Backstage with Backup
Podcasts designed to let you know a bit more about Backup Tech by talking to the people behind the technical entertainment charity, the industry friends it works with, those who have benefitted from its support and sharing the journey's of industry colleagues.
Backup Tech (The Technical Entertainment Charity) is the UK’s registered charity that provides financial support to industry technical professionals, crew/production personnel and people working in the technical supply chain across the UK entertainment industry including those from live events, theatre and broadcast.
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Backstage with Backup
Help In A Crisis
2 December 2025
Backstage with Backup
E10: Help in a crisis
Guests: Sally and Rob Taylor, and Hannah Evans, the parents and sister of Adam Taylor, who was a sound engineer and DJ Adam Fabulous.
Host: Sarah James runs PR agency Gasoline Media and is proud to help spread the word about the great work Backup does, taking care of their Press & PR.
In this conversation: The Taylor family talk about Adam’s support of Backup and how the charity helped when he was diagnosed with late-stage cancer.
Episode key topics + chapter markers:
3:01 Rob and Sally tell us about Adam, his childhood, and what lead to him being an audio engineer and DJ.
9:28 Rob talks about Adam’s time at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, how the technical course he completed changed his life, and how he became DJ Adam Fabulous.
13:38 Sally shares Adam's career start from his first job as sound engineer on Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre, to how he travelled the world on various shows from theatre to corporate events, but still somehow managed to fit being a DJ and father into the mix.
16:00 Rob and Sally tell us stories about Adam that most stick in their minds, from meeting The Prodigy to taking Rob to the 90th Anniversary of Abbey Road Studios, and making everyone’s day at a gig on Brighton beach.
21:38 Sarah asks about why Adam was so passionate about supporting Backup.
25:15 They discuss what it meant to have Backup provide financial support during such a difficult time.
30:42 Sarah asks if they’d had any experience of how easy the process of asking for help was.
34:09 Rob and Sally explain what they’re doing to raise money for Guildhall students in Adam’s memory.
40:49 Rob talks about technical entertainment industry family and how being part of it is a comforting support network. Hannah explains that Backup’s support was above and beyond what a charity normally does, the support given by St Christopher’s Hospice, and how the love Adam always gave out came flooding back to him.
Useful resources / links related to this episode:
Adam Fabulous Scholarship https://gsmd.ac.uk/in-memory-of-adam-taylor
Backup Tech - The UK’s Registered Technical Entertainment Charity That Provides Financial & Wellbeing Support To Technical Industry Professionals.
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