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Live from the Music Theatre Guild Awards 2009
It’s awards night season for the theatre community in Melbourne. The Music Theatre Guild Awards are tonight followed by the Victorian Drama League Awards tomorrow night. I have representation in both. I have two lighting design nominations and am also part of a nominated ensemble group. On top of that I’m directly related to about…
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Call Girl the musical
Well it’s time for a show. I’m followspotting Call Girl the musical for the next 3 weeks at Chapel off chapel. No, it’s not a musical about the escort industry but rather a new Australian musical by Tracy Harvey about a call centre. The story follows Jean Brown on her first day at a shonky…
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I’m Shout!ing.
Well, I’m on the eve of one of my bigger lighting designs. It’s for CLOC music theatre’s production of Shout!. I’ve remembered why I hat big designs for organised companies. It means I have to be organised. I’m just too good at procrastinating…. On the otherhand, it’s not that hard. I’m using WYSIWYG for all…
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How To Make 105 Minutes Seem Like 105 Minutes (Without Really Trying)
Well, first off, I think this is the year of underlit shows. I’ve just seen another show where the designer, although with good design intent, has missed important ensemble action because of lack of light.Enough said. Now, something that constantly amazes me is when there is no music during a blackout. With a show as…
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Over the Tasmin
I recently ventured south over Bass Straight to see a friend perform back with her former theatre company in Launceston for their 25th aniversery concert.The Princess Theatre is a lovely old venue with Art Deco stylings. I guess regional companies such as Ballarat & Bendigo use venues similar to this as well, but here in…
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Crazy for leongatha
I’m down in Leongatha watching Crazy for you. (It’s interval) All I can say is, I’m loving it!I might occasionally chuckle at some of the production elements of the show, but the cast is really really funny! In a good way. The guys playing the town yolkals are doing it as only country folk could.…
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Rent photos..
2 photos from Rent (my LX design)
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A night at the Opera
This evening I ventured to the Nat (National Theatre) in St Kilda to see The Merry Widow which my friend was lighting. I remember now why I light musical theatre and not opera. Opera just moves too slow. She did an excellent job though, considering it was her first proper design as such. The looks…
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Life’s a Cabaret
Well I’ve just emerged from 4 weeks of shows. 3 shows, each 2 weeks, in 4 weeks. Doesn’t add up. Cabaret, rave reviews, for my lighting individually as well. Happy with that. Hot Mikado, not a bad little show, with a nice set (if I say so myself) and a last minute LX design which…