On Sunday 13 th May, the Old Vic held its Bicentennial Gala which closed a weekend’s worth of the venue’s 200 th birthday celebrations. The evening was hosted by Tim Minchin and attended by some of the biggest names in theatre, including Daniel Radcliffe, Mark Rylance, Damien Lewis and Imelda Staunton. Having a long-standing relationship with the Old Vic, White Light was called upon to supply the...
Located in London’s West End, the Jermyn Street Theatre is one of the capital’s most renowned studio theatres. It was recently re-launched under new Artistic Director Tom Littler as a full-scale producing theatre, creating around eight to ten in-house productions every year. One of these is Tonight at 8:30 by Noel Coward. The Lighting Designer was Tim Mascall who called upon White Light to supply...
The UK’s Association of Lighting Designers (ALD ), as part of its Save Stage Lighting Campaign that is warning of the devastating effects the proposed EU 2020 Lighting regulations would have on production lighting, has today released a clear, concise guide to those regulations.
It is with much sadness that the ALD must report that internationally acclaimed lighting designer and ALD Fellow Mick Hughes passed away on 5th January 2018.
At this year’s Annual Lighting Lunch, which took place in London on Monday, 18th December, the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD ) announced that 2018 would herald the first full-year Lumière Scheme, which will run in continued partnership with Chichester Festival Theatre.
An inquiry about our gel numbering system comes in via email from a theatre student in Oklahoma. Stan Miller, the owner of the company, responds with the whole history!
Parents in performing arts announces Arts Council England and Creative Scotland funded first-of-its-kind best practice research project in partnership with 15 leading uk theatres and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Lighting was designed by Paul Anderson, set and scenic elements were created by influential sculptor Anish Kapoor and the video was designed by Frieder Weiss. The DL7Ss were chosen because an LED source was required to complement the video images that did not interfere with the infra-red light source illuminating the stage for a series of IR video cameras, also used onstage.It was felt that the...
The Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) Theatre judging panel has announced its eagerly anticipated shortlist for this year's ceremony, which will take place at London's iconic Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on Sunday 18th September. The Theatre shortlist is the first to be revealed, after a panel of senior critics from national newspapers and magazines deliberated over the finest lighting and video...
The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), has announced the winners of its prestigious Michael Northen Bursary Award, at an awards ceremony aligned with the recent ABTT trade show (ABTT Theatre Show, Alexandra Palace, 26-27 June 2016) . The Michael Northen Bursary is awarded annually to students or recent graduates of lighting studies in the UK, who have demonstrated strong, imaginative and...