Stage Lighting for Schools, Colleges and Technical Institutes (February 1939)
[Archive Viewer]
From Roger Fox Collection

A Method of Lighting the Stage (1947)
By Stanley McCandless
[External Website]

The History of Stage and Theater Lighting (1929)
[External Website]

Stage Lighting On A Shoestring (1961)
[Archive Viewer]
From Strand Archive

Lighting for Television (1986)
[17Mb PDF]
From Strand Archive

Lighting the Amateur Stage 1 (1985)
By Francis Reid
[Archive Viewer]
From Strand Archive

Lighting the Amateur Stage 2 (1985)
By Francis Reid
[Archive Viewer]
From Strand Archive

On Inertia - A History of Tracking vs Presetting in Lighting Controls (February 2021)
[1.17Mb PDF]
From David Bertenshaw Collection

External Links

Access Equipment

• Aluminium Access Products Tallescope manufacturers [UK]
• Genie Lifts and Access Equipment [Worldwide]
• Slingsby Access ladders [UK]
• Zarges Access ladders & towers [Germany & UK]

Control Systems

• RC4 Wireless DMX
• RDM Protocol About the Remote Device Management enhancements to DMX512

Designers

• Andrew Gardner
• Ben M Rogers [London, UK]
• David Hersey
• David Howe
• Durham Marenghi
• Graham Walne [UK]
• Luc Lafortune
• Marcin Michna [Poland]
• Natasha Katz
• Patrick Woodroffe
• Paul Pyant
• Paule Constable
• Richard Pilbrow Theatre Projects
• Sean Hennessy [NY, USA]
• Teegan Lee [Australia]
• Tim Routledge [UK]

Discussion Forums

• in 1: the podcast The Lives of Theatrical Designers
• Podcast: Casting Light
• Podcast: Light Talk
• Podcast: Light Talk with the Lumen Brothers
• Podcast: Lighting Nerds
• Podcast: Production Meetings Essential listening
• Podcast: The Light Side Luke Stratton
• Podcast: Theatrewolf History and Innovation in a wide range of technical theatre areas
• The Blue Room Technical Discussion Forum [UK]

Effects

• Ellumiglow EL Wire Electro-Luminescent Wire [Oregon, USA]

Equipment

• 101 Uses for Gaffa Tape (Photo gallery)
• 101 Uses for Gaffer Tape (List)
• Ironclad Performance Work Gloves [Los Angeles, CA, USA]
• Lighting Stencil from Stage Electrics [UK]
• Pockit Utility holsters & accessories for your tools [USA]
• Setwear Gloves, belts, bags [CA, USA]

Events

• LDI Show (Lighting Dimensions International) [Las Vegas, USA]

Health & Safety

• ESTA Fog / Smoke [USA]
• Health & Safety Executive [UK]
• Online Sign Free Printable Safety Sign Maker
• RU Safe? information and guidance about safety in small venues [UK]
• The Yellow Book - ABTT Technical Standards for Places of Entertainment Safety standards and guidelines for venues. [UK]
• Theatre Safety Blog

History

• Ancient Lights Vintage Lighting Equipment Hire [UK]
• National Theatre panel of Lighting Designers discuss their craft [London, UK]
• The Backstage Heritage Collection [UK]
• The Lighting Archive invaluable archive of paperwork from designers such as Ken Billington and Jean Rosenthal
• The Magic Lantern Society [UK]
• The Strand Archive Information about equipment produced by Strand Lighting / Rank Strand / Strand Electric
• Theatre Lighting Archive Video interviews from long-serving members of the lighting community in South Africa [South Africa]
• Theatrical Lighting Database From the New York Public Library [NY, USA]

Installation

• Cable Organizer Cable Raceways [USA]
• MTX Engineering Metalwork and Accessories [UK]

Jobs

• Gallowglass Event Crews in UK & Mainland Europe [UK & Europe]
• Parents & Carers In Performing Arts [UK]
• Mandy.com (formerly StageJobsPro) Theatre and Stage Jobs for UK Professionals [UK]

Manufacturers

• ADB Lighting Control and luminaires [Belgium]
• Altman Lighting Inc. Luminaires [USA]
• Artistic Licence LED fixtures & control [Middlesex, UK]
• CCT Lighting Luminaires [UK ]
• Clear-Com Headsets [USA]
• Eartec Wireless Headsets [USA]
• Glasson Electronics LED Festoon & Lamp Control
• High End Systems Moving Lights [Texas, USA]
• James Hutton Lighting F650 Fresnels, PC650 PCs and P650 Profiles [Birmingham, UK]
• LEDJ LED products
• Lee Filters Colour List
• Luminex (IT Networks for AV) [Belgium]
• MA Lighting grandMA range of lighting desks [Germany]
• Robert Juliat Luminaires, Dimmers, Followspots [France]
• Rosco Filters
• Selecon (part of the Philips Group) Luminaires, Lighting Control [Worldwide]
• Strand Lighting (part of the Philips Group) Luminaires, Lighting Control [UK/USA]
• Strong Entertainment Lighting Followspots [USA]
• Vari*Lite Moving Lights [Texas, USA]
• Zero 88 DImming and lighting control [Wales, UK]

Moving Lights

• About the Moving Light Programmer blog entry from Ross Williams
• RSC Lightlock Rigging automated lighting on easily movable or flown structures [UK]

Practitioners

• Josef Svoboda
• Linford Hudson, Followspot Operator

Products

• Vari*Lite VLX Wash Light LED wash light [USA]

