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Jacob Gowler
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.
Previous productions
In repertoire
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Pagliacci | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Johnathan Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans Set designer: Bridget Kimak |
Il segreto di Susanna | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Johnathan Director: John Wilkie Set designer: Takis |
Tosca | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Tim van 't Hof Director: Stephen Barlow Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Le Villi | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans Set designer: Takis |
Margot la Rouge | 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 |
L'amico Fritz | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Rory Beaton Director: Julia Burbach Set designer: Alyson Cummins |
lolanta | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan Director: Olivia Fuchs Set designer: Takis |
Il segreto di Susanna | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan Director: John Wilkie 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 |
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 |
Previous productions
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Aug 2024 |
Il segreto di Susanna | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Johnathan Director: John Wilkie Set designer: Takis |
Jul 2024 |
Pagliacci | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Johnathan Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans Set designer: Bridget Kimak |
Jul 2024 |
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 |
Jul 2024 |
Ernani | Opera |
Buxton Opera House Buxton International Festival |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: D.M. Wood Director: Jamie Manton Set designer: Sami Fendall |
Jul 2024 |
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 |
Jul 2024 |
Tosca | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Tim van 't Hof Director: Stephen Barlow Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
May 2024 |
Celebrating 22 Years Of Antonio Pappano | Concert |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden The Royal Opera |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Matthew Mulberry |
May 2024 |
International Draftworks 2024 | Dance |
The Linbury Theatre ( Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ) Mixed |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Prema Mehta Choreographer: Mixed |
Apr 2024 |
La Strada | Dance |
Sadlers Wells London an Alina Cojocaru & Acworkroom Production |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Andrea Giretti Choreographer: Natália Horečná Set designer: Otto Bubeniček |
Jan 2024 |
Pacific Overtures | Musical |
The Menier Chocolate Factory Chocolate Factory Productions |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Paul Pyant Director: Matthew White Set designer: Paul Farnsworth |
Nov 2023 |
Noises Off | Theatre |
Theatre Royal Haymarket ( London ) Theatre Royal Bath |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Paul Pyant Director: Lindsay Posner Set designer: Simon Higlett |
Sep 2023 |
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 |
Sep 2023 |
Ruddigore | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan Director: John Savournin Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
Aug 2023 |
Il re pastore | Opera |
Buxton Opera House Buxton International Festival |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire Director: Jack Furness Set designer: Hannah Wolfe |
Jul 2023 |
La Sonnambula | Opera |
Buxton Opera House Buxton International Festival |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire Director: Harry Fehr Set designer: Nicky Shaw |
Jul 2023 |
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 |
Jul 2023 |
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 |
Jul 2023 |
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 |
Apr 2023 |
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 |
Mar 2023 |
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 |
Mar 2023 |
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 |
Mar 2023 |
Welcome Home | Theatre |
Soho Theatre Willy Hudson |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Jai Morjaria Director: Zach James Set designer: Anna Orton |
Jan 2023 |
A Christmas Carole | Theatre |
Southend Palace Theatre Tuckshop & Trafalgar Theatre Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Simisola Majekodunmi Director: Denzel Westley-Sanderson Set designer: Lily Arnold |
Dec 2022 |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Theatre |
Northern Stage Northern Stage |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Jai Morjaria Director: Maria Crocker Set designer: Amanda Mascarenhas |
Dec 2022 |
Calendar Girls the Musical | Musical |
The Great Hall at The Leys Cambridge Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Chris Cuming Set designer: Suzanne Emerson |
Oct 2022 |
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 |
Oct 2022 |
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 |
Sep 2022 |
The Selfish Giant | Opera |
Howard Assembly Room Opera North |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emma Black Set designer: Zac Doughty |
Aug 2022 |
Margot la Rouge | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans Set designer: Takis |
Jul 2022 |
Le Villi | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans Set designer: Takis |
Jul 2022 |
Eugene Onegin | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Robert Price Director: Julia Burbach Set designer: Takis |
May 2022 |
Maria Friedman & Friends LEGACY | Concert |
The Menier Chocolate Factory Chocolate Factory Productions |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Paul Pyant Director: David Babani |
Mar 2022 |
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 |
Mar 2022 |
Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | Musical |
The Great Hall at The Leys Cambridge Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Chris Cuming |
Dec 2021 |
Cinderella | Theatre |
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall The Production Exchange |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Colin Blumenau Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
Dec 2021 |
Pippin | Musical |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Georgie Rankcom Set designer: Davy Stringer |
