Basic Technical Problem Solving for Stage Managers

Fuel for your artistic evolution

This Winter Nights, we’re delivering 10 professional development workshops designed to spark creativity and build industry skills. From performance to producing and marketing to design, these sessions are here to empower, inspire, and strengthen our arts community. 

A workshop covering some of the basics in technical problem solving at a venue like The Blue Room Theatre or other independent settings. Suitable for Stage Managers/ Operators who have a rudimentary knowledge of lighting and sound, and want to feel more confident in navigating technical problems.  

About Facilitator

Rhiannon Petersen is a performance maker, visual designer, and lighting technician based in Boorloo (Perth), who makes fun, weird, genre bending art. They are also the Production and Venue Manager at The Blue Room Theatre. Rhi completed a BA in Performance Studies in 2015 (Curtin University). Rhi’s previous works include Shrimp Hotel (Online, 2025) The Jellyman (TBRT, 2020), Survive the Apocalypse!! (TBRT Online, 2020), The Big Dark (TBRT, 2018), and Shout Lab (Crack Theatre Festival, 2016). Previous lighting designs include Squared Off (Offbase Dance, 2024, Fridays Studio), Homeward Bound (Lazy Yarns, 2022, TBRT), Little Women (Mel and Sal, 2021, TBRT), and Bite the Hand (The Last Great Hunt, 2021, Subiaco Arts Centre); and previous scenography includes Las Hormigas (Pilar Mata Dupont, 2022, PICA), and See You Next Tuesday (Static Drive Co., 2022, Subiaco Arts Centre Studio). Rhi’s work has been described as ‘exciting, pertinent and ambitious theatre’ (Seesaw Mag, 2020).