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Giles Tanner LIGHTING DESIGNER

Giles is a graduate of Hagley Theatre Company (Diploma in Performing Arts), where he concentrated on technical production, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Canterbury.

Currently Head Technician at The Court Theatre, Giles has worked on more than 50 Court productions including Amadeus; When the Rain Stops Falling; Constellations; Educating Rita; Waiora: Te U Kai Po – The Homeland; The Events; Ropable; Venus in Fur; Titus Andronicus; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Stephen King’s Misery; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; The Father; Fresh Off the Boat; The Wind in the Willows; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Girl on the Train and Sense and Sensibility; Rēwena and Be Like Billy?

Jo Bunce HEAD STAGE MANAGER

Jo graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Diploma in Technical Production in 1996 and has been working in theatre for over 25 years. She freelanced for many years in Wellington as a lighting designer / operator and stage manager, as well as working overseas in London and Edinburgh in film. She was an on-set production assistant for King Kong

Jo has been involved in over 50 Court productions going back to 1996, including End of the Rainbow; The Hound of the Baskervilles; Blood Brothers; One Man, Two Guvnors; Shepherd; Constellations; Waiora; The Events; Venus in Fur; Ideation; Stephen King’s Misery; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; The Arsonists; A Streetcar Named Desire; Ladies Night; Frankenstein; The Girl on the Train; Flagons and Foxtrots; Sense and Sensibility and Appropriate.

Ben Freeth STAGE MANAGER

Ben has immersed himself in theatre since graduating from the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) with a Bachelor of Performing Arts. His previous Court Theatre credits as an actor include Romeo and Juliet; Mary Poppins; Cops and Robbers; Legally Blonde the Musical; The Ugly Duckling; Chicago; Titus Andronicus; Jesus Christ Superstar; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; The Wind in the Willows; Jersey Boys; Little Shop of Horrors; Flagons and Foxtrots and RENT.

Ben’s stage management credits include Catch Me If You Can; Severely Queer (Blackboard Theatre Collective); Sweet Charity; Ragtime (NASDA); Songs for a New World (So Keen Productions); The Father (The Court Theatre) and he served as assistant stage manager on Hudson & Halls Live!