Standing By 2020

Students learn the professional skills they need to keep pace with future technical, management and design developments in the field. The degree encompasses stage management, lighting, sound, multimedia production, costume, props, stage mechanics, scenery installation and theatre design. Each student gets the opportunity to specialise in a particular area of live production.

Due to limits imposed on live performance by Covid-19 restrictions, technical production students participated in an in-house launch event, for Standing By 2020, as a test of the skills they have gained throughout the course.

2020 graduates

Photography: Nathaniel Knight

Jack Alcock

Jack is an emerging mechanist, sound designer and sound technician, passionate about dance, festivals and installations. While at QUT, Jack has worked as a head of sound (New Moves 2016, Production One 2016); sound associate (Standing By 2020); sound and vision coordinator (Drama Practice 5 2019, Dance 2015); sound designer and sound coordinator (The Seagull 2015); Head of Set and Fly’s (Essentially Dance 2015); floor electrician (Romeo and Juliet 2014); sound operator (Laramie Project 2015); production assistant (Mnemonic 2014); props designer (Speaking in Tongues 2020); and a stage manager (New Moves 2015, Production One 2014). He also spent time in his graduating year working as a sound designer (Three Sisters 2020); and undertook a placement in site construction with Brisbane Festival 2020. Jack has also completed a Cert. III in Entertainment Industries, and looks forward to witnessing the merging and connection of art and technology in the coming years.

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Ashleigh Bradfield

Ashleigh is an emerging mechanist, technician, designer, passionate about sound design, staging, theatre and circus. While at QUT, Ashleigh worked as a sound designer (Standing By, Romeo and Juliet 2020); sound and vision coordinator (Dance 2019); head of set (Collab Works 2019, Panopticon 2019); set designer (Panopticon 2019); sound operator (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2019); QLab operator (a Couch in the Cane Field 2019); and a stage manager (Septum Socious 2019). She also spent time working in set and props fabrication (Dead Puppets Society creative development 2020); undertook a placement in site design with Brisbane Festival 2020; and worked on a placement as a Mechanist with Creative Generation 2019. Ashleigh looks forward to taking a break after this semester.

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Meika Clark

Meika is an emerging lighting designer and technical manager, and aspires to work in all forms of live performance. While at QUT, Meika has worked as a technical manager (Standing By 2020); lighting designer (The Bone People 2020, Recipe 2019); head electrician (So it Goes 2019); lighting operator (Radiate 2018); head of sound and vision (New Moves, Drama Practice 3 2019); vision assistant & camera operator (Pygmalion 2018); archive and crew (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2019); deputy stage manager (Dance 2018); and an assistant stage manager (Essentially Dance 2018). She also spent time in her graduating year working as a head electrician (Three Sisters, Dinner, Love & Money 2020); and a lighting operator (Dinner, Love & Money 2020). Meika has also completed a Cert. III, Cert. IV, and Diploma in Live Production, Theatre and Events (Technical Operations). Meika looks forward to building her career in touring live performance as a lighting designer and technical manager.

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Katherine Crocker

Katherine is an emerging stage manager and production artist, and enjoys musical theatre, ballet and opera. While at QUT, Katherine has worked as a launch and exhibition coordinator (Standing By 2020); stage manager (The Bone People 2020, A Couch in the Cane 2018); assistant stage manager (Collab Works 2019); head electrician (Drama Practice 5 2019); QLab operator (Septum Socious 2018); and a sound designer (Dial Tones 2019). She also spent time in her graduating year working as a stage manager (Dead Puppet Society creative development 2020). Katherine has also completed a Cert. III in Live Production and Technical Services, and looks forward to building networks, and pursuing her career in stage management.

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Kensington Fielder

Kensington is an emerging designer, specialising in design, construction and fabrication for Theatre, and enjoys theatre, musical theatre, and opera. While at QUT, Kensington has worked as a set designer (The Bone People 2020, Dial Tones 2019); lighting designer (Drama Practice 3 2019); head of set (Standing By 2020); occupational health and safety coordinator (So it Goes 2019); archive assistant (Season at Sarsaparilla 2019); lighting operator (Collab Works 2019); and a deputy stage manager (Sticks and Stones 2018). She also spent time in her graduating year working as a Puppet & miniature set builder (Dead Puppet Society creative development 2020) and design associate (Dinner, Love & Money 2020). Kensington has also completed a Diploma in Technical Production, and looks forward to being able to go out dancing with friends, seeing theatre and small scale works in smaller Brisbane venues, and no matter where she is at, or what she is doing as a profession, she look’s forward to being content, centred, and happy.

