Henry Ryder

Shrek the Musical:

I designed and ran the lighting for my last school production of Shrek the Musical in Feburary 2025.

Things I Know to be True (Extracts):

I did the lighting for various extracts from Things I Know to be True as part of a school project, This followed the Midsummer extracts below so the lighting setup is the same between both.

Midsummer Nights Dream (Extract):

Another School project done at the same time as the TIKTBT extracts.

Grease:

The first show I ran the lights for at the Shaftesbury Arts Centre in the Summer of 2023.

Honk:

This was one of the most recent shows I've done at the arts center and was part of the 2024 Shaftesbury Fringe Festival, this meant the lighting was set during the dress run and then run twice throughout the weekend.

Various Bands:

At the Shaftesbury Arts Center I have done various bands that have done a single show. This has included helping to setup the audio, running cables and mics along with running the lights during the show.

Treasure Island:

I ran the followspot in my schools last production of Treasure Island. This was fun as it included working with various different people to cordinate projections, lighting and the followspot to create a cohesive design.

Sister Act/Made in Dagenham:

I helped run the Radio Mic's for my school's last productions of Sister Act and Made in Dagenham. I found this fun as it was the first time that I'd experimented with sound as untill then I'd mainly focused on lighting.

Artaud Inspired Devising Piece:

As part of my A-Level Theatre studies, I have designed, setup and run the lighting for our artaud inspired piece, This was one of my more complex deigns as I ended up sequencing the various lighting/sound/projections using ETC, OBS and Chataine. This allowed for very precise timing cues and allowed me to be moving the followspot around while all the other cues ran themselves.

Wizard of Oz (Panto):

I ran the lighting for the yearly panto at the Shaftesbury Arts Centre in early 2025.

Kipps (Half a Sixpence):

I designed/ran the lighting for the Shaftesbury Arts Centre's performance of Kipps in summer 2024.

The Thrill of Love:

I designed/ran the lighting for The Thrill of Love at the Shaftesbury Arts Centre in early 2024 

Dying for a Leek:

I ran the lighting for the Dinton Phoenix, local village drama group's production of Dying for a Leek in late September 2024. This was fun as it was a much smaller production than I have previously been used to and included running the lights completely live as the desk did not support saving cue's.