The annual WhatsOnStage Awards took place at the Prince of Wales Theatre last night. Now in its 20th year, the Awards are the only major accolades in the UK where the audience choose the majority of winners. Alongside supplying the lighting equipment for the main ceremony, WL once again sponsored the Best Lighting Design Award which was won by Howard Hudson for & Juliet. This year’s WhatsOnStage...
White Light has supplied the lighting equipment for [BLANK] which recently ran at the Donmar Warehouse. [BLANK] is a theatrical provocation which marks 40 years of Clean Break; a theatre company that works with women affected by the criminal justice system. Featuring over 100 unnamed scenes, [BLANK] sees the director Maria Aberg choose thirty of these in order to create a unique production...
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 ninth consecutive year, White Light has worked closely with a range of agency clients to deliver the production solutions for multiple catwalk shows during September fashion week. The Spring/Summer 2020 collections for designers including Julien Macdonald, Simone Rocha, Preen, Roland Mouret and Zara Home were showcased across the capital, with WL providing lighting, audio and rigging...
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...
White Light Supplies Evita at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre UK – White Light has once again supplied the lighting equipment for the entire Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre season, which recently culminated in a revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical Evita. Established in 1932, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is one of the largest theatres in London. Situated in the beautiful...
As part of its dedicated education programme, Kiln Theatre recently launched its brand-new Production Arts Course – which has been supported by White Light. The Production Arts Course was spearheaded by Kiln Theatre’s Creative Learning Technical Stage Manager Alix Rainsby. She explains: “At Kiln Theatre we wanted to run a course in order to diversify backstage roles. The backstage course would be...
White Light recently provided the lighting equipment for the Apollo Nights season at the Eventim Apollo – a week of exclusive live performances from a range of legendary music artists. The inaugural Apollo Nights season at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, brought together a premium VIP dining experience and a roster of headline artists for a week of shows at the landmark venue. Curated...
White Light has supplied the lighting equipment for the recent West End transfer of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin following its critically-acclaimed UK tour. Based on Louis de Bernières’ best-selling novel , Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is the world-famous story of romance in the face of the Second World War set on the idyllic Greek island of Cephallonia. The production marks the novel’s first major...
Yesterday, theatres, arts organisations and industry professionals across the UK celebrated the wide range of offstage theatre careers available for young people. A joint initiative by Society of London Theatre (SOLT), UK Theatre and Education & Employers, #InspiringFutureTheatre encourages young people to explore job opportunities within a sustainable and representative theatre workforce. As an...