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Michelle Hair

Michelle is an emerging visual designer and artist, and is interested in all forms of live performance. While at QUT, Michelle has worked as a vision designer (Standing By 2020, Dial Tones 2019); costume designer (Romeo and Juliet 2020); design associate and head of set (Incognito 2019); costume assistant and dresser (Season at Sarsaparilla 2019); set assistant (Pygmalion 2018); set coordinator (So it Goes 2019); head of sound (Essentially Dance 2019); and a lighting operator and assistant stage manager (Drama Practice 5 2018). She also spent time in her graduating year working in fabrication (Dead Puppet Society creative development 2020); and undertook a placement in design with Brisbane Festival 2020. Michelle aspires to complete her Master of Philosophy in 2022, studying ways to make costume design and construction better for the environment.

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Kelly Hau

Kelly is an emerging lighting designer and sound designer, and has an interest in dance, festivals, music, events, and developing her skills in stage management. While at QUT, Kelly has worked as a lighting designer (Standing By, Romeo and Juliet 2020, Incognito, Shachiku 2019); sound designer (The Dark Room 2019); head electrician (Incognito 2019); floor electrician (Essentially Dance 2018); dome operator (Pygmalion 2018); and an assistant stage manager and lighting operator (Drama Practice 5 2018). She also spent time in her graduating year working as a lighting designer & technical manager (Alone Together 2020); and undertook a placement with Brisbane Festival 2020. Kelly looks forward to building her career as a designer in lighting and sound, and touring around the world with concerts, festivals and dance theatre.

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Lina Hsu

Lina is an emerging set designer, and has many hidden and undisclosed passions and interests. While at QUT, Lina has worked as a set designer (Crazy Brave 2020, Shachiku 2019); head electrician (Dance 19); digital engagement and programme coordinator (Standing By 2020); archive coordinator and sound and vision operator (Essentially Dance 2019); stage manager (Drama Practice 5 2018); sound assistant (Season of Contemporary American Plays (2018); QLab operator (Drama Practice 5 2018); lighting crew and dome operator (Pygmalion 2019); vision operator (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2019). She also spent her graduating year on a placement with Lang Ling Creative Workshop working in set design and construction, and sound and vision operations. Lina may or may not have completed other qualifications, and has yet to reveal her aspirations for the future, as she is focussed on the present, and working towards completing her tasks for Standing By 2020.

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Persia Littlewood

Perisa is an emerging teacher and director, and is passionate about theatre and music. While at QUT, Persia has worked as a curator (Romeo and Juliet 2020); sound designer (Standing By 2020); head of sound and vision (Incognito 2019); stage manager (Essentially Dance 2019, Collisions 2018); assistant stage manager (The Ladies 2019); fly’s operator (Pygmalion 2018); and a QLab operator (The C* Word: Censorship 2018). She also spent time in her graduating year working an assistant director (Dead Puppet Society creative development 2020); and a boom operator (Film Slate 2020). Persia looks forward to becoming a high school drama teacher so she can share the arts with young people.

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Zachary Neville

Zachary is an emerging sound technician and lighting designer, and enjoys musical theatre, theatre and festivals. While at QUT, Zachary has worked as a head of sound (Standing By 2020); sound designer (Speaking in Tongues 2020, Mama’s Boys Brothers Book Club 2019); sound assistant (Pygmalion 2018); QLab operator (Radiate 2018); floor electrician (Dance 2018); lighting operator (So it Goes 2019); Deputy Stage Manager (New Moves, Son’s of the Prophet 2019); and a assistant stage manager (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2018). He also spent time in his graduating year working as head of sound (Three Sisters 2020); and a lighting designer (Twelfth Night 2020). Zachary has also completed a Diploma in Musical Theatre, and looks forward to having so much fun within the industry, that he never has to work a day in his life.

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Sarah O'Neill

Sarah is an emerging production artist, visual designer and stage manager, and is interested in theatre, dance, music, and music theatre. While studying at QUT, Sarah has worked as a exhibition curator (Standing By 2020); curator (Speaking in Tongues 2020); lighting designer (New Moves 2019); lighting designer and creative collaborator (Sparks 2019); production manager and creative collaborator (So it Goes 2019); props assistant (Pygmalion 2018); production stage manager (Drama Practice 3 2019); deputy stage manager (The C* Word: Censorship 2018); head of set (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2019); head electrician (Collab Works 2019); and a QLab operator (Collisions 2018). She also spent time in her graduating year working in fabrication (Dead Puppet Society creative development 2020); and undertook a technical / digital scoping placement with Brisbane Festival 2020. Sarah has completed a Certificate of Modern Jazz Teaching CSTD, and is excited to see where the industry is heading, and looks forward to being a part of the recovery, wherever that may be.

