White Light is currently in the middle of an enormously busy run up to the Christmas holiday season, with Christmas theatre shows and many other festive events making use of the company’s extensive lighting hire and sales stock and production servicesMany of these shows are traditional pantomimes, all looking to provide some Christmas spectacle for their audiences. This year’s count has seen White Light supply four Aladdins, six Cinderellas, two Dick Whittingtons, two Jack and the Beanstalks, four Peter Pans, three Sleeping Beautys, four Snow Whites and just a single Robin Hood.
White Light is also once again providing the lighting equipment for two shows that have established themselves as perennial Christmas favourites – White Christmas and The Snowman. White Christmas this year appears at the Sunderland Empire, with lighting designed by Tony-award winner Ken Billington and with the rig overseen by production electrician Gerry Amies and production manager Hugh Bothwick. The Snowman returns to its regular London home, the Peacock Theatre, with lighting designed by Tim Mitchell and the rig overseen by production electrician Andy Fidgeon and production manager John Pitt.
Both designers take advantage of White Light’s extensive equipment inventory, allowing them to use precisely the equipment they need; The Snowman’s rig includes White Light’s unique VSFX optical effects system providing falling snow and passing cloud effects.
All of these Christmas shows were supplied alongside many other non-seasonal shows, including the new tour of the smash-hit musical We Will Rock You, Matthew Bourne’s new Cinderella, and the forthcoming production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium.
In addition, White Light’s equipment and staff have been deployed on a wide range of other festive shows, including Christmas parties, Christmas decorations in shops such as Selfridges, and even a Christmas tree which lights up when people kiss beneath the mistletoe at its base…
Further details about the full spectrum of lighting products and services available from White Light can be found at www.WhiteLight.Ltd.uk, or accessed via the new, free White Light iPhone app, available now from the App Store.