Roderick van Gelder
PO Box 307
Hunters Hill, NSW 2110
Phone: 0414 406 052
Email:
Professional Experience
Lighting Design 2016 - 2023
| Chi Udaka | Taikoz and Lingalayam | SOH Dramatheatre Octore 2023 |
| Incredible Floridas | Ensemble Offspring | Carriageworks July 2023 |
| Sydney International Piano Competition | Piano+ | Verbrueghen Hall & SOH Concert Hall |
| Lion Dogs | Taikoz | NIDA Playhouse |
| Galileo - Francesco Ventriglia | Sydney Chreographic Ensemble | Riverside Theatre |
| ThaiRiffic | FEM | Riverside Theatre |
| Truth Body | Sydney Chreographic Ensemble | Leelah Centre Darlinghurst |
| The Spoils | Jesse Eisenberg | Flight Path Theatre |
| Vincent Ergo | Redfern 107 | |
| Loader Lights 2019 | 32Hundred Lighting | Coal Loader Greenwich |
| Somewhere between Hello and Goodbye | Lisa Schouw, Chrissie Koltai, Anca Frankenhaeuser | Rex Studio Sydney University |
| The Other Woman | Lisa Schouw | Actors Centre, Leichhardt |
| Salon Flamenco | ESAC Flying Nun | |
| Minky opens a gallery | Joanna Weinberg | Chippen Theatre - Fringe 2019 |
| Vertical Fields | Elia Bosshard | Studio One LOTW |
| Simply Divinyls | Lesley Anton | various pubs |
| Morgan Stern | Gina Schien | Belvoir Street |
| Three Voices | Morton Feldman / Sonya Holowell | Sydney Fringe 2017 |
| Restraints | Ken Unsworth & Australian Dance Artists | Alexandria Studio |
| Buddah's Wife | Eileen Kramer / Sue Healey | Rushcutters Bay |
| Forge | Annalouise Paul | Riverside Theatre Parramatta |
| Moonlight & Magnolias | Hunters Hill Theatre | |
| Seven Impossible Pieces | Ken Unsworth & Australian Dance Artists | Alexandria Studio |
| Gaslight | Hunters Hill Theatre | |
| Nine, the musical | AFTT | Bondi Pavilion |
| Bush Bailando | Compania Pepa Molina | Riverside Theatre |
| Early Ones | Eileen Kramer | NIDA Parade Theatre |
| Dorian Gray - Reimagined | Genesian Theatre |
Production Management:
| Three Voices | Cache in Point | Sydney Fringe |
| Sydney International Piano Competition | Sydney Town Hall | Cancelled due to COVID |
| Arts Health Foundation Convention 2016 | NIDA | |
| Forge & Bush Bailando | Annalouise Paul & Pepa Molina | Riverside Theatre |
| MetaData | DeQuincy Co | Riverside Theatre |
Stage
Management:
The Risk of Hyperbole – Jack Prest Phoenix Central Park
Project Manager installation seating systems and lighting grid STC Wharf Theatres as part of the Walsh Bay Arts Project
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l:
Developing the Australian Event Safety Resource Guide
Developing risk management systems for Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority – Event Delivery.
Writing the ‘Australian Entertainment Safety Resource Guide’
Teaching:
Teaching Technical Production and providing technical assistance for student productions at the Sydney Theatre School.
Teaching Risk Management at the Academy of Film, Theatre and TV – Stage Management course (2016)
2015
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l: Wide variety of events and companies.
Lighting Design:
“Gulls” Robert Hewett Hunters Hill Theatre
“Departures” Ken Unsworth and Australian Dance Artists
“Joseph K” Tom Basden ACTT, Bondi Pavilion, Bondi
“Brief Encounters” Hunters Hill Theatre
“Boys from Syracuse” ACTT, Bondi Pavilion, Bondi
2004 – 2014
Risk Manager / WHS Consultant – Stage Safety p/l:
Risk Management
Provided risk management advice for many large scale corporate event managers such as CiEvents, George P. Johnson Company, Jack Morton Worlswide and many others in a variety of dinners, exhibitions, product launches and functions. Also covered large scale events such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th celebrations for the Department of Premiers and Cabinet, New Years’ Eve ‘Bridge Operations’ for the City of Sydney and several opera productions for Opera Australia.
WH&S Consultant
Provided Safety Management Systems for a wide range of service providers in the entertainment industry such as Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics, George P. Johnson Company, Pollard Productions, Planet Entertainment, Chameleon Touring Systems, Norwest Productions but also the Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and the Opera Australia Workshop.
Site Management Consultant
Planning and management for sites as varied as V-Festival in Sydney and the Gold Coast, several outdoor concerts for Michael Coppel Presents, Opera on the Big Screen at the Sydney Opera House and Federation Square in Melbourne (simultaneously) and the Cockatoo Island Comedy Festival. Hope Estate concerts: Rolling Stones, Eagles and Rod Stewart. Bengali Festival 2015 at Sydney Olympic Park.
2000 - 2004
Technical Manager / Risk Assessor / OH&S Manager:
Hordern Pavilion &
Royal Hall of Industries Playbill Venue Management & Fox Studios Australia
Responsible for the technical delivery of a wide range of events, exhibitions, concerts and dance parties.
