A career in lighting can take you in some unexpected directions. For Gianni Bertoli, it started at 17, when an opportunity to help out behind the scenes at a theatre near Florence, Italy, sparked an interest in the world of lighting and technical theatre.
Since then, Gianni has worked across...
Every now and then, we come across a story that feels very familiar. It’s the kind of journey many people in our industry have lived in one way or another. It starts with a bit of curiosity, a chance opportunity, and the willingness to follow where it leads. Then, before you realize it, that first...
Lighting in musical theatre is never static. It shifts, reacts, and evolves in constant dialogue with the music, the performers, and the story unfolding on stage. For lighting designers Valerio Tiberi and Emanuele Agliati, this dynamic approach is at the core of every production they create.
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The following is a conversation between Sherrice Mojgani, lighting designer, and Venus Gulbranson, assistant lighting designer. Read as the two discuss their own thoughts on the professional process, expectations, and assumed duties of both lighting designers and their assistants.
The Tony Awards are happening this coming weekend and as an industry built on live theatre, we thought it would be a missed opportunity to go without mentioning the history of this award, all the amazing talent that is recognized year after year, and how ETC is proud to play a role in many of these...
Sharon Remartini and Fabio Passerini are two young lighting designers from Italy, specializing in the discipline of dance. Like many of their colleagues, Eos is their preferred console. Their recent work includes a project with the Kataklò athletic dance theatre company, directed by the famous...
Like so many designers in this industry, Erica Lauren Maholmes says she came upon her career by accident. And like so many students, the momentum of her young career was dramatically impacted when the world shut down in 2020. Despite the unfortunate timing, however, she is an inspiration to...
When Amber Whatley decided to study lighting design in college, she quickly realized that many of her peers were coming to the program with prior training because of the programs that existed at the high school level. Unfortunately, in the majority of Black communities in the United States,...
Emanuele Agliati and Oscar Frosio are two lighting professionals from Italy with an abundance of experience, especially in the world of musicals. Emanuele is an esteemed lighting designer and co-founder of k5600 Design – an associate studio of lighting designers focusing on visual lighting design...
