MOST people work in an office and do a nine to five.

But Charlie Willis-Osborne's job involves mousetraps, paintball guns, custard pies and travelling around the world.

The former Woolston High School and Priestley College student is a tour technician for the performance company, Fragility, which is renowned for its chaotic shows.

And Charlie's work on their recent production 'Game Show' helped the team scoop an award at the Stockholm Fringe Festival.

The show was improvised so no two shows were the same but it involved mousetraps, a paintball gun, eating contests, quickfire questions, a birthday cake, a 20 person custard pie fight and plenty of cider.

Charlie, who grew up in Woolston, said: "The 'Expect the Unexpected' award was for being the most unpredictable show at the Fringe, and since our scenes were totally improvised I was hoping we'd win.

"But it's still a surprise as there were some other quite interesting and surprising acts. One show saw a team throw ice and then pour a pint of milk over themselves so we had some interesting competition!

"My favourite part of Game Show is the quick fire questions round. This is because I get to decide if the answer is correct or not using sound effects and I can force people into telling the truth to a question they're trying to avoid.

"Or even if they've given the correct answer I can say it's wrong and they have to make up something more interesting.

"Having it in a live setting adds some extra challenges. It has to run seamlessly between rounds and we can't stop and prepare the next one. But it also gives us some good opportunities for audience interaction."

Charlie has been interested in producing shows since he helped out with lighting, sound and stage management backstage at Woolston High School productions.

The 21-year-old then did a BTEC in production arts at Priestly College before clinching a place at one of the UK's top drama schools, Rose Bruford College for a degree in performance sound.

Charlie, who also runs a production company called Serious Audio, said: "It covered everything from studio recording to musicals to rock bands and even allowed me to work on the Olympics!"

- Fragility is taking its follow-up show, Birthday Suit Party, to York Theatre Royal on November 12.

DAVID MORGAN