Sound No. 2 & production support
Radio microphone preparation, fitting and maintenance, pack allocations, mic plots, patch schedules and cue sheets. Practical support for get-ins, rehearsals, performances and get-outs.
Colin Dancer-Dixon, Theatre Sound Technician & Operator
Theatre sound.
Live operation.
Currently Deputy Production Technician, Sound, aboard Cunard’s Queen Victoria. Regularly mixing Royal Court Theatre productions on DiGiCo SD10 and live bands in the Queens Room on Quantum 225.
Colin Dancer-Dixon
Currently with Cunard
Sound No. 2 & theatre sound enquiries
Cambridgeshire home base
SND Q01Services
Sound department
support & operation.
Practical support for theatre sound departments, touring productions and live events.
Theatre & live sound operation
Production mixing, live bands and singers, stage patching, line checks, playback and monitoring. Console operation for rehearsals and performances.
Sound design & preparation
Console programming, cue structure, system plans and operator documentation tailored to the production and venue.
Live events & concerts
Audio setup and soundchecks for concerts and events, including stage inputs, artist playback and monitor requirements.
SND Q02Current professional experience
Cunard.
Queen Victoria.
Deputy Production Technician, Sound, since September 2026. Theatre production mixing and live music operation across the Royal Court Theatre and Queens Room.
Royal Court Theatre
900 seats · DiGiCo SD10
Regular production mixing for the Royal Court Theatre Company, within a programme of two performances daily, seven days a week.
Queens Room
DiGiCo Quantum 225 · Aviom · QLab
Live mixing for solo artists, small ensembles, full band and singers. Stage patching, line checks, monitoring, playback and soundchecks for rapid act changeovers.
Created act-based fader layouts while retaining stage input assignments and preserving previous console sessions.
Earlier production preparation
Two examples of pre-production work at Sharnbrook Mill Theatre, completed before joining Cunard.
Preparation completed in 2026
Sharnbrook Mill Theatre
Come From Away
Sound pre-productionPrepared the audio system and operator handover before joining Cunard. Pre-production role only.
- System preparation
- Console programming, cue-led DCA planning and band patching.
- Show documentation
- Microphone plots, input plans and operator documentation.
Preparation completed in 2026
Sharnbrook Mill Theatre
Matilda Jr
Sound pre-productionPrepared playback and microphone allocations before joining Cunard. Pre-production role only.
- Playback
- QLab preparation for the production's backing tracks and cues.
- Microphone planning
- Radio microphone plotting and pack-change documentation.
SND Q03Selected sound credits
Selected credits.
Professional Cunard credits followed by earlier theatre experience. Pre-production roles are labelled explicitly.
| Production | Company | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Come From Away | Cunard, Queen Victoria / Royal Court Theatre Company | Deputy Production Technician, Sound / Show mixing | 2026 |
| Hollywood Rocks | Cunard, Queen Victoria / Royal Court Theatre Company | Deputy Production Technician, Sound / Show mixing | 2026 |
| Be Our Guest | Cunard, Queen Victoria / Royal Court Theatre Company | Deputy Production Technician, Sound / Show mixing | 2026 |
| Sound of London | Cunard, Queen Victoria / Royal Court Theatre Company | Deputy Production Technician, Sound / Show mixing | 2026 |
| Ruby Wax; Stuart Pearce | Cunard Insight Lecture Programme | Sound operation | 2026 |
| Jon Courtenay; Amore Twins; Kyle Tomlinson; Roy G Hemmings; The Beat 45s; The FourDs | Cunard, Queen Victoria / Guest entertainers | Sound operation | 2026 |
| My Fair Lady | Sharnbrook Mill Theatre | Sound No. 2 | 2026 |
| Shakers Restirred | Tingdene Entertainers | Sound No. 1 | 2026 |
| Made in Dagenham | Treading the Boards | Sound Designer / Sound No. 1 | 2026 |
| Umbrella Showcase | Sharnbrook Mill Theatre | Sound Designer | 2026 |
| Come From Away | Sharnbrook Mill Theatre | Sound pre-production | 2026 |
| Matilda Jr | Sharnbrook Mill Theatre | Sound pre-production | 2026 |
| The Wedding Singer | Treading the Boards | Sound Designer / Sound No. 1 | 2025 |
| Gimme Gimme Gimme ABBA | Brynteg Comprehensive School | Head of Sound | 2024 |
| Eisteddfod | Brynteg Comprehensive School | Head of Sound | 2023 |
| Grease | Brynteg Comprehensive School | Head of Sound | 2023 |
SND Q04Work in practice
The work in practice.
Selected images of onboard performances, console work, technical preparation and training.
SND Q05Process
Prepared before the first technical rehearsal.
My approach to preparing and delivering a production.
Listen
Understand the story, the director's priorities, the venue and the production resources.
Design
Turn the brief into a practical system, input, playback, microphone and monitoring plan.
Prepare
Build the show file, cue structure and paperwork before the technical period begins.
Deliver
Fit up, test, rehearse and operate with the same care at every performance.
SND Q06About
Colin Dancer-Dixon
Background &
technical experience.
My theatre experience has grown through school and community productions, Sound No. 2, Sound No. 1 and design roles, leading to professional sound operation with Cunard.
My home base is Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. I am interested in UK touring, contract and freelance roles, particularly Sound No. 2 and theatre sound technician positions.
I completed Orbital Sound’s Mixing for Musicals course in June 2026, with practical training on DiGiCo Quantum 7 and Allen & Heath dLive. Other hands-on systems include Yamaha DM7, Allen & Heath Qu-24, Behringer X32 and XR18, Sennheiser and Trantec radio microphones, Yamaha Rio and Behringer S16 stageboxes.
SND Q07Contact
Contact Colin.
For Sound No. 2, theatre sound technician, touring or freelance enquiries, include the production, role, location and proposed dates. I can take on UK work after my current Cunard contract. Please contact me to discuss start dates.