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Tarryn Renshaw

Tarryn is an emerging production manager; stage manager and production technician, and enjoys musical theatre, circus, theatre and festivals. While at QUT, Tarryn has worked as a production manager (Standing By 2020, So it Goes 2019); Production / stage manager (Incognito 2019); stage manager (Petrichor 2018); vision designer and head of vision (The Bone People 2020, Sparks 2019); vision operator (So it Goes 2019); lighting operator (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2019); QLab operator (Don’t They Know It’s The End of The World? 2018); set and fly’s operator (Pygmalion 2018) and a lighting designer (Mama’s Boys Brothers Book Club 2019). She also spent time in her graduating year working as a vision assistant (Dead Puppet Society creative development 2020); undertook a technical / digital scoping placement for Brisbane Festival 2020, a stage management placement (School of Rock); and a technical placement (Circa). Tarryn has also completed a Cert. III in Live Production and Technical Services, and looks forward to expanding her skills further, and exploring all this industry has to offer.

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Samuel Seagrott

Samuel is an emerging live performance and events manager, and production artist, and is passionate about all forms of live performance. While at QUT, Samuel has worked as a production stage manager (Drama Practice 5 2019), stage manager (Panopticon 2019, Don’t They Know It’s The End of The World? 2018); creative collaborator and occupational health and safety coordinator (Looking Through Glass 2020); digital engagement and programme coordinator (Standing By 2020); Head of Sound and Vision (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2019); lighting operator (Essentially Dance 2019); QLab operator (Petrichor 2018); costume designer (Speaking in Tongues 2020); and a costume assistant (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2018). He has also undertaken a placement as a stage manager (Nineteen 2017), and in his graduating year took a placement as a set design and stage management assistant (The Midsummer Carnival 2020); and a placement as a producer, production / stage manager (Hot Mess Mama 2020). Samuel has also completed a Cert. III in Children’s Services, a Diploma in Theatre Arts, and looks forward to helping manage, develop and bring to life new creative works, voices and stories to the stage.

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Isaac Stevenson

Isaac is an emerging lighting technician and operator, vision technician and production manager, and is interested in theatre, dance, live music and festivals. While at QUT, Isaac has worked as a broadcast coordinator and head of vision (Standing By 2020); head electrician (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2019, Drama Practice 5 2018); head of vision (Essentially Dance, So it Goes 2019); vision designer (Essentially Dance 2019); production stage manager (Dance 2019); stage manager (Drama Practice 5 2018); floor electrician (Season of Contemporary American Plays 2018); sound assistant (Season at Sarsaparilla 2019); set and flys assistant (Pygmalion 2018); and lighting designer (Crazy Brave 2020). He also spent time in his graduating year working as a vision assistant (Dead Puppet Society creative development 2020); and a lighting operator (Twelfth Night 2020). Isaac has completed a minor in computer science, and looks forward to being able to do what he loves for a living and facing new challenges in the world of the production arts.

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Rajiv Tamang

Rajiv is an emerging mechanist, lighting and vision specialist. While at QUT, Rajiv has worked as a head electrician (Standing By 2020, Panopticon 2019); lighting designer and creative collaborator (Panopticon 2019); lighting designer and lighting operator (Drama Practice 5 2019); head of vision and vision operator (Collab Works 2019); lighting operator (Dance 2018); vision assistant (Essentially Dance 2018); assistant stage manager (Radiate 2018); and costume designer (Summer of the Aliens 2020). He also spent time on placement as a mechanist for Creative Generation 2019; and undertook a technician placement for Brisbane Festival 2020.

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Alone Together

Alone Together is a multidisciplinary response to social, environmental, political and health issues that have been illuminated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Disparity in response efforts to the pandemic around the world has heightened awareness of the effects our values and behaviours have on our communities.

Technical Production students collaborated with fellow graduating students in Dance; Drama; Film, Television and New Media and Music.

Indefinite

Indefinite is a performance art piece that encourages the audience to reflect on their privilege by abstracting absurd aspects of Australia’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as hoarding toilet paper.

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