William Sheils
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 |
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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 |
- Scotland
- UK London
- UK Provinces
- Western Europe & Scandinavia
Contact method | Details |
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Email address | wdms12@icloud.com |
Mobile phone | +44 7921565191 |
Email address | wsheils1@rcs.ac.uk |
- Small Scale Touring
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale / Fringe
- Pantomime
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
- Medium Scale
- Small Scale
- Education Establishment
- Stage Touring
- Club
- Festival
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
- Projection / Video / Content Design
- Conferences
- Exhibition Stands
- Open Air Events
- Educational Establishments
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