Jacob Gowler

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    Biography

    Freelance ETC EOS family console programmer, working across Theatre and Opera, Productions include; Pacific Overtures ( Off West End ) Noises Off ( West End Transfer ) Murder In The Dark ( UK Tour ) Spongebob The Musical ( UK Tour ) Opera Holland  Park Season Programmer ( 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 * Ruddigore Only * ) Buxton International Festival 2023 , ETO Spring Tour 2023. I also work as a casual board programmer and operator at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. I have also lit shows of my own and associated for other lighting designers. 

    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • West End
    • Commercial Tour
    • Regional (Main House)
    Musical:
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Pantomime
    Opera:
    • Large scale
    • 'Country House'
    Dance:
    • UK National Company
    • Large Scale
    Corporate:
    • Conferences
    • Exhibition Stands
    Non-professional:
    • Dance
    • Musicals
    • Opera
    • Plays
    Education:
    • Lectures
    • Training

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Cosi Fan Tutte Opera Opera Holland Park Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Robert Price
    Director: Cecilia Stinton
    Set designer: Neil Irish
    Cosumed Theatre The Park Theatre, 200 Production Electrician Lighting designer: Guy Hoare
    Director: Katie Posner
    Set designer: Lily Arnold
    A Mirrored Monet Musical The Charing Cross Theatre Production Electrician Lighting designer: Jodie Underwood
    Director: Christian Durham
    Set designer: Libby Todd
    Jo Malone - Product Launch Corporate & Industrial Jo Malone Head Office
    Jo Malone     		Lighting Designer Director: Jo Malone
    Already Perfect Musical The Kings Head, London Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Ian Scott
    Director: Dave Soloman
    Set designer: Jason Ardizzone-West
    The Girls Bathroom Presents : Once Upon A Christmas Night Concert Hammersmith Apollo Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Bretta Gerecke
    Set designer: Bretta Gerecke
    Cinderella Theatre The Rose Theatre, Kingston
    The Rose Theatre, Kingston     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Bretta Gerecke
    Director: Owen Horsley
    Set designer: Ryan Dawson Laight
    Reunion Theatre The Kiln Theatre Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Sinéad McKenna
    Director: Mark O'Rowe
    Set designer: Francis O'Connor
    The Gathered Leaves Theatre The Park Theatre, 200 Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Paul Pyant
    Director: Adrian Noble
    Set designer: Dick Bird
    The Impresario Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Bretta Gerecke
    Director: Christopher Gillett
    Set designer: Bretta Gerecke
    Trouble in Tahiti & La voix humaine Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Daisy Evans
    Set designer: Loren Elstein
    Hamlet Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Jack Furness
    Set designer: Sami Fendall
    Itch Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Stephen Barlow
    Set designer: Frankie Bradshaw
    The Flying Dutchman Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Robert Price
    Director: Julia Burbach
    Set designer: Naomi Dawson
    La Strada Dance Teatro Regio di Parma / Bonn Opera, then touring
    an Alina Cojocaru & Acworkroom Production     		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Andrea Giretti
    Choreographer: Natália Horečná
    Set designer: Otto Bubeniček
    What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank [ Revival ] Theatre The Marylebone Theatre
    Wild Yak     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Sally Ferguson
    Director: Patrick Marber
    Set designer: Anna Fleischle
    Hansel & Gretel Opera Main Stage, Royal Opera House
    Royal Opera Company     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Lucy Carter
    Director: Antony McDonald
    Set designer: Antony McDonald
    Ruination Dance The Linbury Theatre ( Royal Opera House, Covent Garden )
    Lost Dog     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jackie Schemesh
    Choreographer: Ben Duke
    Set designer: Soutra Gilmour
    The Jungle Book Musical Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
    Theatre By The Lake     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Simeon Miller
    Director: Kash Arshad
    Set designer: TK Hay
    Pirates of Penzance Musical Wilton’s Music Hall, then touring Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Ben Bull
    Director: Sasha Regan
    Set designer: Robyn Wilson Owen
    The Yeomen of the Guard Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: John Savournin
    Set designer: Alyson Cummins
    Il segreto di Susanna Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Johnathan
    Director: John Wilkie
    Set designer: Takis
    Pagliacci Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Johnathan
    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
    Set designer: Bridget Kimak
    IL TRIONFO DEL TEMPO E DEL DISINGANNO Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: D.M. Wood
    Director: Jacopo Spirei
    Set designer: Anna Bonomelli
    Ernani Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: D.M. Wood
    Director: Jamie Manton
    Set designer: Sami Fendall
    La tragédie de Carmen Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: D.M. Wood
    Director: Katharina Kastening
    Set designer: Bettina John
    Tosca Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Tim van 't Hof
    Director: Stephen Barlow
    Set designer: Yannis Thavoris
