Technical solutions specialist White Light (WL) recently hosted an exclusive digital session for the 2020 graduates of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, in collaboration with key industry partners. Senior representatives from disguise, Royal Albert Hall and The Society of British Theatre Designers remotely joined the panel for the insight and Q&A discussion, delivered from WL’s...
The ABTT recently launched LIVE PERFORMANCE PRODUCTION DECLARES – a public declaration of our planet’s environmental crises and a commitment from everyone working in the presentation of live performance, operating a place of entertainment or supplying productions to take positive action in response to climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse. As an organisation always considering the...
White Light (WL) and Gasoline Productions are proud to announce the recent launch of Brave New World Comedy; an online pilot which uses the very latest broadcast technology in order to deliver a range of virtual stand up performances which bring together audiences with some of the UK’s funniest circuit comedians. With most comedy clubs and venues temporarily closed across the UK, a void has been...
Today (27th March) is #WorldTheatreDay. As anyone who works in theatre will know, this is a very strange time for the industry. Venues lie empty, talented casts and crews are unable to work and audiences cannot engage with the shows they love. And whilst these are challenging times, we wanted to use today to look back on ten brilliant memories which theatre has created for us over the past 49...
As the full impact of the Coronavirus is now being felt, we’ve seen the theatre industry come to an abrupt stop due to the measures being put in place to rightly help control its spread. The result of this though is the suspension of long running shows, the cancellation of events alongside the postponement of other upcoming productions. What this means is that those working in the venues, on in...
Ever since it began, White Light have been a huge supporter of the VAULT Festival. For the past eight years, we’ve supplied the complete lighting and rigging solutions for one of the UK’s biggest, boldest and bravest arts and entertainment festival. It’s also provided a fantastic opportunity for our apprentices who help complete the technical install on site. Due to the current situation with...
On Monday, SOLT and UK Theatre, who we are a proud partner of, held an urgent meeting of leading theatrical charities to discuss ways to provide support for members of the theatre workforce – both on and offstage – affected by the unprecedented coronavirus situation. A microsite, theatresupport.info, has been created as a result of the meeting, as a place to collate information and signpost useful...
White Light has provided the lighting equipment for the UK tour of Ghost Stories, having also supplied its recent West End run at the Ambassadors Theatre. Written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, Ghost Stories has been terrifying theatregoers for over a decade. The show invites audience members to enter a nightmarish world, full of thrilling twists and turns, where their deepest fears and most...
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 the UK tour of Poet in da Corner, following its critically-acclaimed run at the Royal Court Theatre. Poet in da Corner is a coming of age story inspired by Dizzee Rascal’s seminal album Boy in Da Corner. Written and performed by lyricist and poet Debris Stevenson, it originally ran at the Royal Court in 2018. This latest tour is a brand-new...