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...
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...
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...
White Light has recently supplied the lighting equipment for REDD; a brand-new dance show at the Barbican Theatre . Devised by the Olivier Award-winning hip-hop partnership Boy Blue, REDD is a piece of dance surrounding the five stages of grief. Told through the movements of nine dancers, it offers an introspective journey into loss and examines how we are affected by those irreversible moments in...
Every year, High End Systems gathers students, apprentices and other aspiring lighting professionals to put their Hog programming skills to the test and compete in the Hog Factor competition. Supported by WL, High End Systems has announced the latest instalment of the Hog Factor Europe competition is now open. The company invites applications from students, apprentices and other aspiring lighting...
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...
White Light has returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it is supplying the lighting and rigging equipment for all of the Gilded Balloon venues for the sixth year running. Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s single biggest celebration of arts and culture. Every August, the Scottish capital welcomes around 3,500 shows in over 300 venues, including theatre, comedy, dance, circus, opera...
The ALD has launched its annual award scheme, previously the Michael Northern awards, aimed at all students and recent graduates studying in the UK, it also unveils its streamlined rebranding with a new name, The ALD Awards for Excellence.
White Light has returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it is supplying the lighting and rigging equipment for all of the Gilded Balloon venues for the sixth year running. Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s single biggest celebration of arts and culture. Every August, the Scottish capital welcomes around 3,500 shows in over 300 venues, including theatre, comedy, dance, circus, opera...