    Celebrating 22 Years Of Antonio Pappano Concert Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    The Royal Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Matthew Mulberry
    International Draftworks 2024 Dance The Linbury Theatre ( Royal Opera House, Covent Garden )
    Mixed     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Prema Mehta
    Choreographer: Mixed
    La Strada Dance Sadlers Wells London
    an Alina Cojocaru & Acworkroom Production     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Andrea Giretti
    Choreographer: Natália Horečná
    Set designer: Otto Bubeniček
    Pacific Overtures Musical The Menier Chocolate Factory
    Chocolate Factory Productions     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Paul Pyant
    Director: Matthew White
    Set designer: Paul Farnsworth
    Noises Off Theatre Theatre Royal Haymarket ( London )
    Theatre Royal Bath     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Paul Pyant
    Director: Lindsay Posner
    Set designer: Simon Higlett
    Murder In The Dark Theatre Churchill Theatre Bromley, then touring
    The Original Theatre Company     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Paul Pyant
    Director: Philip Franks
    Set designer: Simon Kenny
    Ruddigore Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
    Director: John Savournin
    Set designer: Madeleine Boyd
    Il re pastore Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Jack Furness
    Set designer: Hannah Wolfe
    La Sonnambula Opera Buxton Opera House
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Harry Fehr
    Set designer: Nicky Shaw
    The Land of Might Have Been Musical Buxton Opera Festival then Theatre Royal Norwich, then touring
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Kimberley Sykes
    Set designer: Nicky Shaw
    The Land of Might Have Been Musical Buxton Opera Festival then Theatre Royal Norwich, then touring
    Buxton International Festival     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Kimberley Sykes
    Set designer: Nicky Shaw
    The Spongebob Musical Musical UK & Ireland Tour, then touring
    Selladoor Worldwide LTD     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Ben Bull
    Director: Tara Overfield Wilkinson
    Set designer: Steve Howell
    Il Viaggio a Reims Opera Hackney Empire, then touring, then touring
    English Touring Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: RIC MOUNTJOY
    Director: Valentina Ceschi
    Set designer: Adam Wiltshire
    Lucrezia Borgia Opera Hackney Empire, then touring, then touring
    English Touring Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: RIC MOUNTJOY
    Director: Eloise Lally
    Set designer: Adam Wiltshire
    Giulio Cesare Opera Hackney Empire, then touring, then touring
    English Touring Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Howland
    Director: James Conway
    Set designer: Cordelia Chisholm
    Welcome Home Theatre Soho Theatre
    Willy Hudson     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Jai Morjaria
    Director: Zach James
    Set designer: Anna Orton
    A Christmas Carole Theatre Southend Palace Theatre
    Tuckshop & Trafalgar Theatre Productions     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Simisola Majekodunmi
    Director: Denzel Westley-Sanderson
    Set designer: Lily Arnold
    The Sorcerer's Apprentice Theatre Northern Stage
    Northern Stage     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Jai Morjaria
    Director: Maria Crocker
    Set designer: Amanda Mascarenhas
    Calendar Girls the Musical Musical The Great Hall at The Leys
    Cambridge Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Cuming
    Set designer: Suzanne Emerson
    But, I'm A Cheerleader Musical The Turbine Theatre
    Paul Taylor Mills & Adam Bialow (Lionsgate)     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: David Howe
    Director: Tania Azevedo
    Set designer: David Shields
    The Cherry Orchard Theatre The Yard / HOME
    The Yard / HOME / English Touring Theatre     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Jai Morjaria
    Director: James Macdonald
    Set designer: Rosie Elnile
    The Selfish Giant Opera Howard Assembly Room
    Opera North     		Lighting Designer Director: Emma Black
    Set designer: Zac Doughty
    Margot la Rouge Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
    Set designer: Takis
    Le Villi Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
    Set designer: Takis
    Eugene Onegin Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Robert Price
    Director: Julia Burbach
    Set designer: Takis
    Maria Friedman & Friends LEGACY Concert The Menier Chocolate Factory
    Chocolate Factory Productions     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Paul Pyant
    Director: David Babani
    Bloody Difficult Women Theatre Studio 3,Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
    Cahoots Theatre Company     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: David Howe
    Director: Stephen Unwin
    Set designer: Nicky Shaw
    Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Musical The Great Hall at The Leys
    Cambridge Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Cuming
    Cinderella Theatre Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
    The Production Exchange     		Lighting Designer Director: Colin Blumenau
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Pippin Musical The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti     		Lighting Designer Director: Georgie Rankcom
    Set designer: Davy Stringer
    Urinetown: The Musical Musical The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Simon Greiff
    Set designer: Davy Stringer
    The Wedding Singer Musical The Avondale Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Waldron
