Joe Izzard is a Senior Lighting Control Technician, currently working for The National Theatre in London. He works on a variety of projects supporting Lighting Control, IT Systems, Networking and Show Opperation across the Olivier, Lyttelton and Dorfman theatres.

Outside of Entertainment, Joe has a strong interest in Site Reliability Engineering, Computer Science and large scale infrastructure operations.


Employment

Senior Lighting Control Technician

Nov. 2021 to Present
The Natinoal Theatre
  • Managed numerous projects from inception to completion
  • Managed production network within all venues and staff areas

Senior Lighting Technician

Sep. 2019 to Nov. 2021
Leeds Playhouse
  • Programmed multiple productions in both venues
  • Led teams of full time, freelance and casual technicians during various stages of the production
  • Build a variety of set practicals for a range of production types

Senior Lighting Control Technician

Nov. 2021 to Present
The Natinoal Theatre
  • Managed numerous projects from inception to completion
  • Managed production network within all venues and staff areas

Senior Lighting Technician

Sep. 2019 to Nov. 2021
Leeds Playhouse
  • Programmed multiple productions in both venues
  • Led teams of full time, freelance and casual technicians during various stages of the production
  • Build a variety of set practicals for a range of production types

LX No 2

Feb. 2019 to Sep. 2019
Bill Kenwright

Head of Lighting

2018 to 2018
HighTide Festival

Head of Lighting

2017 to 2017
HighTide Festival

Lighting Programmer

2017 to 2018
Paines Plough

Casual Lighting Technician

2016 to 2017
Birmingham Hippodrome

Casual Lighting Technician

2015 to 2018
Curve Theatre

Education

Univserity Of London

Present
Computer Science

Leicester College

2016
Production Arts (Technical Theatre)

Training

System Maintenance

2017
ETC

Networking Fundamentals

2017
ETC

Practical Pyrotechnics - Safety Awareness

2015
JustFX

Skills

lighting
lighting control
programming
networking
eos
system administration

Extra-Carricular Activities

Principal Voter, Control Protocol Working Group

2023 to Present
Representing The National Theatre in ESTA's Control Protocol Working Group

Notable Projects

Manage IT Aspects of Venue Rewire

2024 to Present
Managed the Lighting IT aspects of multiple venue reqires and expansions, including networking and data requirements.

Rollout of Kubernetes Clusters

2023 to Present
Managed and implemented the rollout of several Kubernetes Clusters using RKE2, Rancher and MetalLB.

MDM & IDP Migration

2023 to 2024
Managed the migration of MDM and IDP services from JumpCloud to Kandji & Okta, lead technical decisions and performed integration testing before full rollout.