Career Pathways

Technical Director

Listen to Sam

“Two years of college can be invaluable to build a bedrock of understanding of what the industry is……work experience and youth theatre offer great opportunities and great stepping stones...”

Sam Garner-Gibbons

Sam trained as a Stage Manager at Central School of Speech and Drama, He then toured with Northern Ballet theatre as an ASM, was a sound technician at The Haymarket, worked in stage management for events at The Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Wembley Arena before joining CFT in 1996 as a lighting technician.


He has worked on over 250 produced shows at CFT, progressing to Head of Lighting, Technical Manager and now Technical Director. Sam has a number of professional lighting design credits at Chichester and elsewhere including in the West End.

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