Brandon Stirling Baker has probably emotionally affected you—at least, if you’ve been to the ballet within the past few years. The lighting designer, a frequent collaborator with choreographer Justin ...
The dancer spins gracefully on to centre stage and strikes a pose. Gyandev Singh sits in a dark room overlooking the proscenium. He gently pushes two of the 60 switches on the lighting panel. A blue ...
Lucy Carter has strong feelings about the power and possibilities of light. "It affects everything," she says. "You can be feeling quite awful somewhere, and it's simply because the lighting is so ...
Lighting designer Mitch Schellenger knows that, so too does Shinedown’s guitarist Zach Myers. In addition to performing as ...
From fringe shows in London to a musical version of King Kong in Australia, Peter Mumford is at home working on productions of any size. Neil Norman finds out what inspires the double Olivier ...
From costume and lighting designers to composers and producers, here are some of the dynamos bringing breathtaking dance shows to the stage The performers may be in the spotlight and the ...
At Light + Building 2026 in Frankfurt, OPPLE Lighting marked its 30th anniversary with an architectural proposition rather than a retrospective. Presented under the theme "Hi Light!," the company ...
Most lighting designers would agree that asking the right questions from the start, knowing how to integrate designs with electrical engineering requirements, and understanding how to convey the ...