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William Sheils

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Biography

William is a training lighting designer working actively in the entertainment industry covering theatre, music, corporate events and architecture.

 

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, William is currently training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

 

Despite being at the early stage of his career William has 3 years experience in the industry including nearly 50 designs at various levels including festival stages, musicals and concert performances at professional level.

 

William is primarily an Avolites programmer but has competency in chamsys and ETC. He uses Vectorworks and Capture for drafting and pre visualisation.

 

As well as lighting design William commonly works with projection and LED wall and utilises Avolites Ai media servers to blend lights and video.

It is so wonderful to work with you. Thank you for getting stuck in and for serving us so brilliantly and helping us achieve the concept we had set out from the beginning. Your design really made the event unique.

From the client of an outdoor christian worship festival attended by thousands of young people. Full lighting design and control provided by William. Featuring Ayrton fixtures and LED screens as a centrepiece.

 

William owns an Avolites control package featuring touch screens, Avolites Titan Mobile + Wing and relevant spec PC.

 

William is a member of the ALPD, Association of Stage Pyrotechnicians and BECTU.

 

Previous productions

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Magnitude Festival 2022 Concert Simply Light & Sound Ltd Lighting Designer Jul 2022
TRNSMT Festival River Stage 2022 Concert Simply Light & Sound Ltd Lighting Designer Jul 2022
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Musical Lighting Designer Jun 2022
"A Night at the Brits Non-professional Lighting Designer Director: TIm Rhodes
Mar 2022
TRNSMT Festival River Stage 2021 Concert Simply Light & Sound Ltd Lighting Designer Sep 2021
Magnitude Festival 2021 Concert Simply Light & Sound Ltd Lighting Designer Jul 2021
Location availability:
  • Scotland
  • UK London
  • UK Provinces
  • Western Europe & Scandinavia
Contact method Details
Email address wdms12@icloud.com
Mobile phone +44 7921565191
Email address wsheils1@rcs.ac.uk
Theatre:
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Pantomime
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
Dance:
  • Medium Scale
  • Small Scale
  • Education Establishment
Concert:
  • Stage Touring
  • Club
  • Festival
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video / Content Design
Corporate:
  • Conferences
  • Exhibition Stands
  • Open Air Events
Architectural:
  • Educational Establishments

News

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