Graham Roberts
Grahams interest in lighting started very early on in life. It started with his Grandad showing him how to light up a little light bulb with a small piece of bell wire and a battery. From there he started building theatres out of cardboard boxes and lighting the stage using small bulbs and using Quality Street wrappers as Gels.
At school, Graham was always interested in sound and lighting. He operated lighting for many school performances on an old Furse lighting control unit. Carrying on from school, Graham went on to College to study Performing Arts.
Graham's career started at the age of 18 working at Northern Theatre Company where he started lighting small, intimate theatre at ‘Studio 2’, a space that seated 60. Shows included ‘Abigail's Party’, ’Stitching’ and ‘An Englishman's Home’. Graham then took a side step from theatre and started working on Music and Corporate events.
Currently Graham is designing and operating shows for Theatre, Gospel and Festivals.
Previous productions
Experience 12
Confederation of African Football Awards
Substance
Justin's Band
Neu Reekie - Where are we now
BBC Radio1 Big Weekend
Saturday Night At The Movies
The Knights of Music
Experience 11
Joe McElderry - Northern Lights Tour
Danny Hero
The Knights of Music
Holy Trinity Regeneration
Journey's End
Church Installation
CBBC Live and Digital
Experience 10
Experience 11
"Roberts' design featured more than 200 lighting fixtures, over half of which were powerful Claypaky moving heads. Using the advanced software features of the Avolites Sapphire Touch, he created a series of bold, bright and colourful looks that worked alongside the music to immerse the crowd in praise and celebration."
Avolites, Avolites News Letter 29/03/2017
Nigeria - Two of Avolites' most popular lighting control consoles, Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II, were selected to deliver the multi-layered, diverse lighting for 15 of the best gospel music ministers from around the world during Nigeria's mammoth praise event The Experience 11: Revealing Jesus.
Reported to be 'Africa's largest concert', with revellers upwards of 500,000, The Experience has been running since 2006 and is produced by vibrant, multi-ethnic church, House on the Rock.
Stephen Davies of UK-based Subfrantic Production Services, longstanding technical supplier of the church's London branch, has been involved with the gospel extravaganza for the past four years. Each year he selects Avolites to handle the increasingly large lighting concept.
"Choosing Avolites to deliver The Experience's lighting is always an easy decision to make," says Davies. "We have a long history... continue reading
Jim Evans, LSI. Similar articles in various other publications. 10/03/2017
Experience 10
This year Subfrantic supplied technical staff to handle FOH and stage audio, patch, stage video, broadcast mix, multitrack recording, lighting design and operation, stage management and production management for a list of artists including Donnie McClurkin, Don Moen, Micah Stampley, Sonnie Badu, Kim Burrell, Nathaniel Bassey and Frank Edwards.
LSi Online, LSI. Similar articles in various other publications. 17/12/2015
Theatre:
- Commercial Tour
- Touring relights
Musical:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Touring relights
Dance:
- International
- UK National Company
- Large Scale
- Touring relights
Concert:
- Arena Touring
- Stage Touring
- Touring relights
Corporate:
- Conferences
- Fashion Shows
- Product Launches
- Award Ceremonies
Architectural:
- Open Air Events
Non-professional:
- Musicals
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Email address | grahamrobertslx@googlemail.com |
| Website | www.grahamrobertslx.co.uk |
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