In complete contrast to some recent projects - Rob is delighted to be back in a real theatre with the real performers and the real lights, getting the UK tour of the musical Waitress up and running.
This is the production that Rob worked on remotely in Japan back in January with lighting designer Ken Billington and associate lighting designer Aaron Porter. It was interesting to load the show into the desk and see what things actually looked like - which, as it turned out, were pretty good!
With Ken Billington in New York re-opening the Broadway production of the show, the relight here was carried out by Aaron Porter, with regular note-swapping across the Atlantic so that changes being made to the show in New York could be incorporated into the tour here.
All of this was ably supported by production electrician Chris Vaughan and the touring lighting team of Ben Webster, Thomas Pritchard and Robin Potter.
Waitress launched its tour at the New Wimbledon Theatre, and is now making its way around the country.
Watiress: [link]