Summary
Thomas Kirkman-wood is a technical manager with six years’ experience delivering immersive live experiences, currently leading technical operations for Punchdrunk’s Lander 23. He blends hands-on show engineering—lighting, sound, projection, SFX, networking and high-end servers—with people leadership, having managed multi-disciplinary teams through install, training and show-running. His background includes developing bespoke show software (logging, flow control and fault/task tracking) for large-scale immersive productions and prior work as a network engineer, giving him a rare mix of production-floor troubleshooting and systems-level automation. A Rose Bruford-trained lighting designer, he translates creative intent into robust operational procedures and scalable technical systems, and often acts as the primary technical liaison between creative, production and third-party vendors.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Lighting Design, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Lighting Design at Rose Bruford College
Extended Level 3 Diploma in Technical Production & Performing Arts, Performance & Production Arts., Extended Level 3 Diploma in Technical Production & Performing Arts, Performance & Production Arts. at National College Creative Industries