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ABOUT US

JLA Sound and light was formed by James Aleksic back in 2013, on his 16th birthday. The company has grown a lot since then, with us now working on over 40 theatrical productions a year! Highlights have included designing for shows at the National Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as in almost every local venue! Find out more below!

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James Aleksic

Hi, my name is James Aleksic and I run JLA Sound and Light. I've been working in this industry from a very young age - starting off by doing the disco for my own 8th birthday party. As 'DJ Hamster' I became quite well known in the Ipswich area, doing children's birthday parties most weekends with my family. This continued all the way through school, where I also helped to organise and run lots of school discos, music concerts, shows, awards nights, assemblies and so on. I then started doing these more myself, and put on many charity events - ranging from fetes through to quiz nights, concerts and variety shows. 

 

I then went onto college where I completed a 2 year technical theatre course which was joint run by Suffolk New College and the New Wolsey Theatre. This gained me a Distinction level UAL (University of the Arts London) Level 3 Extended Diploma in Production Arts - and more importantly gave me lots of real world experience and knowledge in the technical theatre field. This then opened up a world of possibilities, leading to me getting a casual job, and then a full time contract in the technical department at the New Wolsey Theatre.

 

Moving towards the current day, I still pop in for the occasional shift at the New Wolsey, as well as working at other local venues including Dance East - and design & work on lots of productions outside of those (over 40 a year!). I'm also a partner in a new family business, DIY Parties - and am chairman of a local performing arts charity, Limelight Performers - as well as working with Suffolk New College to teach technical elements to their performing arts students and oversee the production side of their shows! I also design a big fundraising light show on my house every December, raising a total of over £3500 for St. Elizabeth Hospice to date.

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JLA Sound and Light

JLA Sound and Light was created in 2013, and allowed us to continue doing DJ Hamster's Children's Discos (which we still love doing to this day!) while also expanding into offering technical assistance and services for events.

 

We've since worked with almost every local community theatre company, as well as in many schools and colleges (shows, concerts, assemblies, discos and even a CD recording), and have helped on many charity events as well as the ones we have organised ourselves. These include working with local charities such as EACH and St. Elizabeth Hospice, as well as raising money for many national charities.

We've worked in all sorts of venues, from the Dorfman at the National Theatre, to the Edinburgh Fringe, but also plenty of village halls, schools and local theatres including the New Wolsey Theatre & Spa Pavilion to name a few!

We've recently split off part of our business, to a new company - DIY Parties - who can now offer our popular DIY Disco package, as well as Silent Discos, Photobooths and lots more!

We're constantly expanding our hire stock, so that we can meet the ever growing requirements of the productions that we work on, and now have over 40 radio mics in stock, as well as 3 digital sound desks, lots of intelligent lighting, and crazy amounts of cable!

With a wide range of packages available to hire, and many services that we can offer - we're sure we'll be able to help you with whatever you need! You can see some of our recent production credits below, or check out our social media pages to see what we're currently getting up to!

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2023

Addams Family Young/Younger@Part | Dance East | PQA Ipswich

Sound/Lighting Design, Programming & Operation | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab & Sound Hires | Streamer Cannons

Aladdin | Martlesham Community Centre | Deben Players

Sound/Lighting Design & Programming  | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab, ETC Nomad & Sound Hires

TreeFest | East Anglian Children's Hospices | EACH Treehouse

Full Event Technical Support | Sound, Lighting & Backdrop Hires

New Wolsey Takeover | New Wolsey Theatre | Suffolk New College

Sound/Lighting Design, Programming & Operation | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab & Sound Hires

Calendar Girls | Riverside Musical Theatre Company | Riverside Theatre

Radio Mic & QLab Hires

Forget The Blitz | Suffolk New College Performing Arts

Sound/Lighting Design, Programming & Operation | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab & Sound Hires | Student Teaching | Set Design, Backdrop & Rigging Hires

Witness For The Prosecution | Seckford Theatre | Deben Players

Lighting Design & Programming | Sound Programming | Lighting, QLab & ETC Nomad Hires

The Kitchen Sink | Gallery Studio Theatre | Gallery Players

Lighting Design & Programming | Sound & AV Programming | QLab & ETC Nomad Hires

Student Assessments | Suffolk New College Performing Arts

Sound/Lighting Design, Programming & Operation | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab & Sound Hires

Samphire (NT Connections) | The Garage, Norwich | SNC Performing Arts

Sound/Lighting/Projection Design, Programming & Operation | Lighting, QLab & Sound Hires

O' What A Lover's War & Acting Showcase | SNC Performing Arts

Sound/Lighting Design, Programming & Operation | Lighting & QLab Hires

Mary and the Poppets | PQA Ipswich

Sound/Lighting Design, Programming & Operation | Lighting, QLab & ETC Nomad Hires

Samphire (NT Connections) | SNC Performing Arts

Sound/Lighting/Projection Design, Programming & Operation | Lighting, QLab & Sound Hires

Limelight at the Movies | St. Peter's by the Waterfront | Limelight Performers

Production Management | Sound/Lighting/Projection Design, Programming & Operation | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab, ETC Nomad, Projection & Sound Hires

Daddy Long Legs | Gallery Studio Theatre | Gallery Players

Sound/Lighting Design & Programming | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab, ETC Nomad & Sound Hires

