{"id":376,"date":"2016-02-25T20:48:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalflic.com\/ozpanto\/?post_type=team&p=376"},"modified":"2016-03-07T18:16:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T18:16:52","slug":"gareth-hopwood-sound-designer-2","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.ozpanto.com\/team\/gareth-hopwood-sound-designer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GARETH HOPWOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"
Having started my career as a musician and singer from the age of 12, I fell into the world of theatre in 1996 when I became assistant musical director with British Stage Productions. As a company they specialized in variety and pantomime. Having started on the musical side of the company the natural progression was to become involved in the sound, this lead to a whole new direction for my career.<\/p>\n
Whilst I was with British Stage Productions I designed and engineered the sound on all of their productions, the majority of which were within the genre of Pantomime.<\/p>\n
After ten years with British Stage Productions I moved into the freelance world as a sound engineer, working mainly in the north west of England. I also designed and engineered
\nfor PDM Entertainments on their productions.<\/p>\n
I was then lucky enough to start a long and exciting relationship with Arranpaul Audio Limited, working closely with Christopher Wood and QDOS Entertainments as sound engineer\/tour manager for BBC TV\u2019s The Chuckle Brothers, a children\u2019s entertainment duo who pioneered touring slapstick shows. I have had this role for the past five years
\nand is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Over the last six years I have also been responsible for the sound design and installation for a number of pantomime productions at some of QDOS\u2019 leading venues (Jack and the Beanstalk, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Peter Pan, Aladdin<\/em> at Hull New Theatre. Jack and the Beanstalk, Sleeping Beauty<\/em> at Wolverhampton Grand. Aladdin<\/em> at Darlington Civic Theatre)<\/p>\n As well as working for QDOS during this time I also toured extensively with Brian Conley, Joe Longthorne, Freddie Starr, Roy \u2018Chubby\u2019 Brown as their sound engineer.<\/p>\n On returning from Australia I will be once again touring with The Chuckle Brothers\u2019 production of \u2018A Space Oddity\u2019<\/em>. As well as working on the forthcoming Pantomime season and the all new 2015 Christopher Wood\/QDOS 20 week, nationwide tour; \u2018The Chuckles Of Oz\u2019<\/em> as their sound engineer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":377,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"team":[18],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n