Writing, March-April 2017

Recently published articles by Rob include:

Four pieces in LSi:

• A look at the lighting upgrades to An Inspector Calls to mark its 25th anniversary, including a great deal of fascinating insight from lighting designer Rick Fisher
• A visit to the LED by Theatre event, which saw lighting manufacturer Robe supporting a student production at the Guildford School of Acting as a way of showing how their LED fixtures can be put to use lighting theatre shows
• Classic Gear, this month covering the seemingly mundane but nonetheless crucial product that is the Hook Clamp.

• Tools from Beyond, looking at a website that makes sure you're paying as little as possible when fuelling your car.

Plus a column in The Stage, remembering Ken Bennett-Hunter, who passed away at the end of March, and from that commenting that we really should work to record the memories of those who helped establish and then shape our industry, before it's too late.

A Flurry of Articles

Articles are like buses: because of deadlines and print schedules, articles that seem like they were written months apart can suddenly all appear at the same time in a great big flurry.

The latest arrivals:

• The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain Turns 60 - in Lighting&Sound International. The NYT was where Rob started; writing the article proved to be a fantastic voyage of discovery of others who began there.
• The regular Classic Gear and Tools columns, also in L&SI - this month featuring the Voice of the Theatre loudspeakers, and the Snopes fact-checking website.
• Inventing The Future: The National Theatre’s Lightboard - in Set and Light, the magazine of the Society of Television Light and Design, based on the talk Rob gave on the same subject at the 2016 PLASA Show.
• A column examining Rob’s apparent obsession with food, in The Stage.