Ben Sugrue
Specialist Hardware Technician - DISGUISE Technologies,
Production Futures AV Newcomer of the Year
Ben studied for a degree in Creative Lighting Control, graduating just after the global pandemic had ended. Initially after working as a freelance lighting technician in theatre, he moved over to specialising into systems work within the world of immersive theatre. From here, he started to work more in the live events space, focusing on show control systems and building and maintaining touring racks running show control, laser, SFX and pyro systems. Ben now works as a specialist Hardware Technician for DISGUISE Technologies and is responsible for repairing DISGUISE Media Servers for shows occuring around the world and working on additional projects for DISGUISE.