Virtual Showlight Programme

15.00 BST : Introduction & Welcome

John Allen, Chairman

15.10 BST : The Disco Lighthouse

Hamish Jenkinson

Hidden on a Caribbean island sits the world’s most expensive Lighthouse. Located on the paradisiacal Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, The Lighthouse features a custom-designed light show that tells the story of Marine Reserve and MSC’s dedication to conservation, designed to showcase the flora and fauna of this beautiful island paradise through animation on its 150,000 individual LEDs. Once the shows are finished the lighthouse becomes a ‘disco' beacon for the guests on the island to party alongside. Created by The Department Ltd with lighting design from Woodroffe Bassett Design. 

15.45 BST : Break

16.00 BST : Lighting a Comic Book Movie – Birds of Prey Case Study

Mike Bauman 

A deep dive look into the visual strategy and technical execution of the lighting for the comic book movie Birds of Prey, beginning with the visual ideas conceived by cinematographer Matthew Libatique ASC, and looking at how LED, automated and video technologies were used in lighting the film.

16.45 BST : Sponsors Breakout Rooms

17.35 BST : Lighting Around The World Without Leaving Home - The Story of ‘Waitress’ in Japan

Ken Billington, Rob Halliday, Aaron Porter

When Japan closed its borders just after Christmas, the production team for the musical ‘Waitress’ were no longer able to travel to put the long-scheduled Tokyo production on stage. But the show must go on - so they figured out how to do the show remotely. For lighting, that meant lighting designer Ken Billington and his associate Aaron Porter in New York, programmer Rob Halliday in London, and the crew in Japan . . .

18.15 BST : Networking, Sponsors Breakout Rooms  & Meal Break

19.15 BST : A Panel on Diversity – to celebrate, to listen and to learn

Chaired by Paule Constable

A discussion panel formed of lighting professionals Dawn Chiang, Jane Dutton, Prema Mehta, Rajiv Pattani, John Piper and Momena Saleem, and chaired by internationally acclaimed lighting designer Paule Constable, will explore some of the issues around diversity in the industry.

20.15 BST : Break

20.30 BST : From Shipyard to Street Art Museum

Floriaan Ganzevoort, Isabel Nielen and Mike Evers

Floriaan, Isabel and Mike, are lighting designers and partners at Theatermachine light design and consultancy in The Netherlands. They will talk delegates through the 2-year light design process which transformed a monumental industrial shipyard building into a museum. With a limited budget, the team mixed daylight, theatre lighting, exhibition lighting and architectural lighting in this rough and tough, ‘one-of-a-kind’ venue.
Teaser movie : https://vimeo.com/519945591

21.15 BST : Break

21.30 BST : BBC Strictly Come Dancing 

David Bishop

BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s award-winning lighting designer, David Bishop, will outline the challenges of re-designing an icon of UK television after 15 years, the latest season of which required the incorporation of live augmented reality into the show.

22.15 BST : Breakouts and Networking

23.15 BST : Conference finishes