70 stories by "Rob Halliday"
An interesting difference you notice very quickly if you're lucky enough to work on musicals in London and in New York: the
'Print lag' " that unavoidable newsprint delay between the writing and the reading " means the sharp stab of shock at the
Tools are out there that you just don't know you need " because you haven't heard of them. Once you do, you'll wonder
My mother died a few weeks ago. I say this not to provoke any wave of sympathy (though the support from the
Get the word out: someone's made us a new tool. It's called Drafty. It lives on the internet. And if you make
This is the tale of two light bulbs. Except, really, it's of a quest we should all be on before specifying products
Shows, particularly shows with a long life across multiple productions, generate a lot of lighting paperwork: plans, sections (though sadly not always), focus
It's perhaps because lighting is such a solitary profession " there's rarely more than one lighting designer on a gig, visits during
What are you doing now, and how did you end up doing that as your career? It's a simple enough question in
With apologies for being late to the celebration (in part, because I was helping light the celebration), happy 30th birthday, Les Miserables.
When the Plasa Show took over Excel London's exhibition centre last week, Rob Halliday took a look at the entertainment technology showcase…
So, what the great computer death of 2015 (see last month's column for the gory details) also revealed is that I'm a
My laptop died. A weird, sudden, unexpected, unexplained death " ie, one which didn't involve either physical trauma or spilled coffee. I
It's curious that for a city that prides itself on its live performance arts, London for so long had no proper spaces
I generally try not to have regrets. It feels like there's enough to get on with in life without worrying about what
You join me shortly after the opening night of London's latest musical " and so after 10 weeks of the concentrated work
People often overcomplicate this craft of lighting programming, but at its core it comes down to four tasks: select and position lights,
I've done quite a lot of the jobs in theatre over the years (as I think most of us have), but there
It sounds obvious to say, but part of being good at what you do is really knowing your stuff: how things work,
It's been a funny old month in the life of this perpetual programmer. It started as the first time Mrs H and
