Ian Jackson
Stage Manager / Production Crew / Sound Design / Original Music / SFX
United Kingdom
Professional Status
Freelancer
Available
About Me
FOR FULL JOB HISTORY PLEASE CLICK EXPERIENCE TAB. REFERENCES CAN BE FOUND IN EDUCATION SECTION
Freelance / Contract Production Crew
Various
Since 2004
UK / Australia
United Kingdom
- Companies worked for (either directly or through crew companies) include, but not limited to:
Assembly Festivals Ltd
NL Productions, Edinburgh
Theatre Modo
Commoved
Melbourne International Comedy Festival (AUS)
Strut N Fret (AUS)
Token Events (AUS)
Laughing Stock Productions (AUS)
Bella Union (AUS)
Right Angle Events (AUS)
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Gingerline
Gilded Balloon Productions
Underbelly
The GRV
National Theatre of Scotland
Diamond Event Services
Tower Events
SKL
Tapestry AV
Northern Light
Black Light
Fisher Lighting
Brahler ICS
BBG Audio
Edinburgh International Conference C
The AV Dept.
Saville AV
Metro AV
Edinburgh Fringe Office
UZ Events
Unique Events
Puppet Lab
Sound & Vision
PSS
Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline - PLEASE CLICK "EXPERIENCE" TAB FOR FULL DETAILS, AND LIST OF KEY EVENT AND MANAGEMENT ROLES
Freelance Technical Crew
NL Productions
Since 2019
- Various freelance roles from Warehouse Tech (prep and pack) to Onsite fit-ups/Get-outs, construction of set pieces, and onsite Duty Tech
- Major events worked on include:
-Edinburgh Zoo Christmas Nights 2020/2021
-Edinburgh Castle of Light 2021
-Burns on the Beach, Ayrshire 2020
-RBS 6 Nations Rugby, Murrayfield 2020
Technical Stage Manager
Hot Dub Time Machine
September 2018
to October 2018
- TSM and Stage Tech for DJ AV show. Main responsibilities being stage gear setup/packdown, technical liason with venue staff, pyro operation and artist liaison.
- UK & Europe club / hard ticket headline tour.
- Venues included:
- Brixton Academy (London), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Lollapalooza Festival (Berlin), Academy (Dublin), Limelight (Belfast), and other Venues and Universities all over UK
- Included Hot Dub Stein Machine, our own outdoor Oktoberfest festival at Gosford House, Scotland
Production Coordinator
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
March 2018
to April 2018
- Running production for a precinct of 13 venues across Melbourne
- Responsible for a team of 16 TSMs, Rovers and Swing Techs, outputting up to 50 seperate performances per day
Stage Manager
Late N Live (Gilded Balloon)
August 2017
- SM for long running late comedy show Late N Live, running a team of 2 ASMs and 2 Tech Operators
- Running band / comedy soundchecks/logistics, making sure the on and offstage needs of all acts are taken care of, and that all acts can be turned around technically in a matter of seconds, ensuring a smooth show
- 2 hours of comedy, followed by 2 hours of live music with different acts/bands every night for all of August
Roving Production Crew
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
March 2017
to May 2017
- Providing production support across two precincts of 20 venues (out of a total of nearly 50), as well as any other areas requested by the Production Manager, such as set ups for extra events and filmed performances
- Led / managed a team of interns from local technical colleges (many past interns have gone on to work with MICF as TSMs)
- One of my roles was to execute incredibly quick turnarounds daily in busy venues, such as turning a live comedy venue into a late night TV filming environment (ABC Television's Comedy Up Late series)
BA Stage Management and Theatre Production
Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, Scotland
2000
to 2003
Multi-disciplined, 3 year degree covering LX, Audio, Stage Management, Set Design & Construction, and Front Of House skills. Attained "With Distinction".
- Good general knowledge of lighting and sound principles / set up.
- ASM / DSM / SM / TSM experience (inc. being "on the book", calling shows, and running rehearsals).
- Experience of Zero 88, LSC, Avolites lighting consoles, among others.
- Experience with many analogue, and some Yamaha digital sound desks (M7CL, LS9)
- Experienced with general crew duties, onsite safety standards and behaviour (inc. corporate environments).
- Experienced with Digimic / I.R. Simultaneous Interpretation equipment.
- BECTU member.
- Experience with audio editing, creation and playback packages (inc. Ableton Live, Reason, QLab, Pro Tools, Cool Edit Pro, etc).
- "White Card" Trained (Australian Construction Induction).
- Experienced in various performance / event enviroments (Theatre, Comedy, Live Music, Corporate, Festivals).
- Specialise in working with solo and "fringe" performers, from rehearsal to stage.