The team behind the 6-minute immersive mental health installation Blackout will be running a pioneering industry evaluation alongside their WL-supported exhibition experience at this year’s PLASA Show at London Olympia, from Sunday 15 to Tuesday 17 September 2019. Bringing academic analysis to the exhibition, Research Director in Clinical Psychology at the University of Surrey Dr Paul Hanna has...
Today White Light has launched HireWL – an online platform that allows customers to easily select and order from the company’s extensive hire inventory. As a company renowned for its customer service, alongside housing the very latest technology, HireWL is a natural progression for WL. Head of Customer Service Craig Bennett comments: “We’ve launched HireWL in order to give our customers visibility...
This week, we’re saying goodbye to our long-term colleague and friend Roger Deane who is retiring after forty years in the industry. Having led such a fascinating career, we sat down with Roger to discuss his favourite memories over the past four decades, the people he’s worked with and the lessons he’s learnt along the way. It makes sense for us to start at the beginning and, for Roger, this was...
White Light has continued to expand its expert team by appointing a range of staff who each have extensive experience within the live entertainment industry. Joining WL as Technical Account Manager is Carmelo Amenta, who will deliver a range of broadcast projects, large-scale award ceremonies and live music concerts. Carmelo explains: “I’m delighted to have joined WL at what’s a really exciting...
White Light has recently supplied brand-new LED lighting packages to two ATG venues: Aylesbury Waterside and the Grand Opera House York. With its heritage in theatre lighting, WL has formed an unparalleled reputation for supplying venues across the world with the very latest lighting technology. Therefore when Stuart Graham, Head of Technical Operations at Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), was...
White Light has recently joined the Production Services Association (PSA), reaffirming the company’s commitment to the welfare of its freelancers. The PSA is the trade association for companies and individuals involved in the live event production industry. Its aim is to represent, improve, educate and develop the business of technical production for live events. This is achieved by pooling the...
As an organisation, we pride ourselves on our industry knowledge, personal service and high technical standards. We are also extremely passionate about developing the next generation of talent and a way in which we do this is through our annual apprenticeship scheme. Since 2011, we have overseen 49 apprenticeships. Those who have completed the course have all gone on to work in the industry...
Having run its Apprentice Scheme since 2011, White Light has overseen a total of 49 technical apprenticeships, with 6% of its current workforce made up of apprentices. Having previously been recognised at the CC Skills Awards as Best Apprentice Employer (2012) and Best Collaboration with Education Providers (2014), the company was now been shortlisted for Employer of the Year in 2019. First...
Since 2011, WL has overseen a total of 49 technical apprenticeships. Many of these are currently employed by the company, many still work with us on a freelance basis whereas others have gone on to pursue a range of technical roles within the industry. In this blog, we look back at the apprentices who have taken part in our scheme over the years and see where they are now. Dan Goodwin was part of...
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we will be posting a blog every day this week which focuses on our long-running apprenticeship scheme and the impact this has had on both past and current apprentices. Today, we’re reflecting on how successful the scheme has been so far and how we are now offering apprenticeships that go beyond the traditional technical training. As an organisation, we...