Stage Lighting Design

On Stage Lighting brings you information and articles about stage and theatre lighting design below which are listed in reverse date order.
If you are just starting out, you might prefer to jump straight to one of these places:
Crash Course in Stage Lighting Design
Stage Lighting Basics – Free Resources
Rules in Stage Lighting Design
Lighting The Stage
Lighting an Orchestra
Stage Lighting Guides

Stage Lighting Design Software – Choose Your CAD

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With an updated article on a popular topic at On Stage Lighting, we look at stage lighting design software and CAD options when it comes to planning and communication in our lighting world in an extended Guide To Choosing Stage Lighting Design Software.

You might also be interested to know that at Learn@OnStageLighting we teach CAD for production lighting.

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Audiences Don’t Know Squat!!!

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A short thought on the level of detail that true professionalism should bring to your work.

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Illusions, Magic and Circus with Paul Smith, LD

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Catching up with an long standing friend of the site, On Stage Lighting delves into what Lighting Designer Paul Smith of Edge of Blue is working on.  We discuss opening multiple shows at once, lighting magic tricks and the important of lighting for the safety of circus performers.

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AutoCAD To VectorWorks To AutoCAD – A Guide

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VectorworksWhile tools in lighting planning continue to develop, there are still key professional CAD tools in professional stage lighting.  On Stage Lighting seeks to help Vectorworks users to transfer their learning to AutoCAD.  Meanwhile, AutoCAD users can quickly pick up skills in Vectorworks using their own prior knowledge.

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The Rules Of Stage Lighting Design

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Creative stage lighting design can be daunting to those starting out because, aside from the necessary technical understanding, it is essentially a game without rules. On Stage Lighting considers how the novice lighting designer can tackle such a game.

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Dance Lighting Introduction

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A guest post from Lucas Krech, a Lighting Designer with a passion for lighting dance performance. An great introduction to dance lighting that looks at some history, theory and the use of side light in particular.

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