Giles is a graduate of Hagley Theatre Company (Diploma in Performing Arts), where he concentrated on technical production, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Canterbury.
Currently Head Technician at The Court Theatre, Giles has worked on more than 50 Court productions including Amadeus; When the Rain Stops Falling; Constellations; Educating Rita; Waiora: Te U Kai Po - The Homeland; The Events; Venus in Fur; Titus Andronicus; In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play; Stephen King’s Misery; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Once; The Wind in the Willows; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Girl on the Train; Sense and Sensibility; Dance Nation and Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.
Giles was one of 2023's The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Out of the Limelight Awards, recognising dedicated theatre practitioners in Aotearoa.
Court Shows
- 2024 - Mr and Mrs Macbeth of Heathcote Valley Road - Operator
- 2024 - Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express - Lighting Designer
- 2023 - The Haka Party Incident - Live Sound Operator
- 2023 - Dance Nation - Lighting Designer
- 2023 - The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race - Lighting Designer
- 2023 - Be Like Billy? - Lighting Designer / Operator
- 2023 - Rēwena - Lighting Designer
- 2023 - Sense and Sensibility - Lighting Designer
- 2022 - Flagons and Foxtrots - Lighting Designer
- 2022 - The Girl On The Train - Lighting Designer & Operator
- 2021 - The Unauthorised Biography of... - Operator / Head Technician
- 2021 - Little Shop of Horrors - Lighting Designer
- 2021 - Once - Lighting and AV Designer
- 2020 - Lysander's Aunty - Lighting Designer/Head Technician
- 2020 - A Streetcar Named Desire - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - A Christmas Carol - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - The Wind in the Willows - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - Fresh Off the Boat - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - Escape from Haunted House - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - Au Ko Tuvalu - Stage Manager - Season/Operator
- 2019 - The Pink Hammer - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - The Father - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - The Princess and the Frog (and the Robber!) - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Lighting Designer
- 2019 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Lighting Designer/Operator
- 2019 - Time Machine - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - A Christmas Carol - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - Astroman - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - Hansel and Gretel - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - Mum's Choir - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - Stephen King's Misery - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - Vernon God Little - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - The Biggest - Operator
- 2018 - Ideation - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - In the Next Room, or the vibrator play - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - Roger Hall's Easy Money - Lighting Designer
- 2018 - Titus Andronicus - Lighting Designer/Operator
- 2017 - Venus in Fur - Lighting Designer/Operator
- 2017 - Steel Magnolias - Lighting Designer
- 2017 - Songs for Nobodies - Sound Designer
- 2017 - Uncle Vanya - Lighting Designer
- 2017 - Ropable - Lighting Designer
- 2016 - Winston's Birthday - Sound Designer | Operator
- 2016 - Macbeth - Lighting Designer
- 2016 - Matthew, Mark, Luke and Joanne - Lighting Designer
- 2016 - Cops and Robbers - Lighting Designer
- 2016 - Educating Rita - Sound Designer | Operator
- 2016 - The Little Mermaid - Lighting Designer | Operator
- 2016 - Waiora: Te ū kai pō – The Homeland - Lighting Designer
- 2016 - The Streaker - Sound Designer
- 2016 - Puss in Boots - Lighting Operator
- 2016 - The Events - Lighting Designer | Operator
- 2015 - One Man, Two Guvnors - Lighting Designer
- 2015 - Le Sud - Lighting Designer
- 2015 - Alice in Wonderland in the Attic - Operator
- 2015 - Constellations - Lighting Designer
- 2015 - Romeo and Juliet - Lighting Designer
- 2015 - The Ladykillers - Lighting Designer
- 2015 - Hamlet: The Video Game (the stage show) - Operator
- 2015 - Exit The King - Operator
- 2015 - Mary Poppins - Operator
- 2015 - Badjelly the Witch - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - End of the Rainbow - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - When The Rain Stops Falling - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - The Hound of the Baskervilles - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Lighting Operator
- 2014 - Blood Brothers - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - Ache - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - Plum - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - You Can Always Hand Them Back - Lighting Designer
- 2014 - A Very Merry Scriptless - Lighting Designer | Stage Manager | Operator
- 2013 - Amadeus - Lighting Designer | Operator
- 2013 - The Women - Lighting Designer
- 2013 - Hui - Lighting Designer / Sound Designer / AV Designer
- 2013 - SNAP! - Lighting Designer
- 2013 - A Very Merry Scriptless - Lighting Designer