Lighting Engineer

Paul has been exposed to theatre from a young age, this stems from his mum playing in local orchestras for various amateur dramatics groups across the county.

He was also involved in the Annual college show when he was undertaking his degree at what is now The University of Gloucestershire.
This involved madly driving vans around the country picking up items of props and sets in the run-up to the show. And then working on stage during the show week.

Productions he worked on were :-

Sweet Charity (1998)
Oklahoma (1999)
Me and My Girl (2000)
West Side Story (2001)
Babes in Arms (2002)
Godspell (2003)
Return to the Forbidden Planet (2004)

Sadly the Uni no longer produce an annual show nowadays. So Paul was looking for something to get him back into the world of theatre.

Enter ...... The Hardwicke Players!!!!

After a number of chats with people and then meeting for the occasional beverage (alcoholic of course). Paul was invited to advise on the lighting for Robyn Hood & The Legend of Sherwood, and has not looked back since.

With the move from Quedgeley Village Hall to the Kings Theatre, Paul now has a full sized stage and professional lighting rig to work with, and technical support from the theatre to aid him in his designs.

Paul has also managed to rope in long-standing friend Tim May, so that he is able to share the load of production work.

Paul is looking forward to Jack and The Beanstalk in January 2009.

Be there or be square !!!!

(By the way I don't always look like the above picture - Thank God)

Shows consulted on :

• Robyn Hood & The Legend of sherwod - January 2007
• An Evening of Comedy - June 2007
• Cinderella: Mystery at the Pantomime - January 2008
• An Evening of Comedy - June 2008
• Jack and the Beanstalk - January 2009
• Three Musketeers - January 2010

Future shows Assisted on :

• Dine with Me - June 2010

Contact Paul Shephard