Nov 2021 |
Urinetown: The Musical | Musical |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti Academy |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Simon Greiff Set designer: Davy Stringer |
Nov 2021 |
The Wedding Singer | Musical | The Avondale Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew Waldron Set designer: Davy Stringer |
Nov 2021 |
Our House | Musical |
The Great Hall at The Leys Cambridge Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Chris Cuming Set designer: Concept By CTC |
Oct 2021 |
SHREK The Musical | Musical |
The Angles Theatre Wisbech Right Angles Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kevin Shippey Set designer: Billy Garner |
Oct 2021 |
Shining City | Theatre | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London | Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Howard Harrison Director: Nadia Fall Set designer: Peter McKintosh |
Sep 2021 |
The Pirates of Penzance | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Charles Court Opera |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire Director: John Savournin Set designer: Rachel Szmukler |
Aug 2021 |
L'amico Fritz | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Rory Beaton Director: Julia Burbach Set designer: Alyson Cummins |
Jul 2021 |
Made In Dagenham | Musical |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti Academy |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Willoboughy Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
May 2021 |
Legally Blonde | Musical | Italia Conti Arts Centre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew Waldron Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
May 2021 |
Guys and Dolls | Musical |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Unsworth Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
May 2021 |
Future Conditional | Theatre |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti Acting |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Patrick Toomey Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
Feb 2020 |
Love and Information | Theatre |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti Acting |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Lawerence Evans Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
Feb 2020 |
Aladdin | Theatre |
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall The Production Exchange / Sutton Coldfield Townhall |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Colin Blumenau Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
Dec 2019 |
Little Women | Musical |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti Arts Centre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tom O'Brien Set designer: Sangju Lee / Yueyi Zhang |
Nov 2019 |
Saturday Night Fever | Musical |
The Avondale Theatre Italia Conti Academy |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Strassen Set designer: Lois Cornish / Maria Kuncheva |
Nov 2019 |
Chicago The Musical | Musical |
The Great Hall at The Leys Cambridge Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Chris Cuming Set designer: Frankie Gerrard |
Oct 2019 |
Il segreto di Susanna | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan Director: John Wilkie Set designer: Takis |
Jul 2019 |
lolanta | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan Director: Olivia Fuchs Set designer: Takis |
Jul 2019 |
Un Ballo in Maschera | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Simon Corder Director: Rodula Gaitanou Set designer: Takis |
Jun 2019 |
Into The Woods | Musical |
Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA) RADA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: James Bonas Set designer: Tom Paris |
May 2019 |
Salt (RADA & RAMBERT Dance Project) | Dance |
Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA) undefined |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kennedy Muntanga |
May 2019 |
Henry Marshall Prize Fights 2019 | Theatre |
Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA) RADA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Lucy Skilbeck |
Mar 2019 |
The Philosophy Shop | Theatre | John Gielgud Theatre (RADA) | Lighting Designer |
Director: Catherine Kontz Set designer: Anna Cierpial |
Mar 2019 |
Romeo & Juliet | Theatre |
Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA) RADA |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Lucia Sánchez Roldán Director: Edward Kemp Set designer: Natasha Jenkins |
Feb 2019 |
Beauty & The Beast | Musical |
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall The Production Exchange |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Colin Blumenau Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
Dec 2018 |
Intimate Apparel | Theatre | John Gielgud Theatre (RADA) | Lighting Designer |
Director: Chipo Chung Set designer: Kimberley Bouland |
Nov 2018 |
Don Juan Comes Back From The War | Theatre | George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA) | Lighting Designer |
Director: Sue Lefton Set designer: Carla Goodman |
Oct 2018 |
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 |
Sep 2018 |
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 |
Sep 2018 |
Knock Knock | Theatre |
George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA) Hot Coals Theatre Ensemble |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Hot Coals Company |
Jun 2018 |
Journey's End | Theatre | George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA) | Production Electrician |
Lighting designer: RIC MOUNTJOY Director: Prasanna Puwanarajah Set designer: James Cotterill |
May 2018 |
Actors Tree 2018 | Theatre |
Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre (RADA) RADA |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Matt Leventhall Director: Geoff Bullen |
Apr 2018 |
Broadway Bound | Theatre | John Gielgud Theatre (RADA) | Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jake Stebbings Director: Geraldine Alexander Set designer: Emily Horvath |
Mar 2018 |
Mrs Klein | Theatre | George Bernard Shaw Theatre (RADA) | Assistant Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Mark Dymock Director: Lucy Skilbeck Set designer: Janet Bird |
Feb 2018 |
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Contact method | Details |
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Email address | jacobgowler@icloud.com |
@JacobGowlerLD | |
Website | www.jacobgowler.com |
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