CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Béla Römer
Age 35, 26th June 1971
Dutch Nationality
English resident - London

THEATRICAL SKILLS

• Lighting Rigging and Operation
  
• Sound Rigging and Operation
  
• Video Rigging and Operation
  
• Stage Management and Project Management
  
• Carpentry, Metalwork, Mig welding, Wood & Metal Lathe
  
• Prop making, Model making & Sculpting
  
• Good basic knowledge of mechanics
  
• Basic knowledge of hydraulics
  
• Advandge knowledge of electronics
  
• Costing & Budget control
  
• Basic paint skills
  

GENERAL SKILLS

• Languages: English, German & Dutch
  
• Full Clean Drivers Licence, Motorbike and Car
  
• 1st aid training
  
• basic ab-sail training
  
• Computer literate, Mac, PC, Photoshop, Auto Cad, MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
  
• Cherry Picker & Platform licence
  
• Telescopic Handler licence (forklift)
  
• Life raft Launcher
  
• Personal licence under the Licencing ACT
  

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

1996-2007

• Technical Manager for Drill Hall-London Summer 2005 - to date
  
• KK-Dance Company Tour - Technical Tour Manager Spring-Summer 2005
  
• Disney Cruise line - Stage Show Technician & Props Technician 2003-2005
  
• Designer & Project Manager for build of new studio theatre at The Drill Hall-London 2002
  
• Technical Logistics & Master Carpenter on Joyce Tour 2002
  
• Guest Art-Class Teacher at primary school Spring 2002
  
• Technical SM (LX, Sound & DSM) for Kayhaal Theatre Production 2002
  
• Technical Crew on Peter Pan, Theatre Royal Brighton Panto 2001-2002
  
• Prop Maker Anvil-Basingstoke -Repair False Pross and Floor ART
  
• Prop Maker for Palace Theatre Watford -Panto Props-
  
• Technical Propmaker Illumination Tableaux for Theatre Royal Brighton
  
• Prop Maker for Palace Theatre Watford -Sofa project-
  
• Freelance Set Builder at GSMD London
  
• Head of Props for Millenium Show at Millenium DOME
  
• Prop Maker-Set Builder for several theatres
  
• SM and LX for KHAYAAL Theatre Company production
  
• Technical Propmaker for Space Dinner Dance
  at the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke.
  
• Technical Propmaker for Jack and the Bean stalk
  at the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke
  
• Propmaker at Props Studio Russel Beck - London
  
• Master prop maker for ‘1001 NIGHTS’ Opera,
  at the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke
  
• Placement at Armoury and Props dep. Royal Nat Theatre
  
• ASM/Fly man at Theatre Royal Stratford East ’98 & ’99
  
• Casual & Lighting Crew at the Royal Albert Hall

1994-1996

• Lighting engineer and LX operator in leisure centre

1987-1995

• Computer engineer / Salesman & warehouse Manager

GUILDHALL (GSMD) WORK EXPERIENCE

1996-1999

• Props & Set building for four GSMD productions


• ASM/Prop maker on three GSMD theatre productions


• Assistant to Technical manager for GSMD Musical


• DSM on GSMD Opera production Albert Herring


• Wardrobe for Opera studio production


• SM on GSMD Studio production


• Sound, Video & LX Operator on four GSMD prod.

REFERENCES

Mr Ian Trow

Operations & Development Director
The Anvil Basingstoke

• Phone nr on request
  
• More references on request
  
  

HOBBIES & GENERAL INTEREST

• Micro Electronics
  
• PIC & Animatronics
  
• Mechanics
  
• Structural Design
  
• Photography
  
• Winter sports
  
• Property refurbishment
  
• Stock Market
  

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

English Higher Education 1996-1999

• Guildhall School of Music & Drama (GSMD)
  BA Hons Stage Management & Technical Theatre, Graduated with 2:1 in July 1999.
  Final subjects: Props, Workshop, DSM Opera & SM Drama.
  

Dutch Higher Education 1992-1996

• Royal Conservatory, Interfaculty Sound and Image,
  Under graduate course, The Hague, The Netherlands.
  Subjects dealing with new forms of art in and around
  the theatre under the name 'new electronic musical theatre'
  Theoretical and Practical.
  Personal Focus: Technical Theatre, A/V and Electronic Props.
  

Dutch College Education 1987-1992

• Zadkine College
  Diploma course Technical Computer Science
  Subjects dealing with Design of Computer Hardware & Software
  Theoretical and Practical.
  Personal Focus: Technical Theatre, A/V and Electronic Props.