White Light is supplying the lighting equipment to more than 25 pantomimes and Christmas shows this festive season. For many theatres, Christmas marks their busiest time of the year, as stages up and down the country fill with dames, beanstalks, ugly sisters and flying carpets. A firm favourite in the panto world is Peter Pan and WL is supplying productions at Birmingham Rep, Brighton Metropole...
White Light has overseen a brand-new lighting upgrade at the Highbury Theatre Centre in Sutton Coldfield. Having opened in 1942, Highbury Theatre Centre is one of the oldest, most established amateur theatres in the country. Through its resident company The Highbury Players, the venue annually presents a ten month season, which includes seven main stage productions and three studio plays. It is...
For the 14th year in succession, dbnAudile have installed the technical infrastructure for the Sacha Lord/Sam Kandel promoted Warehouse Project pop-up, through its various venues in Manchester. Originally working under separate guises, before dbn Lighting merged with Audile, the technology specialists recently put in infrastructure at the Project’s latest home, the 10,000 capacity Mayfield Depot,...
White Light has supplied the lighting equipment for the critically-acclaimed Baby Reindeer, which has recently opened at The Bush Theatre following its award-winning run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Written by Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer is a chilling personal narrative that looks at what happens when a kind gesture and trivial interactions results in much wider...
White Light has supplied the lighting for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, which has recently opened at Trafalgar Studios in London’s West End. First performed in 1967, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg tells the moving and heart-warming story of a couple trying to keep their family together whilst raising their only daughter who has cerebral palsy. Directed by Simon Evans, this latest revival stars...
This summer, Nashville’s legendary Grand Ole Opry unveiled a new daytime backstage tour based around the new, purpose-built Circle Room theatre. Hosted by Opry members Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, a 14-minute long immersive media experience takes fans on a journey through nearly 100 years of Opry history, seen through the eyes of the musicians who played on the world-famous stage, and...
A few weeks ago, Birmingham Hippodrome raised the curtain on its first ever home-grown youth production with a dynamic re-imagining of West Side Story. Opening to a sell-out audience, the show was the centrepiece of the venue’s 120 th birthday and featured forty local young performers. The show’s Lighting Designer David Howe takes us through his design for the show and the role it played within...
For the past two decades, Kentucky band, My Morning Jacket (MMJ) has been serving up its own unique brand of rock music. Piloting their light show, an essential part of their stage dynamics, for over 13 years has been Marc Janowitz of E26 Design, frequently drawing on different generations of GLP LED solutions to meet his requirements. The entire impression range has provided him with a solid...
White Light has supplied the lighting equipment for Falsettos which is currently running at London’s Other Palace Theatre. Originally performed on Broadway in 1992, Falsettos is a double Tony Award-winning musical which offers a poignant look at the life of one family as they live through the AIDS crisis. Despite other productions across the globe, this is the first time the show has been...
Lighting Designer Robinson Wilson allows the Rosco Color of the Week posts he sees on our Facebook page to inspire him to try new colors and color combinations in his work.