Technical Director & Sound Designer
Martha Barrow is a technical designer specialising in production planning, technical management and live events. Currently pursuing an MFA in Technical Design and Production at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, she combines a background in acoustics, theatre design and music business with a passion for bringing ambitious live productions to life.
Academic Record
In Progress: MFA Technical Design and Production
David Geffen School of Drama at Yale '29
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MBA with Music Business Specialization (GPA 4.0)
SNHU X Berklee Online '26
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BSc (Hons) Acoustics and Music Technology (2.1)
University of Edinburgh '24
Previous Experience
Graduate Consultant
Technical Director
Technical Manager
Technician
Duty Technician
Technical Manager
Arup
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Produced drawings, schematics, and specifications using tools such as Autodesk Revit and Bluebeam.
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Assisted in theatre planning, audiovisual design, and technical problem-solving.
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Work included designing a d&b soundscape loudspeaker system in a heritage 750-seat opera house; AV systems design for a game development company’s new Soho studios, including cinema-grade projection and surround sound; designing show lighting infrastructure and worklight control specifications for a classical concert hall in South Korea; and coordination of rigging infrastructure around original 19th-century stage machinery in a 900-seat theatre in Belgium.
Counterminers
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Oversaw technical design, production, and scheduling for R&D projects and original writing in 40-200-seat theatres.
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Engaged and managed operators and designers.
Paradise Green
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Converted a church into 5 fully operational Fringe theatres, including rigging installation, flooring, staging, and seating-rake construction.
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Managed a team of 4 technicians, coordinating tight show changeovers across the 5 spaces.
Edinburgh University Students' Association
Just The Tonic Comedy
Bedlam Theatre
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Led technical operations for ~40 annual student-run productions in a 90-seat black-box theatre.
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Managed safety practices, training, and installation of lighting, sound, and scenery.
London, UK
London, UK
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Edinburgh, UK
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Edinburgh, UK
Sep 2024 - Jun 2026
Sep 2025 - May 2026
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025
Mar 2023 - Sep 2024
Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
Mar 2023 - May 2024
Industry Training and Credentials
ABTT Bronze Award
Association of British Theatre Technicians certificate for health and safety in production environments
Dante Level 3 (2nd Ed)
Credential ID: 24/3108
Credential ID: fd12-f16d-0f62-6609
Audinate
CTS 1: AV Technology
AVIXA training course towards CTS certification
CTS 2: Applied AV and AV Project Process
AVIXA training course towards CTS certification
Eos Family Basic Training
Electronic Theatre Controls training for proficiency in basic Eos programming
L-Acoustics: System and Workflow
Training on L-Acoustics system approach in the global framework of live sound reproduction
Reference Number: 6370349161119472