    Set designer: Davy Stringer
    Our House Musical The Great Hall at The Leys
    Cambridge Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Cuming
    Set designer: Concept By CTC
    SHREK The Musical Musical The Angles Theatre Wisbech
    Right Angles Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Kevin Shippey
    Set designer: Billy Garner
    Shining City Theatre Theatre Royal Stratford East, London Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Howard Harrison
    Director: Nadia Fall
    Set designer: Peter McKintosh
    The Pirates of Penzance Opera Opera Holland Park
    Charles Court Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
    Director: John Savournin
    Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
    L'amico Fritz Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Rory Beaton
    Director: Julia Burbach
    Set designer: Alyson Cummins
    Made In Dagenham Musical The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: David Willoboughy
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Legally Blonde Musical Italia Conti Arts Centre Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Waldron
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Guys and Dolls Musical The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti     		Lighting Designer Director: Guy Unsworth
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Future Conditional Theatre The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti Acting     		Lighting Designer Director: Patrick Toomey
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Love and Information Theatre The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti Acting     		Lighting Designer Director: Lawerence Evans
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Aladdin Theatre Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
    The Production Exchange / Sutton Coldfield Townhall     		Lighting Designer Director: Colin Blumenau
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Little Women Musical The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti Arts Centre     		Lighting Designer Director: Tom O'Brien
    Set designer: Sangju Lee / Yueyi Zhang
    Saturday Night Fever Musical The Avondale Theatre
    Italia Conti Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Strassen
    Set designer: Lois Cornish / Maria Kuncheva
    Chicago The Musical Musical The Great Hall at The Leys
    Cambridge Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Cuming
    Set designer: Frankie Gerrard
    Il segreto di Susanna Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
    Director: John Wilkie
    Set designer: Takis
    lolanta Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
    Director: Olivia Fuchs
    Set designer: Takis
    Un Ballo in Maschera Opera Opera Holland Park
    Opera Holland Park     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Simon Corder
    Director: Rodula Gaitanou
    Set designer: Takis
    Into The Woods Musical Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA)
    RADA     		Lighting Designer Director: James Bonas
    Set designer: Tom Paris
    Salt (RADA & RAMBERT Dance Project) Dance Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA)
    undefined     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Kennedy Muntanga
    Henry Marshall Prize Fights 2019 Theatre Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA)
    RADA     		Lighting Designer Director: Lucy Skilbeck
    The Philosophy Shop Theatre John Gielgud Theatre (RADA) Lighting Designer Director: Catherine Kontz
    Set designer: Anna Cierpial
    Romeo & Juliet Theatre Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA)
    RADA     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Lucia Sánchez Roldán
    Director: Edward Kemp
    Set designer: Natasha Jenkins
    Beauty & The Beast Musical Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
    The Production Exchange     		Lighting Designer Director: Colin Blumenau
    Set designer: Sophia Pardon
    Intimate Apparel Theatre John Gielgud Theatre (RADA) Lighting Designer Director: Chipo Chung
    Set designer: Kimberley Bouland
    Don Juan Comes Back From The War Theatre George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA) Lighting Designer Director: Sue Lefton
    Set designer: Carla Goodman
    The Rakes Progress Opera The Peacock Theatre, London
    British Youth Opera     		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
    Director: Stephen Unwin
    Set designer: James Cotterill
    The Enchanted Island Opera The Peacock Theatre, London
    British Youth Opera     		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
    Director: Stuart Barker
    Set designer: Nicky Shaw
    Knock Knock Theatre George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA)
    Hot Coals Theatre Ensemble     		Lighting Designer Director: Hot Coals Company
    Journey's End Theatre George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA) Production Electrician Lighting designer: RIC MOUNTJOY
    Director: Prasanna Puwanarajah
    Set designer: James Cotterill
    Actors Tree 2018 Theatre Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA)
    RADA     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Matt Leventhall
    Director: Geoff Bullen
    Broadway Bound Theatre John Gielgud Theatre (RADA) Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jake Stebbings
    Director: Geraldine Alexander
    Set designer: Emily Horvath
    Mrs Klein Theatre George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA) Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Mark Dymock
    Director: Lucy Skilbeck
    Set designer: Janet Bird
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