MEET YOUR AV MANAGER
MEET YOUR AV MANAGER:
Sorcha Steele, Head of Sound, Royal Exchange Theatre In this edition of Meet your AV Manager, AVTE caught up with Sorcha Steele to discuss what a typical day looks like for her and her team inside the spectacular Grade II listed Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester Hi Sorcha. Tell us a little about the Royal Exchange Theatre. The Royal Exchange Theatre (RET), located in the heart of Manchester, is an award-winning producing theatre, and was recently voted Regional Theatre of the Year 2016 (Stage Awards). We create world-class theatre, bringing together talented artists, writers and communities, producing brave new plays, ambitious revivals and distinctive arts events and projects. How big is your team? Including me, there are five of us in the sound
department. I have two senior technicians and two technicians and on occasion we bring in casual staff when needed. With two main theatre spaces, three rehearsals rooms, site specific events in buildings around Manchester and the additional events held in our main theatre space on top of our theatre programme, we are certainly kept very busy! What’s a typical day for you? I manage the sound department, part of the larger production department. We are responsible for delivering and supporting projects across the theatre’s programme which includes our main
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