Season 8 Episode 4, Greg Gould, Lighting

If you'd like to introduce yourself and tell me what your current job title is.

My name's Greg Gould and I am my assistant production lighting manager at the Royal Opera House.

Excellent.

And how did you get into theatre?

I started school actually, my drama teacher was a guy called Tony Matthews and drama studio beside a part school and just got into it that way.

Went through colleges, two colleges, I went to what was Cheshire School of Dance and Drama which is in Ellesmere Port and then I went to Oldham for a light design course.

Oldham? Yeah.

From that area? Yeah.

I am.

I am from, kind of, Cheshire, Manchester area.

Right,

okay.

I could tell by the accent.

Yeah, absolutely.

I'm sorry you ended up in Oldham.

Well, I know, yeah, yeah.

Only joking.

So, what

was your

first paid job in theatre? Royal Exchange.

Royal Exchange board op, yeah.

Started off when I was about 19, I think.

Yeah, 19.

Started there, actually did my work experience there.

and then which was like the summer or like the season before and then during the summer it was actually just after the bomb in 96