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Equipment Manufacturers
ADB Belgian makers of conventional lighting equipment.
Altman Stage Lighting Conventional lighting manufacturers for over 50 years.
Amptown Lichttechnik German makers of Controlite equipment.
Artistic Licence Control, lighting and test equipment.
Avolites Control desks and dimmers.
CAST Lighting WYSIWYG lighting design software.
CCT Lighting Conventional lighting equipment.
Celco Control desks and dimmers.
Clay Paky Automated lighting. Moving heads, mirrors & FX.
Coemar Automated and conventional lighting units.
Color Kinetics Leading US manufacturer of LED lighting.
Compulite Lighting control desks.
DHA Lighting Gobo and effects manufacturer.
ETC Makers of the famous Source 4 range. Desks too.
Flying Pig Systems The Wholehog 2 & 3, enough said.
Francis Searchlights Motorised outdoor units for big lighting displays.
Great American Market Gels, dichroics and gobos.
High End Systems Automated lighting, including Studiocolors/Spots.
James Thomas Trussing, rigging and lighting.
Jands Control desks, including the Jands Hog.
Lee Filters Gels and other lighting products.
Lycian Follow spots for all occasions.
MA Lighting Control desks and dimmers.
Mad Manufacturing Moving mirrors and FX for clubs and installations.
Martin Professional Automated lighting. Makers of the MAC range.
Mole Richardson Studio lighting equipment since 1927.
Optikinetics Tri-lite truss, smoke machines and FX projectors.
Pani Follow spots and projection equipment.
Pixelpar LED parcans from James Thomas Engineering.
Projected Image UK World leaders in gobo design and production.
Pulsar Control equipment & Chromarange LED fixtures.
Radlite DMX controllable video projection system.
Rainbow Colour changers.
Reiche & Vogel German made theatre lighting units.
Robe Show Lighting Czech manufacturers of moving lights.
Robert Juliat Conventional lighting from France.
Rosco International Gels, dichroics, smoke and designer products.
Schnick Schnack Systems LED tiles and wireless DMX equipment.
Selecon NZ based conventional lighting company.
Skytracker Automated searchlights for outdoor dispalys.
Slick Systems Truss of all shapes and sizes.
Stardraw CAD software for the entertainments industry.
Strand Lighting Worldwide theatre lighting manufacturer.
Strong Follow spots, including the classic Super Trouper.
Studio Due Automated lights, including the CityColor.
Tomcat Trussing, rigging staging & parcans.
Total Fabrications Trussing and roofing systems.
Tryka LED Ltd. UK manufacturer of LED lighting.
Vari-lite Inc. The original automated lighting company.
Wybron Colour changers and the Autopilot system.
Zero 88 Control desks and dimming equipment.

Other Lighting & Entertainment Links
A Brief History
of Stage Lighting		 A basic introduction with important dates from 1580 - 1933. A good starting point for further research.
Stage Lighting 101 Comprehensive overview of lighting design.
The Lighting Resource Very fast, very large, very good.
moving-lights.com The moving light resource by Ross Williams.
The Blue Room Excellent, well-moderated web discussion forum.
ALIA's Lighting Links Extensive worldwide links site from Australia.
Backstage World Links to the entire industry around the world.
roadie.net Rock 'n' Roll site with loads of feedback options.
Q1GO Search for crew, place job ads, add your details.
Nerdworld Don't laugh, you may need this one day.

Freelance Crew Sites
Adam Bassett Lighting Design & production.
Alan Streluk Set designer. See his work on this site here.
Dave Hill Very experienced moving light operator / LD.
Event Technician The web presence of freelancer Owen McAuley.
Gert Sanner German Sound Engineer working in the UK.
Piers Shepperd Lighting freelancer with a very useful website.
Seeing Is Believing Lighting consultancy run by LD Iain Henshaw.
Showcontrol Website run by Dutch LD, Michael Cremers.
The Small PA Company Sound hire company run by freelancer Ian Hasell.
soundengineer.co.uk shop Amusing T-shirts for noise boys (and girls)
Stagesafe Health & Safety consultancy run by Chris Hannam.

If you are a freelancer with a website and would like to exchange links,
please e-mail me with details of your site.

Organisations & Government Departments
ABTT Association of British Theatre Technicians.
ALD Association of Lighting Designers.
BECTU Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph
& Theatre Union.
DTI Department of Trade and Industry.
FSB Federation of Small Businesses.
HMSO Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
HSE Health & Safety Executive.
IR Inland Revenue.
PLASA Professional Lighting & Sound Association.
PSA Production Services Association.
STLD Society of Television Lighting Directors.
USITT United States Institute of Theatre Technology.

Colleges & Training Courses
ABTT Training A range of courses for ABTT members.
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Acting and technical theatre training.
Central School of Speech & Drama Theatre training courses, some at degree level. Mainly for performers.
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Acting and technical theatre training.
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts Many diploma and BA courses.
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art Acting and technical theatre training. My old college !
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Acting and technical theatre training. Degree level courses available.
Rose Bruford College Wide range of degree level courses, including a BA in Lighting Design.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Acting, technical theatre and design courses.
Welsh College of Music & Drama Acting, stage management and design courses.
Wimbledon School of Art Reknowned for it's theatre design department.

Publications
Access All Areas Online version of the touring industry magazine.
Entertainment Technology Online version of this informative news magazine.
Lighting & Sound International Organ of PLASA. Monthly magazine with news and features from around the industry.
The Stage & Television Today Long lived weekly theatre newspaper.

Other Sites of Interest
The Lynton &
Barnstaple Railway		 Opened 1898, closed 1935.
Now under restoraration and open once again.
Home Of Poi Comprehensive information about poi and staff, including lessons, forums, instructions, articles and a shop (requires cookies to be enabled)
LondonSkate.com Home of London's Wednesday Night Skate
LFNS.co.uk Home of London's Friday Night Skate & Sunday Stroll
Serpentine Road Skater's discussion forums
   

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