Pyrotechnician:	Dragonfire November 99			Various firework shows.
Lighting Designer & Operator:	ACTA October 99			Several shows for a festival for companies with special needs.
Production Electrician:	Barrow in Furness October 99			Youth Drama Project.
Pyrotechnician:	Dragonfire/BBC September 99			Fire Drawing for the Welsh Proms
Co. Director, Production Management, Lighting & Pyrotechnic Design:	Quality of Life Project / Centre for the Visual Arts. Cardiff. May 99 - September 99.			Opening ceremony for the Centre of the Visual Arts.
Production Manager:	Hawk Communications / Komedia. Edinburgh. July 99 - August 99.			Overseeing the fit up of five venues at the Edinburgh Festival.
Production Electrician & Operator	Ludlow Festival. Ludlow. July 99			"Mid Summers Night Dream". Outdoor Shakespeare at Ludlow Castle.
Designer & Maker:	Dragonfire. Rochester. June 99.			Dickens Festival Son et Lumiere

Pyrotechnician:	Dragonfire. Cardiff. May 99.	Fire drawing (Dragon) For the opening of the Welsh Assembly.
Design Assistant & Maker:	Pentabus Theatre Co. / About Face Theatre Co. Leominster. April 99.	"Dream Machine". Installation of staging in a Church for a promenade show.
Production Manager & Design Assistant:	Oily Cart Theatre Co. London. February 99 - April 99.	"The Lost Sock". Show for children with learning difficulties, set in hydrotherapy pools.
Director, Production Co-ordinator & Designer:	Pyrotheatrix. Hay on Wye. September 98 - October 98.	"Horror in Hay" Running community workshops, large out door procession & show based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe.
Lighting Designer & Technician:	ACTA Community Theatre. Bristol. September 98.	"Open Minds". A project of several different productions.
Technical & Venue Manager:	Hawk Communications. Edinburgh. August 98.	Fitting up running three venues at Edinburgh fringe festival.
Event & Production Manager Pyrotechnician:	Pentabus Theatre Co. Ludlow. June 98 - July 98.	"Comus". Large outdoor Multi - media show at Ludlow Castle.
Lighting designer & Technician:	ACTA Theatre Community Theatre Co. Weston Super Mare. May 98.	Large-scale community show.
Production & Tour Manager:	Theatre Works. February 98 - April 98.	National Tour of number one theatres.
Production Manager & Lighting Designer:	Three Choirs Festival. Hereford. August 97.	Musical production of "Paradise Lost".
Stage manager & Technician:	Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Ludlow. 97 - 00	P/T Pre-rigging & overseeing incoming companies.
Technical Manager: (Part time)	Folly Arts Theatre. Hereford. 93 -98	Management of theatre, pre-rigging & overseeing incoming companies.
Pyrotechnician, Designer & Maker:	No Fit State Circus. Cardiff. December 97.	In charge of indoor pyrotechnics, design & construction for large site-specific community show.
Stage manager & Technician:	In Theatre. 96 - 98.	Touring one-man show "A strange bit of history" to London, Edinburgh & Haifa (Israel).
Technical Manager:	Edinburgh Venue Associates. Edinburgh. 94 - 95 - 96	Setting up lighting, sound, staging systems & overseeing the technical requirements of international theatre companies at the Edinburgh Festival.

Technical Director.	Scottish Student Drama Festival. Edinburgh. April 93.	The setting up & running of theatre spaces for student theatre companies.
Director, Production Manager & Designer, (Part time)	Pyrotheatrix. 93 - 99	Large outdoor site-specific events including: Hereford Summer Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Hay on Fire Festival, World Aids Day & International Festival of the Sea.
Pyrotechnician, Designer, Technician, & Maker:	Dragonfire Ltd. 88 - Present.	Son et Lumen’ & Fireworks shows.
Designer & Stage Manager:	Hereford New Theatre July - November 86.	National tour of "All the arts of hurting".
Technical Manager:	B&B Sound & Vision. Hereford. 86 - 90	Sound, lighting, staging hire & construction company.
Set Construction & Painter:	Welsh National Opera. Cardiff. 84 - 86	Construction & painting of stage sets for WNO television & film companies.
Designer & Stage manager:	Leicester Little Theatre. Leicester. 82 - 83	Design, construction & lighting for community theatre.

