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I teach people things using the internet. Educator, Mentor and Stage Lighting Designer. Senior Lecturer. Semi-Senior Person. Rarely on Twitter.

South West, England
Joined June 2008
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Hey everyone! To help your further education while stuck in quarantine, we are setting up a series of live on-line training sessions. The first one is this Wednesday!! More details here drafty-app.com/trainingDay.h…
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Students & Teachers! You may now not have access to workstations with desktop CAD software installed. Drafty works on Mac, Windows, Linux, & Chromebook. Drafty LX + Drafty AV have extended 3 month trials for students. Get your design homework done! 😀
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We know times are tough out there for a lot of our friends in the industry. This won't last forever, but for as long as it does, ETC is here for you. From now until May 15, ETC is offering all our LearningStage classes FREE. Log into MyETC and access here: courses.etcconnect.com/
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This is so fucking good. Our industry is still dominated by the people who simply can afford to be here (and who pass on the lesson that 'the struggle' is character building, not flat out exclusionary for most). It needs fixing, but God knows how.
Long commute home? Or on your way to your evening show? I wrote a thing about the ladders and the snakes of the industry and maybe you could read it. justagirlinthedark.blogspot.…
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We have a few spaces left for our @Drafty_App Training Day on Thursday in central London, which we are now opening up to non-members (members can still register too!) You just need to register before 6pm tomorrow Wednesday 26th Sept. Full details here: alddraftyday18.eventbrite.co…
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Tech tables, L-R: Lighting: dim screens, dark backgrounds. Video: dim screens, dark backgrounds. SM: dim screens, dark backgrounds. Director: dim table-lights. Sound: WE'RE USING FLOODLIGHTS AS SCREENS AND ALL WHITE BACKGROUNDS IN EVERY OPEN WINDOW!!!
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Is there value in going to university if you want a life in theatre, or not? voicesoff.org.uk/just-how-im…
Ok, real talk guys. I’m cross. I’m very, very, cross. The last few months in this industry have been extremely troubling to me. So much so that I have actually been found myself lying awake thinking about it.
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Note to fellow up & coming designers: Someday you’re going to have an office. Save posters & visuals of your shows now so you can decorate!
Semi-Monde opens tonight at @UstinovStudio Rarely staged Coward in 1920's Paris @bathspatp @BathSpaUni @ListomaniaBath @BathChron @BathNow
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The lost infrastructure of social media. — Medium Sad that this is on Medium, and also for everything we've lost. medium.com/@anildash/the-los…
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#LightingTip #8: EVERYONE has tried that look before. #lightinglife #JimOnLight #programming #concerts
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Would you even bother changing your e-mail signature if you got into the Shadow Cabinet right now?
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So Farage admitting no pot of gold for NHS, Hannan backtracking on migration falling &billions wiped off UK economy. This is going well, eh?
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Asked cat for his actual opinion on EU & he thinks we should repeatedly ask to leave, then when the door opens just sit there & stare at it
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Francis Reid's "The Stage Lighting Handbook" #oldschoolcool #lightingdesign
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Replying to @TFEPbathspa
@bathspatp @onstagelighting Anyone want Stage Lighting Design/R Pilbrow or The Stage Lighting Handbook/F Reid for £5 each to cover postage?
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I miss nuance and shadows. I'd love to light something that doesnt look like a fuckin spaceship and doesn't need the "wow factor"
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Rage Against the Machine '96 Masquerade Park PM-there's a 102 limit at FOH. Me-I need 6 hands. PM-why? Me-To move FOH 200 feet farther back
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