Resources

• Allan Chapman & James Insurance Public Liability Insurance etc. [UK]
• An Introduction to Stage Lighting
• Animated Knots [USA]
• Crew Cover Insurance Public Liability Insurance etc. [UK]
• Doodsons Entertainment Public Liability Insurance etc. [UK]
• https://scenicandlighting.com/colorlab/
• La Playa UK Public Liability Insurance etc. [UK / USA]
• Light Lab - Mulvaney Studios
• Load-In International Live Touring Industry magazine [UK]
• Matt Kizer Online Gobo Lab
• Matt Kizer Online Light Lab Dance Lighting
• Matt Kizer Virtual Swatchbook (Rosco)
• Multipoint Suspension - not as easy as it seems Essential reading!
• Theatre Digs Booker Touring Accommodation Finder [UK]
• Wrightsure Insurance Public Liability Insurance [UK]

Research

• Colour Temperature
• StageWork Resources about the backstage work of the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Birmingham Rep [UK]

Shows

• Aida on Broadway - Natasha Katz goes Egyptian
• The House of Dancing Water interview with Luc Lafortune

Smoke

• Antari
• Look Solutions [Germany, Europe]
• LSG Low Smoke Generator from Le Maitre Carbon Dioxide input required
• LSX Low Smoke Converter from Le Maitre
• Martin (Jem)
• Rosco
• Smoke Factory [Germany, Europe]
• Theatre FX [USA]

Software

• Alien Stagecraft Tablet EOS Remote
• AutoCAD Viewer
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Autodesk Fusion 360 CAD Free for students & startups
• Baxel Data - Cue Player Software for Windows
• Bluebeam Markup, annotate and share drawings [USA]
• CAD 4 Theatre CAD training [UK]
• Capture Lighting Visualisation Software [Sweden]
• Drafty App for lighting, sound & video designers [USA]
• Entec USB DMX interface DMX output from computer
• FollowSpot Manager
• GarageCube LED and Video Mapping [Switzerland]
• LD Assistant Lighting design & event planning
• LD Calculator
• Lightconverse Visualisation [UK]
• Lightwright
• Luxart Conception (Microlux software)
• LX Free Free download for Mac from the maker of Maclux Pro
• LX Series Range of LX software for Mac from the maker of Maclux Pro
• Maclux Pro Mac LX design software
• Mitti Video Cue Playback
• Modelbox CAD drawings of UK venues [London, UK]
• Modelbox Lighting Symbols Free download
• Moving Light Assistant Paperwork
• Omnifocus To Do List management
• QLC+ (Q Light Controller+) Cross-platform lighting control
• ShoFlo Collaborative Show Calling Software [USA]
• SketchUp 3D modelling and design
• StageHand Gel Reference
• TimeLord - Media Timecode Player Optimised for use with grandMA2
• Touchdesigner by Derivative
• TurboCAD range 2D and 3D CAD
• Vectorworks
• Vibrio Lighting Control for iPad
• Virtual Magic Sheet - West Side Systems [USA]
• Vivien - Cast Lighting Event Design & Planning Software
• WYSIWYG Lighting visualisation
• Zacview Visualisation for theatres [Germany]
 Projection Mapping >> HeavyM Easy Projection Mapping software [France] Projection Mapping >> MadMapper Video & Light Mapping Software

Suppliers

• AED Group
• Audio Light Systems [Edinburgh, Scotland, UK]
• Barbizon Sales
• DS Lighting Sales [France]
• Flints Theatrical Chandlers Tools and Supplies [London, UK]
• Full Compass Supplier [UK ]
• Gear Source Europe Secondhand / Used Equipment [Kent, UK]
• Lite-Trol Service Co Ltd. Service, Repair & Modifications to lighting [NY, USA]
• OPTI Kinetics Truss
• Planet DJ Lighting, Sound & DJ Equipment [NV, USA]
• Pro Sound & Stage Lighting Sales [CA, USA]
• SLX Lighting, Sound, Scenic Hire and Events [UK]
• Stage Electrics Lighting & Sound Equipment Sales [UK]
• TMB Electrical. lighting and rigging equipment
• Total Solutions Group Trussing & Rigging [Birmingham, UK]
• Ultralight Spares for Strand Lighting equipment [UK]
 Effects >> Wildfire FX Ultraviolet effects [Los Angleles, CA, USA] LED >> Brother, Brother & Sons LED lighting [Denmark] Gobos >> Apollo Design Technology Gels, gobos, scrollers [USA] Gobos >> Goboland Gobos [International] Gobos >> Goboplus Gobos [UK] Gobos >> Projected Image Gobos & Projection [UK] Colour Media >> GAM Great American Market [USA] Colour Media >> Gray Glass Devon Theatrical Lighting Filters [USA] Colour Media >> Lee Filters [USA] Colour Media >> Rosco Laboratories Rosco Supergel, Cinegel [USA]

Unions / Associations

• AAPTLE Alliance of Associations & Professionals in Theatre and Live Events [UK]
• ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Training, Advice, Membership [London, UK]
• Actors Equity [American actors and stage managers] [USA]
• ALIA Australasian Lighting Industry Association [Australasia]
• ALPD / A.L.P.D. - Association of Lighting Production and Design UK Association for students and professionals [London, UK]
• BECTU Broadcasting, Entertainment & Cinematograph Trade Union (UK) [London, UK]
• IATSE International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees [USA]
• PAM (Portail des Arts de la Marionette) [France]
• PLASA UK Professional Lighting & Sound Association [UK]
• Skillset [London, UK]
• USITT United States Institute for Theatre Technology [USA]

Video Resources

• Backstage at the Royal Opera House - The Opera Machine Full access to 21 cameras backstage for Act III of the Ring Cycle