Sarah Readman

Build, installation and fixture design

Future Bodies -Rashdash and Unlimited Theatre
dir. Rashdash, des. Rhys Jarman, LD. Joshua Pharo and me
UK Tour, 2018
-Button operated RGB phones for each of the cast

Small Wonders -Punchdrunk Enrichment
dir. Pete Higgin and Tara Boland, des. Kate Rigby, LD. Adam Foley, sound. Salvador Garza
UK, 2018-2019
-A magical forest with fibre fireflies and individually controlled light up mushrooms, a flat full of tiny light up worlds, a hanging pendant that is also a rainbow, a ceiling full of stars.

Sounds and Sorcery -The Vaults
LD. Jake Wiltshire
The Vaults, 2018
-Designing and building approx 1 million individually controller LED candles. Neon pixel lava flowing through translucent volcanos. The sun. A garden of EL wire, grain of wheat and LED flora and pixel mushrooms. A forest of lanterns. Light up tambourines. Oh, and an ice rink with invisible skaters.

KEVIN -Les Indépendances
des. Cécile Trémolières
French tour, 2018
-Constructing ‘neon’ letters and shapes, using neon flex.

Moonfall -Hikapee
devised by Bryony Livesey and Edd Casey, des. Cécile Trémolières, sound. Finn Anderson
UK tour, winter 2017
-Constructing a ceiling of light, with 72 channels of 12v tungsten and 10 channels of 240v tungsten, pendant stars. Twinkle.

The Oracles -Punchdrunk Enrichment
dir. Matthew Blake, des. Kate Rigby, LD. Elliot Griggs, sound. Salvador Garza, game. Jim Bending
Fallow Cross, London, May 2017
-Adding LED tape to a magic cauldron, and to an enchanted shield. Magic.

Alice's Adventures Underground -Les Enfants Terribles
dir. Oliver Lansley and Anthony Spargo, des. Sam Wyer, LD. Mike Gunning
The Vaults, London, April 2017
-Installing LED throughout the immersive set, including waterproof LEDs in the Mock Turtle's lake, RGB LED tape in the Caterpillar's mushrooms and adding LX to some foreboding fly zappers.

Fire In The Machine -Sounds Like Chaos
created by SLC, des. Kat Heath
BAC and Albany Theatre, March and April 2017
-Building a nuclear sun, consisting of 96 DMX channels of LED cabachon lamps, also 4x 24 channel lightboxes.

Side Show -Southwark Playhouse
des. takis, LD. Howard Hudson
Southwark Playhouse, London, October 2016
-Assisting with the installation of 24 channels of tungsten set practicals and about a million light bulbs.

Jellyfish -Intrepid Ensemble
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2016
-Installing RGB LED tape and low voltage fairy lights into the Jellyfish puppet. The system was battery powered with wireless DMX

Opera for the Unknown Woman -Fuel Theatre
des. Fly Davis, LD. Kristina Hjelm
UK Tour, May-June 2016
-Building custom LED strips and installing a LED driver system into the set that could be easily tourable.

Iphigenia Quartet -Gate Theatre
des. Cécile Trémolières, LD. Joshua Pharo
Gate Theatre, London, April 2016
-Installing DMX controlled LED tape and 12v fans into the set, also creating an underlit LED floor made up of 40x white and 40x RGB LED chips.

Fire in the Machine -Uncover Theatre and Sounds Like Chaos
Battersea Arts Centre, London, March 2016
The Albany, London, April 2016
-Building 4x lightbox, each with 20x individually controlled LED chips mounted inside cabochon fittings, also building a 50 channel LED 'sun' with orange cabochons.

We're Stuck! -China Plate, UK tour
des. Joanna Scotcher, LD. Joshua Pharo
-Building a touring LX system including 12v LED and EL wire in set pieces.

In The Night Time (Before The Sun Rises) -Gate Theatre
London, January 2016
des. Georgia Lowe, LD. Joshua Pharo
-Wiring practical 12v (linear drive controlled) and 230v (relay switched) sockets as part of the set. Also installing a wireless LED system inside a doll.

