Working with students and industry professionals alike, Nic provides the training you need to advance your journey towards technical theatre excellence. Whether you require in depth specialized training or are looking for an introduction to technical theatre, his flexible education options have something for everyone.
INSTRUCTION
Drama Educators
Nic works with instructors and students at all levels, regardless of their technical background. He will also adapt to your location. Whether it's a multipurpose space, gymnatorium, dedicated theatre, or even if you rent, performances happen everywhere and all the skills he teaches are transferable. Having found his passion for theatre at the highschool level, Nic takes pride in inspiring the next generation of theatre technicians.
Workshops can be tailored upon request and are adjustable for the number of participants, experience level and available budget.
Lighting 101
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Lighting fixture theory: different types of fixtures, how they work, and when to use them
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Lighting control theory: how we control fixtures via channels using DMX
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Build a lighting system: Small scale lighting rig on stage from a T-stand with one of everything.
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Practical skills: Knot tying and cable coiling.
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Lighting and theatre safety: introduction to working at heights.
Console training
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Entry level training on ETC Element and ION consoles
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Taking you from patching through programming to set you up for tech week.
Basics of lighting design
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Fixture choice & photometrics
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Concept organization
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Color choices
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Channel numbering conventions
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Patching and grouping
Vectorworks (CAD)
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From basic shapes to 3D renders and everything in between. These workshops incorporate learning into small drafting projects that increase in difficulty as you learn new skills.
Instruction on Technical Direction, production schedules, and tech week organization are available upon request.
Lesson Planning
"Over the past 8 years, I've had the pleasure of working with Nic in a variety of capacities—as a technical director, lighting director, consultant, and technical theatre educator. He is knowledgeable, approachable, and efficient. Nic's lighting workshops have been super informative and useful for my students; they always get excited when Nic comes in to work with them. He has also helped me maintain my theatre space and outfit it with new gear. I highly recommend working with Nic!"
- Melissa Young,
Royal Bay Secondary School, Victoria BC
"Nic has been invaluable to me as a theatre teacher. Over the last two years he has taught my students and I elements of lighting design and programming, organized a crew to completely revamp our lighting system and wrote out new plots and schematics for our school theatre. He has done several workshops with my students, making information clear and relevant to our space, and teaching hands on skills for technical work. Nic’s help and advice has helped make our shows much more professional looking and given my students the skills to continue to succeed. He is knowledgeable, professional, efficient, and easy to work with and I highly recommend him for any technical theatre work."
- Crystal Loszchuk,
Edward Milne Community School, Sooke BC
"Nic has been an immeasurable help in our small school theatre. His expanse of technical knowledge and creativity have assisted us in making the best use of the equipment we have and making the right choices for new purchases. Over the many years we have worked with Nic, we have appreciated his gentle teaching methods, incredible work ethic and desire to bring great technical theatre to the next generation. He also has a really cute baby. He will show pictures if you demand it of him."
- Anna Roberts,
Frances Kelsey Secondary School, Mill Bay, BC
