29/09/2020
Meet the Team: Cara Dowling
Cara’s 35 year sound career began when she fell into an audio job after completing a Diploma in Stage Management, and has never looked back! Finding her niche in operating, she has operated the sound at festivals and corporates, on cabarets, plays and, particularly, theatre musicals.
Cara has been fortunate to work with some top international Sound Designers, operating the sound on major productions at home, abroad and on tour. Shows include Matilda (SA and China Tour); Jersey Boys (SA and Asia tour); Priscilla Queen of the Desert (SA and HK); Mamma Mia!; Jesus Christ Superstar (SA, Athens, South Korea); Ghost – The Musical (Australia); African Footprint (SA, USA, Mexico, Germany, India); Kat and the Kings; Chicago; Offbeat Broadway 1 – 5 (SA, Zimbabwe, Namibia); Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai); Spirit of the Dance; Showboat; Cabaret; West Side Story and many more. She is passionate about growing more quality Sound Operators in this country. She has presented audio workshops at University of Stellenbosch, Artscape and in Langebaan for the West Coast Youth Orchestra.
“There is a crack in everything – that’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen