Behind the Scenes: Lighting

As anyone who has ever been in a nightclub can attest, lights play a huge part in setting the mood. Coincidentally, theatre lights are also usually a huge part of bringing a show to life. In the case of this show, our lighting designer, Heather Melville, has been hard at work making our stage space look like a vibrant nightclub. Check out some of the pictures she used to inspire her design:

From these inspirations, Heather created a lighting plot. This is like a map of where all of the lights in the theatre will be hung. It looks like this:

(If you look closely, you can see where all the lights are drawn onto the grid....)

Then, some handy lighting technicians took over the theatre for a day to hang all of the lights and make sure they were focused on the parts of the stage where the action will be:

Lots of hard work and ladders, right?

Finally, Heather's hard work is unveiled in rehearsal. It looks super-cool!

Come see us when the show opens next week (Sept. 28th) to get the full effect of Heather's awesome lighting design!

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