John Rainsforth
As a Touring Chief Electrician/Production Electrician Macbeth - National Theatre UK Tour (LD Paul Pyant), Legally Blonde the Musical - UK Tour *+(LD Nev Milsom), Dreamboats and Petticoats - UK Tour (LD Tim Oliver), RENT 20th Anniversary - UK Tour (LD Rick Fisher), Jackie The Musical - UK Tour (LD Phillip Gladwell), Miracle on 34th Street - UK Tour* (LD Tim Dealing), Avenue Q The Musical - UK Tour* (LD Charlie Morgan Jones), Swan Lake on Ice - International Tour (LD Gavin Swift), Annie Get Your Gun - UK Tour (LD Jason Taylor), Scooby Doo Live - UK Tour* (LD Leight Porter), Some Girl I Used To Know - UK Tour* (LD Josh Carr), Carbaby Street the Musical - UK Tour (LD Nick Richings)
Assistant/Associate/Programmer Cinderella Dartford Orchard QDOS - EOS (LD Will West), Dick Whittington Dartford Orchard QDOS - EOS (LD Will West) Scooby Doo UK Tour - EOS (LD Leigh Porter) Some Girl I Used To Know UK Tour - EOS (LD Josh Carr) Lion King UK National Tour Assistant LD (LD Don Holder), Remembrance of Things Past - EOS (LD Ziggy Jacobs), A Mad World - EOS (LD Elizabeth Patterson), Victory - EOS (LD Leo Woolcock)
* = And or Senior Production Electrician
+= And Lighting Programmer
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addams Family | Theatre | Lighting Designer | Aug 2018 | ||
| My Uncle Freddy | Theatre |
The Customs House The Customs House Theatre Trust |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gareth Hunter |
Jul 2018 |
| End of The Peir | Theatre |
The Customs House ION Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Neil Armstrong Set designer: Gareth Hunter |
Aug 2017 |
| Legally Blonde - The Musical | Theatre |
Customs House, South Shields The Customs House Theatre Trust |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gareth Hunter Set designer: JR/GH |
Aug 2017 |
| Educating Rita | Theatre |
Customs House ION Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Johnathan Rainsforth Director: Neil Armstrong |
Sep 2016 |
| Dolly Mixtures The Musical | Theatre |
The Customs House The Customs House Theatre Trust |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ray Spencer Set designer: David Wilkinson |
Aug 2016 |
| Bring It On the Musical | Theatre |
The Customs House The Customs House |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Johnathan Rainsforth Director: Gareth Hunter Set designer: Gareth Hunter |
Aug 2016 |
| Dick Whittington | Theatre |
Dartford Orchard Qdos Pantomimes |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Will West Director: Nick Winston |
Dec 2015 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Theatre | The Customs House | Lighting Designer |
Director: Ray Spencer Set designer: Fox and Shriek |
Dec 2015 |
| Annie | Theatre |
The Customs House South Shields GandS |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gareth Hunter |
Feb 2013 |
| Aladdin | Theatre |
Sunderland Empire Centre Stage North East |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Fiona Clegg |
Jun 2012 |
| Bugsy Malone | Theatre |
Sunderland Empire Ambassador Theatre Group |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Steve Woodridge |
Aug 2011 |
Annie
Use of back projected graphics set the atmosphere in many scenes, and was used to good effect in the minimalistic set.
20/02/2013
Theatre:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Touring relights
- West End
Musical:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Touring relights
- West End
Opera:
- Touring relights
Dance:
- Touring relights
Non-professional:
- Dance
- Musicals
- Plays
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Mobile phone |
07432 568 989 |
| Email address | |
| Website |
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