Iona Hicks

BA Production Arts


Biography

Iona is specialising in Stage Management during her final year at BOVTS and has enjoyed maintaining carpentry skills during her studies. She recently completed a 5-week placement at the Donmar Warehouse as the Stage Management Intern on Macbeth, Directed by Max Webster.

Previous credits include: Stage Manager, A Very Expensive Poison (Circomedia), The Nobodies (The Wardrobe), Scenes with Girls (The Wardrobe). Deputy Stage Manager, Jekyll & Hyde (Tobacco Factory Theatres). Assistant Stage Manager, This House (Tobacco Factory Theatres), Henry IV (Bristol Old Vic, Weston Studio). Construction Assistant, Catastrophe Bay (Bristol Old Vic, Main Stage), Loam (Bristol Old Vic, Main Stage).

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate