Nathan Friend

A portrait of Nathan Friend
Contact
Lauren Patman, Course Leader, Lauren.patman@cssd.ac.uk

Training

2021 - 2024
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - BA (Hons) Theatre Practice - Stage Management and Technical Theatre

Productions at Central

2024
Stage Manager - Acting CDT Showcase @ Soho Theatre Downstairs (Ben Burrata)
2024
Rehearsal Stage Manager - DATE SLP Festival 2024 - Reflections
2024
Get-In Fly Crew - Merrily, We Roll Along
2023
Stage Manager - Fuente Ovejuna (Jim Manganello)
2023
Production Manager - SU Fest 2023 (Central Students' Union)
2023
Stage Manager - Richard II (Bridge Project) (John Haidar)
2023
Assistant Stage Manager - Curtains The Musical (Beth Wilkinson)
2022
Assistant Sound Designer/Sound No.1 - Absolute Hell (Robert Styles)
2022
Assistant Stage Manager - Richard III (Bridge Project) (Lawrence Evans)
2022
Videographer - Tableau Project 2022 - Pride and Prejudice (Simon Kenny)

Experience

Theatre

2024
Assistant Stage Manager - Remembrance Monday - M. Green Productions - Seven Dials Playhouse (Alan Souza)
2024
Stage Manager - Horne's Descent - Pither Productions - The Old Red Lion Theatre Pub (Chloe Cattin)
2024
Production Management Placement - Gary Beestone Associates - Venues across Greater London
2023
Company Stage Manager - Santa's On His Sleigh - Imagine Theatre - Bellerby Studio, G Live Guildford (Louise Redmond)
2023
Technical Stage Manager - The Front Room, Assembly Rooms - Assembly Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe
2022
Assistant Stage Manager - Robin Hood - KD Theatre Productions - Saffron Hall (Daniel Bell)
2022
Sound Designer & Show Technician - Deck The Stalls - Cheap Art Theatre - The Drayton Arms & The Hope Theatre (Chloe Cattin)
2022
Technical Stage Manager - The Front Room, Assembly Rooms - Assembly Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe
2022
Lighting Programmer & Operator - Seussical Jr. - Pop School & Stage Academy
2022
Sound Technician - Dancing Through The Decades - Dance Showcase - Tonbridge & West Kent Schools Sports Partnership - Assembly Hall Theatre
2021
Venue Technician - Tunbridge Wells Fringe

TV

2024
Stage Runner Assistant - Britain's Got Talent - Freemantle Media Ltd - The London Palladium

Virtual

2022
Zoom Technician - Two Kings Events

Memberships

Equity, Stage Management Association, Association of Stage Pyrotechnicians, Production Managers Forum

Skills

Prop Sourcing, Scheduling, QLab 4 & 5 Programming, Theatrical Handguns & Weapons Handling (RC-Annie), Pyrotechnics (JustFX), ETC (Eos & Colorsource) Desk Operation, Show Flying, Manual Handling, Minuting, Rigging, Microsoft Office Suite, Camera Operation, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop & InDesign, OBS Software