White Light rigs can be found on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin at the Apollo (lighting by Peter Kaczorowksi ), Blackbird at the Albery (lighting by Japhy Weideman), Caesar's Twins at the Comedy, Honour starring Diana Rigg at the Wyndhams (lighting by Jason Taylor), Creeper at the Playhouse (lighting by Mick Hughes), Embers starring Jeremy Irons at the Duke of York's (lighting by Mark Henderson ), and Resurrection Blues at the Old Vic (lighting by Rick Fisher). These new shows join other long-running productions using White Light equipment, including Billy Elliot, The Producers, Chicago, Les Miserables and The Woman in Black - now White Light's longest continuous hire contract, the rig for Kevin Sleep's design having been in the Fortune Theatre since 1989!
White Light rigs are also out on the road, with productions of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (lighting by David Howe), Tonight's The Night (lighting by Adam Bassett), Edward Scissorhands (lighting by Howard Harrison) and Romeo & Juliet (lighting by John Harris) joining shows such as Footloose, Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and others. Beyond the UK, the Belgian production of Mamma Mia, lit by Howard Harrison, is moving from Utrecht to Antwerp.
(Chris Henry)
