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by KateG
February 21, 2012
This is the reminder before the event itself, that in a few days time on – on Thursday the 23rd of this month, in fact, myself and Benedict Jacka will be signing copies of our respective books in Forbidden Planet, Central London, between 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., and if you mosey up you can …
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by KateG
February 20, 2012
A few days ago, I blogged about what a lighting designer does. This is the second part of that blog, covering The Big Event Itself – the move from the rehearsal room, into the theatre proper. It’s a rather intimidating time, for an LD, the move into the space. Set designers, prop makers, carpenters, painters, …
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by KateG
February 17, 2012
It seems that I talk a lot, on this blog, about The Other Job as a lighting technician and designer, yet still, to this day, friends and family come up and ask me what exactly all this means. And so, in a spirit of enlightenment, I figured I’d do a short series on precisely this …
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by KateG
February 15, 2012
I go to the theatre a lot at the NT. And so many of my pictures from work seem to involve the South Bank, or the view from a certain fly tower… connection, who knows? However, as with both the jobs I do, and the theatre I see, a lot of the time I hope …
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by KateG
February 14, 2012
Whitechapel is an interesting place, with a history almost entirely defined in popular culture, by the Jack the Ripper murders. Which is fair enough, in the sense that they did indeed happen there, but in light of the twenty first century, doesn’t really seem to to cover things. I must admit, I lived near Whitechapel …
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by KateG
February 11, 2012
“I need my Danish political drama fix!” exclaimed my favourite stage manager. Not words you hear every Sunday, but okay…. I cannot tell a lie, if I think of Denmark, I think of bacon and Sandi Toksvig, one of my all-time favourite comedians. If I strain, I then begin to think of Norway, Sweden and …
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by KateG
February 9, 2012
So a few days ago, I began a ramble about god, and more specifically, about why I’m not a fan. This being part two – why I personally don’t believe in the big G. I do not believe in god. I separate this out from ‘atheism’, in order to avoid any question of ideology and …
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by KateG
February 7, 2012
It’s something you read about a lot in fantasy. The armies/forces/powers of light/dark are arrayed against each other in an epic and endless battle which will only end when the world is brought into divine light and peace/cast into utter perdition. It’s a good, old fashioned, Biblical theme, not least since the very nature of …
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by KateG
February 5, 2012
It’s surprisingly hard to get good photos of a city at night. Lord knows I’ve tried, and lord knows I’ve failed. It’s said that a lighting designer should be able to take good photos, as it’s all about colour, contrast, angles etc., but frankly no matter how well-intentioned my composition, I always find that the …
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by KateG
February 2, 2012
Sitting on the train yesterday, on my way to rehearsals, a man in a bright green suit reading a book entitled ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Kaballah’ suddenly stood up, crossed the aisle, sat down next to me, lent across the table and said, “May I tell you about the most important thing you’ll ever hear?” …
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