A young stage technician who went to school in Llangollen and went on to work with stars such as Ed Sheeran and Lionel Ritchie has been nominated for a prestigious industry award.
Eluned Ashwood, 28, grew up in Trevor and went to school in
Garth and Ysgol Dinas Bran.
Her first live sound experience was on a week’s work
experience from school with Wigwam Sound Crew during the Llangollen Eisteddfod
and she continued to do this as a volunteer for the next few years.
Eluned did sound and backstage work for productions by Llangollen
Operatic Society and its Young ‘Uns’ junior section and also gained more
experience during the Focus Wales festival in Wrexham.
After initially considering a career in science, she
switched to doing a Live Sound course in Manchester.
Since then her career has blossomed, starting with a Lionel
Ritchie tour she has gone on to work with celebs as diverse as Anton du Beke
and Ed Sheeran, Pete Tong, and done orchestras and festivals including
Isle of Wight and the Capital FM Summertime Ball.
Eluned has also worked behind the scenes at events in
venues such as Buckingham Palace and Wembley.
She has now been nominated in the stage technician category of the Women in Live Music Awards for her work on the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool and The National's UK/EU tour. The presentation evening is in London on December 12.
Eluned’s proud mum, Sally Ashwood, said: “Women working in
the live music scene is still a minority, so she has done extremely well to
reach the position she has in her career.
“Llangollen, considering it’s a small town, has nurtured
many successful techs in the creative industries and Eluned is one of them.”
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