Lighting Designer

Dan is a Brisbane-born creative and theatre technician with over 30 years of experience working with independent and state performing arts productions. A veteran of QPAC’s lighting team, Dan finally returns to one of his formative theatre spaces as Lighting Designer for Ad Astra’s production of *Three Little Words*.

A Brisbane-born creative with over 30 years of experience, Dan is a veteran theatre technician and a pioneer of the city's independent arts scene. Between 2000 and 2011, he activated landmark spaces as venue manager of The Factory, The Globe Theatre, Old Museum Building, and The Pink Palace, whilst also producing a diverse array of variety shows, live music, and cult cinema events. Dan’s extensive production management credits include esteemed companies such as Ballet Theatre of Queensland, Musical Theatre Australia, Metro Arts, and Vulcana Women’s Circus. Since 2012, he has served as a lighting technician at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) while regularly touring regional Queensland as a lighting and AV technician-designer for Topology. Through his freelance company, Odyssey Entertainment, Dan provides essential technical support, equipment hire, and production management to emerging artists and community venues. In his spare time Dan enjoys writing and performing in his original garage rock and psychedelic pop band, The Stomps. Returning to one of his formative theatre spaces, Dan is proud to join the creative team for Ad Astra’s production of Three Little Words.
“This is an excellent,emotionally resonant, character‑focused interpretation that honours the complexity of Murray-Smith’s script.”
Meredith Walker - Blue Curtains | Read Mor e
“Three Little Words pokes at marriage, friendship, identity, compromise, the quiet resentments people swear they are fine about, and Ad Astra lets us sit right in the awkward, wine-soaked middle of it.”
Stage Buzz | Read More
Ad Astra’s hard-working team for Three Little Words have done a brilliant job – including Ellen Hardisty (Assistant Director), Kat Coomber (Stage Manager), Set Design by Greg Scurr (who also designed the minimalist set and co-designed Sound), Peter Eades (Sound Design), Daniel Endicott (Lighting Design), Sarah Speller (Production Assistant), and NJ Price (Fight & Intimacy Co-ordination)..
Stage Whispers | Read More
Described as “a wickedly smart comedy”, Three Little Words by Joanna Murray-Smith in Ad Astra’s intimate Pluto black box theatre provides a lot more than a good laugh.
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