Hey everyone,
My names Victoria but I don't mind if you call me Tori.
I'm currently in the third year of Highschool in South Auckland, New Zealand. I've been interested in the technical aspect of theatre since I was 12, but it was only recenly that I've found my calling with lighting. During our production of West Side Story I got introduced to Dave, the head of lighting from our local theatre company. He was the one who did most of the rigging and programming. Anyway, he was pleased at the work I did and hooked me up with the local theatre company and I'm looking forward to working on their upcoming show of Little Shop of Horrors. If my end of year exams don't get in the way it'll be my first proper 'job' and I can't wait.
My highschool is very limited in terms of facilities (poorer neighbourhood etc). We don't have a both, just a storage cupboard for all our lighting stuff when it's not in use, and a small 'loft' accessed by a ladder backstage that houses our dimmers. We don't have a dedicated crew/teacher either, theres just me and another person on lights, and two students on sound supervised by a Music teahcer who knows her stuff. Everytime we set up for an event we have to drag the sound and lighting desks out to front of house position in our school hall. We have >20 lamps and have to hire more as well as a cyc from local companies whenever we do a big show. Considering the circumstances we do okay.
The theatre scene is tiny here (as you'd expect from a country of 4 million), so while lighting is something I want to do for the rest of my life, even part time paid work is scarce. So I'm hoping to study electical engineering and carry on working on shows just for the fun of it.
I want to do lights for Miss Saigon before I die. Best Musical ever.
I look forward to getting to know you all and furthering my knowlege.
My names Victoria but I don't mind if you call me Tori.
I'm currently in the third year of Highschool in South Auckland, New Zealand. I've been interested in the technical aspect of theatre since I was 12, but it was only recenly that I've found my calling with lighting. During our production of West Side Story I got introduced to Dave, the head of lighting from our local theatre company. He was the one who did most of the rigging and programming. Anyway, he was pleased at the work I did and hooked me up with the local theatre company and I'm looking forward to working on their upcoming show of Little Shop of Horrors. If my end of year exams don't get in the way it'll be my first proper 'job' and I can't wait.
My highschool is very limited in terms of facilities (poorer neighbourhood etc). We don't have a both, just a storage cupboard for all our lighting stuff when it's not in use, and a small 'loft' accessed by a ladder backstage that houses our dimmers. We don't have a dedicated crew/teacher either, theres just me and another person on lights, and two students on sound supervised by a Music teahcer who knows her stuff. Everytime we set up for an event we have to drag the sound and lighting desks out to front of house position in our school hall. We have >20 lamps and have to hire more as well as a cyc from local companies whenever we do a big show. Considering the circumstances we do okay.
The theatre scene is tiny here (as you'd expect from a country of 4 million), so while lighting is something I want to do for the rest of my life, even part time paid work is scarce. So I'm hoping to study electical engineering and carry on working on shows just for the fun of it.
I want to do lights for Miss Saigon before I die. Best Musical ever.
I look forward to getting to know you all and furthering my knowlege.