REMOTE LIGHTING –
AROUND THE WORLD
Three years ago, you’d have said you had to be there to light the show.
Now, you don’t always get that choice.
We have the experience and tools to help you
when some of the team can’t be in the same room as the show.
See some of the shows we’ve helped…
Then find out how we could help you!
WAITRESS – JAPAN
when none of the lighting team could get into the country
Show Location: Tokyo
Lighting Designer: New York
Associate LD: New York
Programmer: London
Lockdown travel restrictions meant none of the lighting team were allowed in to Japan.
The solution: remote real-time video and a remote console set-up allowing production to span three continents.
JOSEPH – LONDON
WHEN THE LIGHTING DESIGNER WASN’T ALLOWED IN THE THEATRE
Show Location: London
Lighting Designer: Devon
Programmer: London – in theatre
A positive covid test meant the lighting designer wasn’t allowed in the theatre for tech.
The solution: a custom single-screen display incorporating show video and console level and cue displays streamed in real time that allowed him to tech the show almost as if he was there.
BILLY ELLIOT – KOREA
WHEN NOT EVERYONE WAS THERE (AND NOT JUST LIGHTING!)
Show Location: Seoul
Lighting Designer: Seoul (but in isolation for two weeks)
Programmer: London
A positive covid test meant the lighting designer wasn’t allowed in the theatre for tech, and the programmer couldn’t get in to the country.
The solution: a custom single-screen display incorporating show video and console level and cue displays streamed in real time that allowed him to tech the show almost as if he was there, with the show programmed from London.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN – JAPAN
DEALING WITH CHANGING SCHEDULES
Show Location: Tokyo
Lighting Designer: Tokyo – in theatre
Programmer: London
Travel restrictions and quarantine requirements meant not everyone could be in the theatre. The lighting designer was in isolation for two weeks. The programmer was in London. Other members of the creative team were in the UK and Australia.
The solution: remote real-time video and comms, with a remote console set-up that allowed a lighting rig in Korea to be programmed from London.
THE OLIVIER AWARDS 2022
ISOLATING DURING PRE-PRODUCTION
Show Location: London – Pre Visualisation
Lighting Designer: Devon
Programmer: London – Pre Visualisation
The Lighting Designer tested positive (again!), and deciding not to risk being the one to bring down theatreland’s highest profile night of the year, went home to isolate rather than carrying on pre-visualising the show with his programmer.
The solution: remote real-time video and audio, carrying independent feeds of the WYSIWYG displays and the cue display from the grandMA3 lighting console, with Zoom for comms. Pre-programming could just carry on ready for the big night.
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