Gareth
Edward Pahl
Higher Education
September 2011 – June 2012 Canterbury
Christ Church University
PGCE Primary Modern Foreign Languages: German
November 2003 – June 2006 Wimbledon
School of Art
BA (Hons) Theatre Design for Performance
Production
February 2017 - Scratch This Loved Up Edition (Scratch Cabaret, Cardiff Speaker Hire) Producer
September 2016 - Scratch This Too (Scratch Cabaret, Cardiff Speaker Hire) Producer
June 2016 - Scratch This (Scratch Cabaret, Cardiff Speaker Hire) Producer
Design
February 2017 (ongoing) - Set Design for 'Move your Money' music video
January - April 2017 - Arts Council Wales - Lead Creative Schools, Model Maker Creative Practitioner
January 2017 - Costume design and construction for Sparkles Hoop Troupe 'Tutti Frutti'
November 2017 - Model making commission for Yello Brick 'Clear channel' Case Study
October 2016 - Costume design and construction for Sparkles Hoop Troupe 'Starship Troupers'
October 2016 - Costume design and construction for Sparkles Hoop Troupe 'Starship Troupers'
September 2016 - Model making commission for Yello Brick's Dot to Dot project for Llawn 04. Click here for case study.
September 2016 - Costume design and make for Ernie Sparkles
July 2016 - Design and construction for Penylan Pantry's 'James and the Giant Peach' tea party.
February 2016 – Costume design and construction for Sparkles Hoop Troupe ‘Lollipop’ routine.
December 2015 – Set design and construction for Mary Bijou Cabaret and Social Club’s ‘Christmas Bauble’ cabaret.
September 2015 – Costume design and performance of Queen of Hearts for Penylan Pantry’s ‘Mad Hatters Tea Party’.
March 2011 – Set and costume design for ‘The Graduate’ at Medway Little Theatre, Kent.
June 09, 10, 11 – Costume design and creation Brompton Village Carnival
September 2007 – ‘Requiem for Awakening’ Costume design for Turkish song writer Djanan Turan, live performance at Shunt Vaults, London Bridge, London.
June 2006 – ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Set, costume and lighting.
Dec 2005 – ‘A Lad in Stuck meets the Wiz from Oz’ Pantomime – set and costume design for The Place, Euston.
June 2005 – ‘The Tempest’ – (collaborative) set and costume design
April 2005 – ‘The Ones who walked away’ – (collaborative drama) including set and costume design
Community Arts
July 2015 – Present Sparkles
Hoop Troupe (www.sparkleshooptroupe.simdiff.com)
Co-founder and creative lead
in Sparkles Hoop Troupe – Cardiff’s premier hula hoop dance troupe. This
community based troupe performs regularly at various events and festivals. See
website for further information.
June 2011, 2010, 2009 Brompton
Village Association
After School Costume Making
Workshops (For local carnival) - Planning and teaching weekly costume making
workshops, working closely with Primary School and attached Sure Start Centre. Mixed
age groups comprising of both KS1 and KS2 (5 - 11 years old).
May 2010 – Feb 2011 – ‘Stitch and Bitch’ club facilitator for military wives wanting to learn to craft and sew with fabric.
May 2010 – Feb 2011 – ‘Stitch and Bitch’ club facilitator for military wives wanting to learn to craft and sew with fabric.
January – April 2011 Brompton
Westbrook Primary School
After School Club –
‘Upcycling’ Club - Planning and teaching weekly after school club – creating
crafts and art using recycled materials (including paper making, sewing etc.). Cross
Curricular club incorporating Science, Geography, D&T and Art - Mixed age
groups – KS1 and KS2.
May – June 2010 Woodlands
Road Youth Centre
Costume Making Workshops (For
local carnival) - Planning and teaching weekly costume making workshops, working
closely with Primary School and attached Sure Start Centre. Working with mixed
age groups (11 – 18 year olds).
April 2010 – July 2010 ‘Shout
Out’ Learning Disability Advocacy Group
Planning
and directing drama workshops for young adults with learning disabilities. Creating
(through collaboration) a piece of drama to raise awareness of independent
living to be performed at a local learning disability conference
June 2009 ‘It
Can Happen to Anyone’
Collaborative drama piece
with a group of homeless people in Medway, the story depicted what it was like
to be homeless and how people had turned their lives around after homelessness.
Included collaborative set and costume design.
Teaching Experience
Sep 2012 – Sep 2016 Primary Teacher across all primary age groups. Based in Cardiff
Other Work
Experience
February 2008 – August 2011 Medway Cyrenians Ltd (Finance Manager)
October 2006 – February 2008 Age Concern Medway Ltd (Finance Administrator)
April 2005 – June 2006 Seasons Florists Ltd (Administration and Marketing Manager)
Hobbies and Interests
Currently training in aerial
circus – flying trapeze, aerial hoop and static trapeze at NoFit State Circus.
I sing acapella with a vocal group in Cardiff, I also play guitar and clarinet.
I have interests in Art, Languages, Community and Charity Volunteering, Baking,
Theatre, Walking, Sewing and Crafts.