Recording of the Association of Lighting Designers'  Environmental Issues Seminar at PLASA Show in London on Tuesday 7th October 2014 PLASA at EXCEL

A discussion about the environmental issues in live performance lighting.

Chaired by Nick Moran – Lighting Designer and Senior Lecturer, Royal Central School of Speech
and Drama
Tim Atkinson - Entertaining Sustainability
Craig Bennett – Business Development Manager at White Light
Adam Bennette - ETC Europe
Paule Constable - Lighting Designer
Jonathan Dawson-Butterworth - Lighting Designer

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How do the limitations of equipment, venues and money as well as the increased requirements of additional jobs in small scale theatre affect the creative role of the lighting designer? Do they limit the choices that can be made, or does it allow creativity to flourish? How will the developing technologies impact on choices and working methods in the medium term?

Target Audience: Anyone involved in lighting design

Presented by: Elliot Griggs, LD; Johanna Town, LD; Katherine Graham, Lighting, Stage and Costume Designer; Kelli Zezulka, LD

Chair: Nick Moran

Wednesday 13 May 2015

How many lights do you need? –  ALD Seminar At PLASA Leeds May 2015

The PLASA Technician Survey in 2014 found that 93% of its members were male, with most considering lighting to be their specialism. A quick survey of the ALD membership suggests roughly the same gender split amongst its professional members. Although female representation in lighting has been increasing in recent years, ethnic diversity remains a problem. Anecdotal reports suggest very few BME candidates apply to training courses or entry-level theatre jobs, and technical theatre is all too often a white, middle-class preserve. What might be the underlying reasons for this, and what can be done to encourage more diversity in design and technical theatre – particularly in terms of gender, race and socioeconomic background?

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