Eilidh Watt
BA Production Technology & Management Class of 2026
Specialism: Stage Management
Bio:
Eilidh Watt is a 2026 Stage Management graduate with a strong interest in musical theatre, plays, and touring productions. She previously trained at Performing Arts Studio Scotland, graduating in 2023 with an HND in Technical Theatre.
She thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and is particularly drawn to actor-musician work and plays with music and song. During her training, Eilidh developed a strong interest in show calling and rehearsal processes, alongside experience with book cover. She has also continued to develop her skills in props sourcing and making, with strengths in digital art, painting, sign making, and wood grain.
Eilidh has gained extensive professional experience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and across a range of production environments. She spent five weeks with the Scottish tour of Stand and Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In, an NTS and Tron Theatre co-production, and had her first experience working backstage in the West End on the RCS Musical Theatre Showcase at the Sondheim Theatre, London.
She is looking for opportunities across the UK, including touring, and is particularly ambitious to build a career in large-scale commercial theatre.
Skills:
- QF Level 6 / RQF Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work
- SCQF LEVEL 5 Mental Health First Aid Training
- Full UK driving licence
- Replica firearms and theatrical handgun safety training with RC Annie
- Scenic finishing skills, including wood graining (manual and rocker techniques)
- Trained on household and industrial sewing machines and overlockers
- Experience programming and operating ETC lighting desks
- Strong artistic skill in sign making, painting and other creative tasks
- Training in Stage Combat
- Blood workshop training with RC Annie
- Basic Q-Lab training
- Equity Member
Work Experience:
Professional:
Stage Management Work Placement – Stand and Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In (National theatre of Scotland + Tron Theatre co-production), March – May 2026
Venue Stage Manager – Channel 4 Comedy Night, Pop Off Michelangelo, Edinburgh Comedy All-stars, How To Win Against History, Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, Mario the Maker Magician, The Alphabet of Awesome Science, Massaoke: Sing the Musicals, …Ernest?, Batsu! (Underbelly), July – August 2025
Assistant Stage Manager – The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (Happy Sad Productions), March – July 2025
Venue Stage Manager – The Dreamer – Live, IIIII – About the Art of Letting Go, La Clique, Sophie’s Surprise 29th, Tweedy’s Massive Circus (Underbelly), July – August 2024
Technical Stage Manager (On Book) – Ruthless The Musical (Cre:8 Auditorium), May 2023
Stage Crew / Technician – National Theatre of Scotland’s Exodus, WILF, This Is Paradise, Blood Harmony, Druid’s The Last Return, One-Woman Show, Happy Meal, ALOK, Bloody Elle, Psychodrama (Traverse Theatre), August 2022
RCS:
Stage Manager – Wicked: Staged Concert
Stage Manager – Amélie
Deputy Stage Manager – Let The Right One In
Stage Manager – Alice Birch’s Anatomy of a Suicide
Lighting Programmer and Operator – 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Assistant Stage Manager – She Loves Me
Anatomy of a Suicide (Wood graining technique pictured)
Anatomy of a Suicide (Fake alcohol for stage pictured)
Amélie (Café sign picture in background)
Amélie (Paper props and digital design pictured)
Amélie (3D printing and prop makes pictured)
Let The Right One In (Show calling)
Earthquakes in London (Backstage wing)
