"It's not a job, it's a lifestyle"

Hometown
Surrey, but now living in Cardiff

What do you do?
Self-employed site and production manager

What was your first role in theatre?
Technician

What else have you done in theatre?
Technician at Blackwood Miners’ Institute and production manager at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. I have been freelancing since 2002.

Have you got qualifications?
A degree in drama, theatre and television and a postgraduate diploma in stage management

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Something in theatre

What do you do all day?
I now work in a mixture of live events and theatre, so most of the summer I am outside in various fields and in the autumn and spring I am production managing theatre shows – be they main stage tours or small studio pieces. I work with the creative team to realise their vision, then work with the construction teams, painters, stage management, costume – to put the nuts and bolts of the show together

What’s the best thing about your job?
The variety and working with great people

And the worst?
Low budgets

What’s your dream job in theatre?
I am doing it

Got any wise words for someone who wants to be where you are now?
It takes a lot of hard work and commitment but is great fun – it is a lifestyle not a job