Moving lights at Showlight

Germany - For a form of entertainment so steeped in tradition, many theatrical productions nowadays employ a vast array of cutting-edge technology. But should theatre stick with 'traditional' production values or are moving lights, moving sets and moving sound becoming a necessity? These are questions that will be considered by lighting designer Ken Billington in his keynote address at Showlight 2005.

Lighting technology is also at the heart of Were you right?, a session where David Taylor will ask Richard Pilbrow (both of Theatre Projects Consultants) about some of his early prophesies for the future of stage lighting. Although Pilbrow is renowned as a theatre designer and producer, the chairman of Theatre Projects was a pioneer of modern stage lighting. His 1970 book Stage Lighting became a standard reference work.

These two papers are part of a wider programme of seminars, product displays, events and backstage tours which are an integral part of Showlight 2005.

The event is sponsored by Prinzregententheater School, part of the Bayerische Theaterakademie, together with ETC and ARRI, and takes place at the Prinzregententheater, Munich, from Sunday May 22 to Tuesday May 24

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