Explore every episode of the podcast Process of Illumination

In this episode we chat about building a career in lighting design.

How did our guests get those first lighting design opportunities, and how do they keep the work coming? We explore how they accessed early roles, built their reputations, diversified their work, and why timing, opportunity, and a little luck all play a part in building a successful career.

In this episode we dive into technical rehearsals.

With the creative team bringing every element of the show together for the first time, tech can often be the most intensive phase of the production process.

As they transform the show from the rehearsal room into a fully realised production, how do our guests handle the pressures of creating work whilst the schedule is tight and how do they ensure effective communication with their team?

In this episode we continue our exploration of the creative process by looking at how we take a design concept and shape it into a rig of lights.

We'll be discussing the balance between creativity and technicality, exploring the practical challenges of bringing creative ideas into the real world. How do our guests navigate the technical considerations of light, fixtures, and rigging to turn their concepts into reality?

In this episode of 'Process of Illumination’ we explore the first stages of building a lighting design. What’s the first brushstroke on the page? From responding to a script to communicating key concepts to the wider creative team, where does the process begin?

Peter Small, Catja Hamilton, Lucía Sánchez Roldán and Joseph Thomas discuss the first steps in bringing a design to life.

In this episode of Process of Illumination we find out how Catja Hamilton, Lucía Sánchez Roldán, Peter Small and Joseph Thomas got started in the lighting industry.

We discover what it was that first sparked their curiosity for light, what made them want to pursue it as a career and how they took the leap into becoming a Lighting Designer.

In this first episode of 'Process of Illumination' we’re going to jump straight in by focusing on collaboration. It’s a word that gets used all the time in our industry — but what does it really mean and what does collaboration look like day-to-day from a lighting designer’s point of view.

Peter Small, Catja Hamilton, Lucía Sánchez Roldán and Joseph Thomas each share their own perspective on how collaboration shapes the work they make.

Welcome to Process of Illumination — a new podcast that brings together the thoughts, ideas, and experiences of some of the lighting industry’s most interesting voices.