brod mason, lighting designer
(production manager 1995 - 2003)

From when Brod went to secondary school and found his classroom next to the stage of the school hall, the mechanics, magic, and mystery of putting on a show have fascinated him. On leaving school he embarked on a life in the theatre, moving to London to join The Bubble Theatre as an Assistant Electrician and visiting the Queen’s for the first time with the Bubble Band Show.

Brod began his lighting design work when he became Technical Manager and Lighting Designer of Extemporary Dance Theatre (his second visit to the Queen’s), where he lit over 40 new works to wide critical acclaim. His other lighting design credits have included work for the South Bank Arts Centre/BBC TV, London Sinfonietta, Vocem Electric Vocal Music Theatre, Union Dance, Shobana Jeyasingh, Academy of Indian Dance, London City Ballet, the National Opera Studio and Opera East (his third and forth visits to the Queen’s).

Brod was the Production Manager at the Queen’s Theatre from 1995 until 2003 before moving on to work at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. This was a role Brod also performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shared Experience, a European tour for the Almeida Theatre, and many other events, most notably the launch party for the Citroën Xantia.

His lighting credits at the Queen’s include Women on the Verge of HRT (also at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry), What the Butler Saw, The Glass Menagerie, Blithe Spirit, April in Paris, and The Lost World.