Theatre Lighting Design

Emma Chapman is a lighting designer known for her work on productions including Kiss Me, Kate (Paris, Luxembourg); Marjorie Prime (Menier Chocolate Factory, London); Ghost Quartet (Boulevard Theatre, London); The Importance of Being Earnest (Theatr Clwyd, Mold), Lungs (Paines Plough); and the Olivier-award-winning play The Mountaintop (Trafalgar Studios). She was Co-Designer of Roundabout, The Stage Awards’ Theatre Building of the Year in 2015. She is co-chair of the Association for Lighting Production and Design Awards Working Group and a member of the Association’s Wellbeing Working Group. Emma has also worked as a theatre consultant and designer for Charcoalblue and was a founding member of studio three sixty. www.emmachapman.co.ukRob 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

• IntroductionNeil AustinNatasha ChiversJon ClarkPaule ConstableRick FisherJessica Hung Han YunRich HowellHoward HudsonMark JonathanAmy MaeBruno PoetJackie Shemesh Johanna TownCase Study: Billy ElliotConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

[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.