1998 - 2000
Technical Consultant Renovations & Operations Manager:
Hordern Pavilion &
Royal Hall of Industries Playbill Venue Management
1993 - 2000
Lighting Design & Production Manager:
“Virtuosity” Australian Dancers Company, Perth
“Frenzy” Aku Kadogo, Sydney
Peugeot – Annual Dealer
Conference Eventures
International Fencing
Championships Australia Australian Fencing Board
“Romeo & Juliet” Kings Park, Perth
“Prometheus” - Skriabin Sydney Symphony Orchestra
“Honour” Griffin Theatre, Sydney
“Australian Dance Awards” Ausdance, Sydney Opera House
“Arabian Nights” State Theatre Company South Australia
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Adelaide Botanic Gardens
“Romeo & Juliet” Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens
“Four Generations Project” Taipei, Taiwan
“Aïda” Indoor Stadium, Singapore
“Baryshnikov &
White Oak Dance Project” Australian & New Zealand Tour
“Four Generations Project” Taipei, Taiwan
“A Choral Sea” Sydney Townhall
“Housing Industry Awards” SCEC
“Four Generations Project” Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
“DanceWeek 1995” Various Locations
“Museum of Sydney” Opening Museum of Sydney, Sydney
“Casanova Confined” Cellblock Theatre, Sydney & Saltram Winery, Barossa Valley
“Piaf” Jeannie Lewis Melbourne, Perth & Adelaide
“Nambundah Festival” Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
“Dinosaurs in Space” Tin Lids National Tour
“Bad Boy Johnny” Enmore Theatre, Sydney
“St George Bank” Midyear Conference
“Lexus” LS400 Launch National Tour
“Housing Industry Awards” SCEC
“St George Bank” Christmas Conference
“1994 Book Awards” SCEC
“Circus Express” Sheraton Hotel, Seoul - Korea
1990 - 1992
Production Manager:
Sydney Dance Company International Tour ( France, Colombia, Venezuela )
National Tour ( Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra )
Sydney Opera House seasons
“The Tiffany Show” Tiffany Theatre, Pattaya - Thailand
Lighting Design:
“PianoSonata” Sydney Dance Company
“Afterworlds”
“Streetcar named Desire”
“Some Rooms” (revival)
“Nearly Beloved” (revival)
“Bard Bits”
“The Rape of Lucretia”
“Mooggrah”
“Poppy” (revival)
“In the Company of (Wo)Man” Sydney Dance Company
“King Roger”
“Sandsiren” The Australian Ballet
“Dance Collection 1991” onwards The Studio, Newtown Performing Arts
“Steaming” Theatre Royal, Sydney
“Bridging Tunnels” City of Amsterdam – Holland
Before 1990
Production Manager
Holland Festival 1985, 1986
Dutch National Ballet 1983 - 1988
Theatre du Soleil, Paris 1986 ( European Tour )
Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre, Tel Aviv 1983
International Ballet Gala 1985 & 1987 ( Live Television Broadcast )
Taller Amsterdam 1987 – 1989
North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague 1983 - 1985
Deputy Tour Manager:
Royal Shakespeare Company Holland Tour
National Ballet of Canada Holland Tour
National Ballet of Cuba European Tour
LaLaLa Human Steps European Tour
Paco Rabanne Fashion Shows Holland Tour
Lighting Design:
Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam
Dutch Opera Foundation Amsterdam
Rina Schenfeld Dance Theatre Tel Aviv
Company Dominique Petit Paris
Salome Isler Company Zurich
Taller Amsterdam Amsterdam
Kinora Dance Theatre Munich
Rotterdam Opera Company Rotterdam
Frank Boeyen Band Nijmegen
North Sea Jazz Festival The Hague
Sound Engineer / Sound Design:
Dutch Opera Foundation Amsterdam
Paris Opera Palais Garnier Paris
Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam
Video Editor / Operator:
Dutch Television Network Hilversum
Dutch Opera Foundation Amsterdam
International Touring:
Various Companies
Italy, Spain, France, UK, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Martinique, Israel, USA, Columbia, Venezuela, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong.
Other Skills:
Qualifications: Public Venue Management School Graduate 2003
Cert. IV - Risk Assessment
Cert. IV – Training and Assessment
Cert. IV – Occupational Health and Safety
Diploma Crowd Science and Risk Analysis (UK)
General Manager:
Taller Amsterdam 1988, 1989
Sydney Dance Company 1991
Presentations:
Venue Management Association Congress
Love Parade – what happened 2011
Indianapolis – Impact on Australia 2012
PALME Asia conference (Singapore)
Work Health and Safety in the events industry 2013
Consultancy (other):
Het Muziektheater (Amsterdam Opera House), Amsterdam
Audio & Video systems 1984/1985
Hordern Pavilion & Royal Hall of Industries
Technical facilities and operations 1998 - 2000
Teaching:
TAFE Loftus campus, units in SITXEVT013A 2010
Risk Management for events 2010 – 2014
Impact of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 – 2014
AFTT - CUA60213 – Risk Management 2016
Languages:
English, Dutch, German Fluent; speaking, reading & writing
French Conversation level