April Johnston | Technical Theatre Practitioner
About April
I am a Stage and Production Manager and Sound Designer based in Essex. I have recently completed a Masters degree in Collaborative Theatre Production and Design from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Also I hold a First Class Honours Degree in Theatre Production (Arts and Stage Management).
My experience ranges from production manager on a puppet show tour, sound designer for a circus/physical theatre performance, technical operator for stand up comedy and sound no.3 on a musical. I particularly enjoy working on projects that involve music but am always keen to push myself out of my comfort zone and work in genres I have never tried before.
Education
Orbital Sound
Mixing for Musicals
2022
This is a two day intensive training course on how to mix big and complicated shows such as Cats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and American Idiot on a range of different sound desks.
This course trains students in a wide range of areas needed within a production such as, stage and production management, set and costume design, lighting, sound, construction, marketing and funding.
University of Winchester
Theatre Production (Arts and Stage Management)
2017-2020
Guildhall School
MA Collaborative Theatre Production and Design
2021-2022
This course brings together a range of theatre practitioners each specialising in a different department. Together they must devise and realise four productions based on a brief given by the lecturers.