Macbeth -Southwark Playhouse
London, January 2016
des. Max Dorey
-Installing 100+ channels of low voltage tungsten and LED as part of the installation-style set. 

Invisible Treasure -fanSHEN and Ovalhouse Theatre
London, November 2015
des. Cécile Trémolières, LD. Joshua Pharo
-Installing 100+ channels of LED tape around the space.

Smart Everything -Central Saint Martins
London, September 2015
LD and Set Designer. Fiffi Thorsteinsson
-Collaborating with Kirsty Harris to design and build props representing future wearable technology for a performance, part of the 'Retailing to an Audience of One in the Internet of Things Age' conference and event. Systems included DMX and performer controlled 'wireless' practicals including light up umbrellas, jewellery and clothing items.

Cornetto: Beyond the Screen -A Taste of Space
London, July 2015
LD. Joshua Pharo
-Installing 24 channels of low voltage dimming in the main performance space, powering LED tape and practicals hidden in the set.
-Creating customised wireless practicals to spec, including a DMX controlled light-up office chair, book trolley and backpack, switched anglepoise lamps and performer operated mobile phones.

The Crocodile -The Manchester International Festival and The Invisible Dot Ltd
Manchester, July 2015
des. Fly Davies, LD. Joshua Pharo
with Anthony Doran, Paul Walmsley, Nathan Long and Peter Small
-Managing the build of a 468 pixel lightbox, using low voltage LED lamps with cabochon caps and 20x 24 way LED drivers.

Shelter Me -Circumference Collective and Theatre Delicatessen
With Joshua Pharo
London, May-July 2015
-Designing and installing a 100 pixel grid of LED pendants in the basement of Theatre Delicatessen, running content and effects as part of a piece of immersive circus-theatre. Also installing a 10 way MIDI system for performer operated triggers.
-Designing and installing an 80 channel LED system on the roof of Theatre Delicatessen, the 80 LED chips were controlled by 40 audience operated MIDI switches.

Eclipsed -Gate Theatre
LD. Mark Howland
London, May 2015
-Installing 12 channels of RGBW LED concealed within the set, including a backlit window, giving the impression of natural light.

Kiss of the Earth -Concert Theatre
des. Cécile Trémolières
London, February 2015
-Designing and installing DMX controlled practical lighting systems within the set, this included lighting the piano keys for the two concert pianists.

Alice's Adventures Underground -Les Enfants Terribles
des. Sam Wyer, LD. Mike Gunning
London, April-August 2015
-Customising/building and then installing many pendant lamps and practicals to spec.
-Installing LED tape within the set for the Courtroom and Caterpillar corridor.
-Creating and installing the lighting system for the clock in the Madhatter's Tea Party

Pioneer -Curious Directive
des. Cecilia Carey, LD. Joshua Pharo
UK tour, March-May 2015
-Refitting all of the production's wireless, DMX controlled lighting systems, originally designed by Joshua Pharo. These system included LED tape and MR16 light fittings built into three scenic trucks, plus wireless practicals.

The Chronicles of Kalki -Gate Theatre
London, January 2015
des. Madeleine Girling, LD. Anna Watson
-Assisting Production Electrician Anthony Doran to install an LED tape lighting system within five panels of the set.

Vault Festival
London, January 2015
des. Thomas K Shannon
-Wiring a custom 'VAULT' sign with two circuits of 240v tungsten lamps per letter.
-Building and installing various practicals in the bar area.
-Installing the lighting for the Underbar's mainstage backdrop, designed by Thomas K Shannon and Paul Walmsley, consisting of 12x Chauvet COLORdash Accents. 

The Forbidden Zone -Managing Mayhem and Salzberg Festival
Salzberg, July 2014 -then touring
LD. Jack Knowles
-Assisting with the build and install of a bespoke dimmable-fluorescent lighting system designed by Anthony Doran, using component parts as a means of achieving the sparse aesthetic required by the period piece.