Frozen Jr | Gallery Studio Theatre | Limelight Performers

Production Management | Sound/Lighting Design, Programming & Operation | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab, ETC Nomad, LED Pixel & Sound Hires | Set Design

The Addams Family | St. Alban's High School

Sound/Lighting Design & Programming | Radio Mic, Lighting, QLab, ETC Nomad, Rigging & Sound Hires

 
2022

Robin Hood | Seckford Theatre | Deben Players

Winter Showcase | Suffolk New College Performing Arts

Aleksic Christmas Lights

Legally Blonde Jr | PQA Ipswich | Dance East

Sunday in the Park with George | Gallery Studio Theatre | Gallery Players

Student Assessments | Suffolk New College Performing Arts

Cheshire Cats | Seckford Theatre | Deben Players

Legally Blonde Jr | Gallery Studio Theatre | Limelight Performers

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 | Gallery Studio Theatre | Gallery Players

Happily Ever Laughter | St. Peter's by the Waterfront | Deben Players

Annie (Poppets Version) | PQA Ipswich

The Addams Family | Farlingaye High School

You Don't Have To Make A Big Song And Dance Out Of It | National Theatre (Dorfman) | SNC

Legally Blonde Jr | Dance East | PQA Ipswich

Legally Blonde | SNC Performing Arts

Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Gallery Studio Theatre | Gallery Players

Fifty! | SNC Performing Arts

You Don't Have To Make A Big Song And Dance Out Of It | The Garage, Norwich | SNC Performing Arts

Beauty and the Beast | Seckford Theatre | Farlingaye High

The Surrendered Wife | SNC Performing Arts

You Don't Have To Make A Big Song And Dance Out Of It | SNC Performing Arts

School of Rock | St. Alban's High School

2021

Sleeping Beauty - Seckford Theatre - Deben Players

Winter Showcase - SNC Performing Arts

Aleksic Christmas Lights

All Together Now! - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Limelight Performers

County Lines Talks - Suffolk New College

Miscast Musicals - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Limelight Performers

Wizard of Oz (Poppets Version) - Gallery Studio Theatre - PQA Ipswich

Matilda (in 20 minutes) - Gallery Studio Theatre - PQA Ipswich

Miscast Musicals (Highlights) - New Wolsey Theatre - Limelight Performers

Streamed Summer Season - SNC Performing Arts

2020

Christmas Light Show Spectacular - Co Op Juniors

Super Awesome Digital Disco - Dance East - Unit.

Aleksic Christmas Lights

Lockdown Digital Content - Limelight Performers

Wind/Rush Generations - SNC Performing Arts

Be Yourself, Be Amazing - Dance East - PQA Ipswich

Industry Day Light Show - New Wolsey Theatre

Le Cabaret Nouveau - SNC Performing Arts

Team PQA in Concert - St. Peter's by the Waterfront

The Limelight Ensemble - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Limelight Performers

2019

Red Riding Hood - Seckford Theatre - Deben Players

Winter Showcase - SNC Performing Arts

Aleksic Christmas Lights

Musicals Through The Years - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Limelight Performers

Berlin Girl - Edinburgh Fringe - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

Berlin Girl - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dale Hall Primary School

Alice in Wonderland - Sir John Mills Theatre - PQA Ipswich

Little Shop of Horrors - SNC Performing Arts

Monologue Days - Sir John Mills Theatre - PQA Ipswich

Wyrd Sisters - Seckford Theatre - Deben Players

Summer Showcases - SNC Performing Arts

Pride and Prejudice - SNC Performing Arts

Seussical Jr - Seckford Theatre - CBM Theatre

An Evening of Musical Theatre - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

Sad Club - Norwich Playhouse - SNC Performing Arts

Be Yourself, Be Amazing - Dance East - PQA Ipswich

Sad Club - SNC Performing Arts

A Night at the Musicals - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - CBM Theatre

2018

Winter Showcases - SNC Performing Arts

Aleksic Christmas Lights

What's a Musical - Otley VH - CBM Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors - Spa Pavilion - CBM Theatre

Dogfight - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

Matilda in 20 Minutes - PQA Ipswich

Alice in Wonderland - Dale Hall Primary School

Annie (Poppets Version) - Sir John Mills Theatre - PQA Ipswich

Hairspray Jr - Dance East - PQA Ipswich

Footloose - Spa Pavilion - CBM Theatre

Battle of the Bands - Westbourne Academy

Drowsy Chaperone - SNC Performing Arts

[BLANK] - Norwich Playhouse - SNC Performing Arts

Monologue Evening - Sir John Mills Theatre - PQA Ipswich

High School Musical - Spa Pavilion - CBM Theatre

Romeo & Juliet - SNC Performing Arts

[BLANK] - SNC Performing Arts

2017

Grinchmas - Woolverstone Hall - PQA Ipswich

Bugsy Malone - Spa Pavilion - CBM Theatre

Rock of Ages - Spa Pavilion - CBM Theatre

Bonnie & Clyde - St. Peter's by the Waterfront - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

Last Five Years - Headgate Theatre - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

Two Gentlemen of Verona - Avenue Theatre - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

Guys and Dolls - Spa Pavilion - Eastern Edge Theatre Company

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