I have also worked in a variety of roles for the following companies Bristol Dance Centre, Swan Theatre Worcester, Jigsaw Circus, West Lothian Arts, Sandling Fireworks, Pyrophenallia, and RSC. Aurora Fireworks, Dundee Rep & Heads on fire theatre Co.

employment: community arts and education

Lecturer (Part time):	Abingdon & Witney College 2003 -	Teaching all aspects of production to Btec students
Lecturer (Part time):	Croyden College January 03	Instructing technical theatre & production techniques GNVQ to Performing arts students.
Lecturer (Part time):	Ludlow College. Ludlow. May 98 - June 00	Teaching technical theatre & production techniques to Btec Performing art students.
Technical instructor (Part time):	Herefordshire College of Art & Design. Hereford. 93 - 98	Instructing technical theatre & production techniques to Btec/GNVQ Performing arts students.
Technical instructor:	Fife College of Technology. Kirkcaldy. 92 - 93.	Technical support for HND Theatre arts & audio - visual departments.
Lecturer (Part time):	Herefordshire College of Art of Design. Hereford. 90 -92.	A level theatre studies (technical).
Arts Worker (Part time):	Shropshire Youth Service. 91 - 92.	Setting up & running a variety of youth arts projects.
Arts Worker (Part time):	Herefordshire Youth Service. 90 - 92.	Setting up & running a Variety of youth arts projects.
Arts Worker:	Vaynor Community Council. Cefn Coed. 83 - 84.	Setting up & running various arts projects in the community.

qualifications and skills
Herefordshire College of Art & Design: Diploma in General Design.
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: Technical Theatre HND
Abingdon and Witney College City and Guilds Teaching Certificate
Herefordshire Technical College: Cert. Of Electrical Competence.
First Aid Cert.
Cert. Manual Handling
Driving Licence (clean & full). Up to 7.5 ton

Production, Stage and Event Management.
Lighting & Sound.
Stage set, prop design, construction & painting, fire sculpture, celebratory arts
Pyrotechnics.
Teaching, organising & running workshops
Computer skills: Word, Excel and Computer Aided Design

references
Touring Theatre & Site Specific:
John Morton
Development Director
Pentabus Theatre Co.
Bromfield
Ludlow
SY8 2JU.
TEL: 01584 856564

Community Theatre:
Neil Beddows
ActaCentre
Gladstone St
Bedminster
Bristol
BS3 3AY
TEL: 0117 9532448

Touring Theatre/
Lighting design/Production management/design:
Phillip Dart Director
Chalkfoot & Channel Theatre Co
Central studios
36 park place
Margate
Kent
CT19 1LE 01843 280077

Education work/set design:
Judy Gray
Head of performing arts
Abingdon &Witney College
Wootton Rd Abingdon
OX14 1GG
012355 55585

Production & Theatre management:
Tim Hawkins, Financial Director,
Komedia, Gardner St Brighton
TEL: 07770852021

Technical / Production Management:
Brendan Murray Director
Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company The Annexe, SS Mary & Johns School
Meadow Lane
Oxford OX4 1TJ
Tel 01865 249444

Project Management:
Jaqui Ibison Oxford inspires
01865 810490

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paulbatten — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:11:18 CDT

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Paul Batten trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Paul has worked for many years in the theatre and entertainment industry.

He is a freelance Production Manager, Designer, Maker, Lighting Designer and Pyrotechnical Designer for many different types of events.

In his career, he has also had the opportunity of touring with several different Theatre companies and music groups both nationally and internationally. As well as professional pursuits he also finds time to teach part time in theatre production at Abingdon and Witney College, where he is their resident designer.

Some past and current clients:
Acta Community theatre. About Face Theatre Co. AWC Performing Arts. Chalkfoot/Channel Theatre Co. Creation Theatre. Dragonfire Ltd. Drama Studio London. Edinburgh Venue Associates. Glastonbury Festival, Guy Masterson Productions. Hawk Communications. Hereford Summer Festival. Hay on Fire Festival, In Theatre. International Festival of the Sea. Komedia.	Leicester Little Theatre. Ludlow Festival. Oily Cart Theatre Co. Opera Anywhere. Oxford Inspires. Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Co. Pentabus. Pyrotheatrix. Quality of Life Project. No Fit State Circus. Spectacle Theatre. Three Choirs Festival. Welsh National Opera. Urban Strawberry Lunch. West Ox Arts. Zap Productions.

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