Coyote Ugly Swansea wanted some lanterns moved to revive the lighting in the bar ready to reopen after the third UK lockdown. After an inspection, many of the lanterns were not working and needed to be serviced to get them back into a healthily working state. A complete redesign of the lighting grid was used to add new elements to the bar and highlight some statement pieces dotted around the bar.

Over the next couple of weeks nearly all lanterns were removed from the grid, cleaned, serviced and re-rigged in new positions, the whole bar was also reprogrammed making a simpler interface for the staff to use as well as new looks for when the Coyote’s finally get to dance on the bar again.

Rhys worked on Rose Bruford College’s most complex production season called 'London'. The Season consisted of three productions (two plays and a musical) held at Stratford Circus Arts Centre in East London. The productions this year were: Victoria’s Knickers by Josh Azouz, The Gut Girls by Sarah Daniels and Spring Awakening by Steven Satar with music by Duncan Sheik, based on the play by Frank Wedekind.

Rhys was Head of Lighting for the whole production season. His duties included ensuring that the Lighting Department were working on schedule and within the budget, liasing closely with the Lighting Designer, Production Electrician, Technical Manager and the Production Manager, as well as ensuring that the Stage Lighting across the season ran as smoothly as possible.

Rhys has worked with Centre Stage UK for the West Ham United vs Bournemouth Men’s Game at the London Stadium in East London. His role included the set-up of the Lighting, Sound and AV equipment within the fan areas, the operation of the equipment between matches, for question and answer sessions, and the get out after the match.

Rhys has worked with Centre Stage UK for the West Ham United vs Leicester City Men’s Game at the London Stadium in East London. His role included the set-up of the Lighting, Sound and AV equipment within the fan areas, the operation of the equipment between matches, for question and answer sessions, and the get out after the match.

Rhys was Lighting Designer for Rose Bruford College’s production of You Don’t Need My Permission, the European Theatre Arts course devised production. Rhys described the production as a learning curve, but a lot of fun.

The production consisted of many different scenes all devised in small groups based on the idea of what you would do if you restarted the world. Rhys says that whilst the concept may be difficult to understand, the production was hilarious and the people were a pleasure to work with.

Rhys has worked with Centre Stage UK for the West Ham United vs Tottenham Women’s Game at the London Stadium in East London. His role included the set-up of the Lighting, Sound and AV equipment within the fan areas, the operation of the equipment between matches, for question and answer sessions, and the get out after the match.

Rhys was delighted to be offered work experience with Will Evans, who was the Associate Lighting Designer on the UK National Tour of 'An Inspector Calls'. Rhys used this time to further his studies and gather a better understanding for how the industry operates. Rhys said that “this experience was extremely valuable as it was a clear demonstration on how important communication is within the industry. Everything ran so much smoother, and issues were solved faster.” He also learned how valuable the preparation of kit can be, a lesson that could have been learned the hard way if not for this opportunity.

Rhys worked as a Lighting Technician across Newham Community Festival in East London. His duties included the Get in, Fit-up, Focus, Programming and operation as well as the get out of the Festival. During the Festival, Rhys was liasing with the operators between the stages to ensure that operations were running smoothly, but also covering other staff members so all crew had adequate breaks.

Rose Bruford College held a networking event for their graduates of 2019. Rhys was one of the Production Electrician's for the event. This posed many challenges as the events date was moved with short notice but also the style was changed. This meant that all roles where having to learn a completely new format for this event with no prior knowledge.

This was a useful experience for Rhys as it provided him with the ability to display quick problem solving techniques as well as the ability to perform quickly and efficiently under pressure.

The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman, was Rose Bruford College’s site-specific production performed by the students of the American Theatre Arts Course. The production took place in Sidcup Manor House. This production had many challenges as there were 3 different casts, performing different versions of the same show, in the same house at the same time. This logistical nightmare made lighting difficult when added to the fact the building is a commercial building with no theatrical infrastructure and minimal power.

Rhys enjoyed the experience and the cast and crew were a pleasure to work with.

Ready Steady Light is an architectural Lighting competition ran by the Society of Light and Lighting, hosted on the Rose Bruford Campus in Sidcup. Rhys, as Production Electrician for the event, had to design the power infrastructure to power numerous sights across the entire campus as well as design, rig and operate the awards ceremony.

Rhys said that Ready Steady Light posed many challenges along the way but sharpened many skills in the process. An event with good rewards.

Diary of a Scoundrel - Too Clever by Half by Rodney Ackland was part of Rose Bruford’s Modern Classics Season. This consisted of three classical plays performed in the round. Rhys’s was the Production Electrician for one of the plays. He states that it was this production that showed him the enjoyment within this job role.  Rhys is proud of his work on the season saying that many decisions that had to be made taught many lessons, all for the better.