Josh Leigh

Tonmeister 2021 graduate with sound engineer experience working in TV, Live Events and Musical Theatre Productions.   TV show experience include Strictly Come Dancing, Saturday Night Takeaway, and Michael McIntyre's Big Show.  Live Event experience includes The Royal Variety Perfromance, The NTA's and The Mercury Prize.  Musical Theatre experience include E3s production of Aladdin @ The Brighton Centre, Sweet Charity @ The Donmar Warehouse and Bromley Musical Theatre Companies production of The Addams Family.  

Plus 4 Audio Limited (Sept 2019-July 2020 university placement year, Sept 2021-June 2023)

• Sound Engineer working on live events including Royal Variety Show, Global Citizen Awards, and TV shows with BBC and ITV including Strictly Come Dancing (SCD), Saturday Night Takeaway and This Morning. Duties include managing the movement and storage of professional audio equipment in warehouse and on site, liaising with event staff and performers to deliver high quality service for clients and talent.  Additional responsibilities have included building playback rigs using SpotOn and Qlab software with RME, Radial and DirectOut hardware. 
• Most recently work includes FOH Engineer on The Late-ish Show with Mo Gilligan, running stage @ BAFTA TV Awards Show and 3rd Man on Strictly Come Dancing 2022, looking after Dave Arch’s orchestra and the guest act, guest engineers and playback rigs. 

Musical Theatre Society, University of Surrey (August 2017-August 2021)

• Musician, Sound Designer and Sound Engineer/Technician, working on shows including The Wedding Singer, Bring It On! The Musical and Spring Awakening. Duties included the setup of audio equipment for cast and tech rehearsals, and shows, as well as sound design production for Spring Awakening. 

Autograph Sound Limited Work Experience (April 2019)

• Assistant Sound Engineer on Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse, shadowing Nick Lidster, installing surround sound system, and assisting with tech rehearsals. 

DeltaLive Work Experience (April 2019)

• Assistant Sound Engineer working on BBC Proms at Maida Vale Studios and the Royal Albert Hall, assisting with setup and running of rehearsals at Maida Vale and shows at the Royal Albert Hall. 

Other Experience

Ableton

• 1:1 tutorials/conversations with Tobi Hulke, Aaron Williams and James Trood; YouTube tutorials from Will Doggett, Andrew Marshall and Joe Clegg

Legally Blonde, Bromley Musical Theatre Company, Bromley, January 2023

• Backing Track Recording Engineer, mobile recording setup to record additional vocals.

E3 presents Aladdin (Panto) @ Brighton Centre, Dec 2022

• Musician performing drums and Sound Technician assisting with sound system and QLab playback setup and troubleshooting.

Without The Musical @ The Vaults Waterloo, June 2022

• Musician performing drums and Sound Technician assisting with sound system and playback setup and troubleshooting.

The Addams Family the Musical, Bromley Musical Theatre Company, Bromley, January 2023

• Musician performing drums and Sound Technician assisting with sound system setup and troubleshooting.

University of Surrey, Guildford (September 2017-August 2021) 

• Graduated summer 2021 with 2:1 in Music and Sound Record (Tonmeister) (BSc) with Honours, third year placement taken with Plus 4 Audio Limited