Pantomime

jordan productions

scenic painter/install/follow spot operator

POV

Person lying in a colorful boat cake with a painted wooden panel background, dressed in clown-themed clothing and a white hat.
Two performers in colorful costumes act on a stage designed as a whimsical, vibrant pirate ship. One performer, in green and yellow, appears to be kneeling and holding a sword or stick, while the other, dressed in a red and black ornate costume with
A colorful stage production with children and adults dressed in vibrant costumes, performing a musical or play with a nautical theme, featuring a ship set in the background.
Theater stage with actors dressed in colorful costumes performing a musical, backdrop of a castle with tall spires, decorated with bones and skulls, audience watching.
The stage features a theatrical performance with a woman in a colorful costume as the central figure, surrounded by young performers in matching vibrant costumes. The background depicts a whimsical, cartoon-like cityscape in purple hues.
A musical theatre stage scene with a man in a plaid yellow and brown suit and hat, surrounded by male and female dancers in colorful 1950s-style costumes, performing in front of a backdrop of a cartoonish cityscape with old-fashioned buildings and si

Lights, Cues, and a Very Long Panto Run

I spent two pantomime seasons on the live production team at Gordon Craig Theatre, part of one of the UK's longest-running panto seasons consisting of 97 shows (not including tech week) and it taught me more about live performance than almost anything else I've worked on.

I was there for all of it. During build and tech period, I helped with install, pitched in on scenic fabrication, and got the show ready for the run. By tech week, I was leading the followspot side alongside another operator, and together we built our own cue sheets from scratch so the show could hold together night after night, all season.

Then came the run itself. performance after performance, chasing performers in real time, hitting every cue, staying locked in with stage management, and riding the chaos of a packed pantomime crowd. It's a role that demands total focus and real stamina, but more than that, it taught me how lighting, staging, performance and audience energy all move together as one thing in a live room. You feel it more than you think it.