Description: This book offers a bridge between the basic skills being a lighting designer to taking the early steps as a professional lighting designer, through inspiration from established designers and practical advice.
Brief description:
Rob Halliday has lit shows around the world, from the acclaimed dance show Tree of Codes to the intimate production of the musical Amour. He has also worked as lighting programmer, associate designer or both for productions such as Billy Elliot, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Equus and Red. He writes about the production of live shows for magazines including Lighting&Sound International, Lighting & Sound America, Live Design, The Stage and others, many of these articles collected together in the Entertainment in Production books, and has been a guest speaker at drama colleges and trade shows around the world.
www.robhalliday.com
Review Quotes:
"[The] book offers an opportunity to look at differences in practice between US and UK productions... While a useful read for anyone interested in theatre lighting or production design, readers who already have a firm understanding of theatre lighting practice will draw the most from this book. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." --CHOICE
"Fascinating reading." --Lighting and Sound America "An interesting and thought-provoking book ... If you design theatre lighting, teach people how to design it, or simply care to know more about how what you see on stage got there, read it." --Protocol