About
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 Operation 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
The Natinoal Theatre
- Managed numerous projects from inception to completion
- Managed production network within all venues and staff areas
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
The Natinoal Theatre
- Managed numerous projects from inception to completion
- Managed production network within all venues and staff areas
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
Bill Kenwright
HighTide Festival
HighTide Festival
Paines Plough
Birmingham Hippodrome
Curve Theatre
Education
Computer Science
Production Arts (Technical Theatre)
Training
ETC
ETC
JustFX
Skills
lighting
lighting control
programming
networking
eos
system administration
Extra-Carricular Activities
Representing The National Theatre in ESTA's Control Protocol Working Group
Notable Projects
Managed the Lighting IT aspects of multiple venue reqires and expansions, including networking and data requirements.
Managed and implemented the rollout of several Kubernetes Clusters using RKE2, Rancher and MetalLB.
Managed the migration of MDM and IDP services from JumpCloud to Kandji & Okta, lead technical decisions and performed integration testing before full rollout.