Browse lighting design materials contributed by lighting designers. Every record links out to its permanent, citable record (with a DOI) on the archive backend.

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Hamlet

Alex Rivera

  • Venue The Old Vic, London
  • Company Riverside Theatre Company
  • Director Sam Okonkwo
  • Year 2023

Full lighting plan, channel schedule and colour call for a thrust-stage production of Hamlet. Rig based on an ETC Eos console with a mix of conventional and moving-head fixtures.

ShakespearetragedyETC Eosthrust stage

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The Cherry Orchard

Jordan Lee, Priya Anand

  • Venue Royal Exchange, Manchester
  • Company Northbank Ensemble
  • Director Elena Vasquez
  • Year 2022

In-the-round lighting design for Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, including a section sheet and focus notes for a naturalistic daylight-to-dusk progression.

Chekhovin the roundnaturalismcolour temperature

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Blackout Cabaret

Priya Anand

  • Venue Summerhall, Edinburgh
  • Company Fringe Collective
  • Director Priya Anand
  • Year 2024

A touring-friendly lighting design for a small-scale cabaret, designed to adapt to unknown venues with a minimal fixture list and generic patch.

cabarettouringsmall scalegeneric rig

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Marcus Bell

  • Venue The Old Vic, London
  • Company Riverside Theatre Company
  • Director Sam Okonkwo
  • Year 2021

Lighting plan for an outdoor summer production using a mix of tungsten and LED wash, with a magic-hour transition scheme documented in the accompanying cue synopsis.

ShakespeareoutdoorLED washcue synopsis

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Machinal

Jordan Lee

  • Venue Young Vic, London
  • Company Northbank Ensemble
  • Director Elena Vasquez
  • Year 2024

Expressionist lighting design for Sophie Treadwell's Machinal, built around hard side-light and a mechanised, repetitive cueing structure. Includes plan, section and a full cue ...

expressionismside lightSophie Treadwellcue list

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