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About Me

I am a 25-year-old freelancer with experience in international concert touring, live music, festivals, theatre, and TV.


Professional Experience:

As Lighting Network / Systems Tech:

  • SOLOMUN  (Alexandra Palace, 2026)
  • Hans Zimmer: The Next Level Tour  (Europe, 2025 - 2026)
  • Lewis Capaldi: Survive Tour  (UK & Ireland, 2025)
  • Labyrinth on the Thames Festival  (ORNC, 2025)
  • BAEKHYUN: Reverie Tour  (Europe, 2025)
  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: World Tour  (2023 - 2025)
  • Ricky Gervais: Armageddon  (Wembley Arena, 2023)
  • 50 Cent: Final Lap Tour  (Europe, 2023)
  • Fame Factory  (Riyadh & Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2022)
  • Lewis Capaldi  (O2 Arena, 2022)
  • Stereophonics: We’ll Keep A Welcome  (Cardiff Principality Stadium, 2022)


Education & Qualifications:

I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Production Lighting from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in July 2022. Additionally, I hold an NCRQ Health and Safety for Managers qualification, am first-aid trained, possess a valid IPAF ticket, and have a full, clean UK driving license.


Technical Skills:

  • Lighting Systems: EOS, MA2, MA3, CuePoints, Follow-Me, RoboSpot (incl. multi-device), Pathscape, Araneo, Depence, Capture, Lightwright, Vectorworks, Adobe CC, Microsoft Office.
  • Operating Systems: MacOS, Windows OS (including Windows Server OS), and Linux
  • Networking: Expertise in IPv4 configurations for production environments, with proficiency in Cisco, NetgearAV, MikroTik, UniFi, Pathway, and Luminex. Efficient management of sACN, Art-Net data streams, merges. Comfortable in environments that handle RSTP, LACP, VLANs, Multicast traffic such as sACN and PosiStageNet, and developing fault-tolerant network topologies.


I believe that continually refining these skills is essential as more productions embrace scalable, shared, high-speed show-control infrastructure, ensuring precision, synchronisation, and redundancy across departments.

Samuel Blakemore

London, UK

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