Theatre lighting workshop feeds creative appetite
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“I am passionate and I absolutely love what I do,” said Michael, a lighting designer for over 15 years. “Every time I walk into a theatre I'm aware of how special and magical it is. I treat it with great respect and the idea is that other people should do that too. All forms of performing arts, all kinds of live performance are indebted to the theatre and its demands in some way.”
The course covered essentials such as the properties of light and colour, lighting positions and angles, lighting instruments, design and theatre language. “I try to instil that lighting is not about the lighting designer, but actually about what’s on the other side,” explains Michael. “There is a great Jean Cocteau quote I use, ‘The sum of all the lanterns should never be greater than the light shining from the actor’s hearts’. For me, that is essentially what it is, you are not there to show off your skills, but you are there to enhance the skills of the people on the stage. It’s quite simple and hopefully, it resonates.”
(Jim Evans)
