A few months ago, the European Union (EU) proposed a new set of regulations in order to govern lighting products sold in the UK. However, if the legislation were to be passed as written it would dramatically affected the equipment currently used for entertainment lighting purposes (including tungsten, arc and LED fixtures) – and so heavily impact all of those working in this field, including...
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Mills & Reeve is part of SCG Legal – a global network of independent law firms in 82 countries, of which Mills & Reeve are the only English member. Every year, SCG Legal organise the Midyear Meeting; a two day conference followed by a finale dinner which is held in a different member’s country. This is a once in a generation opportunity and, for 2018, it was London’s turn. The finale dinner took...
On 6 th June, George Orwell’s classic book Down and Out in Paris and London was brought to life in an immersive performance at Stone Nest in London’s West End. The event was a collaboration between The Orwell Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Libby Brodie Productions and UCL’s Festival of Culture. Having supplied last year’s unabridged reading of Orwell’s 1984: LIVE, White Light was...
Sankara is a new play telling the story of African hero and former President of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara. Written and directed by Ricky Dujany, it recently ran at London’s Cockpit Theatre and featured a live music performance by Levi Roots. As a leading lighting supplier to London theatre, White Light was called upon to provide the equipment. The Lighting and Set Designer for the show was...
Taking place every four years, ITEAC is regarded as the place to be if you are involved in the planning, design, construction, specification or operation of places of entertainment. This year’s theme was Places for Performance: New Directions and aimed to explore new ways in which performance spaces are developing. As one of the sponsors, we were there all three days at this year’s ITEAC and WL’s...
Selfridges is one of the world’s finest department stores, welcoming over 20 million visitors every year. Constantly wanting to provide their customers with a unique shopping experience, they frequently house different exhibitions and immersive events. Their latest is The Flipside: a multi-sensory exhibition which has just opened.
As one of the Science Museum’s flagship galleries, Making the Modern World features some of the museum’s most remarkable objects and is a one-of-a-kind setting for events, allowing clients access to artefacts from our history such as the Apollo 10 command module and the first Apple computer. Following a competitive tender, White Light was chosen to oversee a brand-new lighting installation in the...
Team Rubicon UK is a rapid response disaster relief charity, with a difference. Their difference is their volunteers, who are highly-skilled, ex-military servicemen and women, trained and ready for when disaster strikes. The unique skills and mindset demonstrated in their volunteers allows them to rapidly deploy into highly-challenging locations, just hours after disaster has struck. Working with...
The Charity Film Awards have been created to celebrate the success of film in fundraising, to increase exposure of charity films and to encourage donations for good causes. This year’s ceremony took place at Central Hall Westminster on Friday 11 th May where White Light is the venue’s production service partner . Attended by more than 300 people, WL provided a complete technical production...
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is one of the UK’s largest universities with a student and staff community approaching 38,000. It became the first UK modern Higher Education institution to appear in the QS World University Rankings and has over 400 undergraduate courses. The campus also has a range of state-of-the-facilities to accommodate its students learning. White Light recently...