Rob Sayer

Rob Sayer HND PGDip FHEA is a Senior Lecturer in Technical Theatre Production, mentor, and consultant in stage lighting and education. As a professional lighting designer, Rob designed and programmed theatre performances, music festivals and large corporate events for blue chip companies while travelling all over Europe. With a background in theatre, he combines traditional stage lighting knowledge alongside fast moving lighting and video technology in the world of commercial events.

What Do You Want From On Stage Lighting? – Interactive

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On Stage Lighting is 1 year old today. We are asking our valued readers what kind of things they want, so come on and let us know what you would like to see here in the future.

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Concert Lighting Programming in 30 Minutes

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In the middle of summer(?) music festival madness, On Stage Lighting gives you a 30 minute schedule and a cheat sheet to help program up your lighting desk for three days of bands. The mud has been removed from this article for reasons of hygiene.

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Wide Mode – Get Extra Channels Free For Your Lighting Desk

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An explanation of the “Wide” mode that is found on a range of lighting consoles including budget models. Wide mode is useful because it doubles the number of control channels on a small lighting desk – great when you add some extra kit to your usual lighting rig.

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Glastonbury 2008 – Dream Summer Job for a New Lampie?

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This summer looks like the beginning of a start of a promising career for one lucky school leaver who is going to Glastonbury Festival 2008 with one the main lighting suppliers . Surely, it doesn’t get much better than this when you are young and starting out….

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Reflected Colour in Stage Lighting Design

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A look at a simple principle of stage lighting colour theory – reflected light. This article explains how coloured light interacts with sets and costumes and how to avoid errors when choosing saturated colour for your theatre lighting.

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Stage Lighting People and Problems – Interactive

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In the first of Your Stage Lighting Interactive articles, we look at 3 challenges in the stage lighting world and ask for your opinions about the kind of person that works in stage lighting.

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