Darren Willmott
Darren Willmott
Production Manager
Over the past twelve years since graduating with a Bachelor of Performing Arts, University of Tasmania, Darren has worked extensively in theatre production firstly as stage manager and operator, then moving onto production and operations management, to lighting and sound design to technical direction. Darren has had a long connection with Tasdance, working on production for seasons like Thursday’s Fictions, New Life on the 2nd Floor, Sam in a Pram, Obsessions, Ripple Effect, Light and Shade and lighting designer for Skin Deep, Divine Harmonies and Earth Beneath Our Feet. Youth projects include Story Lines, Project 000, Fresh, Wild Rice, Microscope, Dry as a Bone and White Light. In 2007 he was production manger for the highly successful season of Mercy: a dance for the forgotten which premiered for Ten Days on the Island and toured to New Zealand.
Currently Darren works as the Performing Arts Centre Coordinator for Scotch Oakburn College, and other freelance work in production. Previous work credits include roles such as the Productions Manager University Of Tasmania School of Visual and Performing Arts, Head Technician and Operations Manager at the Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre, Production and Company Manager for Ten Days on the Island, Lighting Designer for Three River Theatre and Launceston College, Technical Director for Slipstream Circus, Circus Risque, Second Storey Youth Theatre, the One Day Projects and Mudlark Theatre.