Wealthy Theatre is a community-owned not-for-profit venue located in Grand Rapids - a city in the southwest part of the northern US state of Michigan. With an ambition to be effectively 'off grid' for stage lighting, their efforts were recently recognised by one of the world's largest…

In 2012, the sustainability-in-the-arts debate in England received a huge shove to the front of the agenda when the nation’s largest state funding body, Arts Council England (ACE), announced a world first - that sustainability…

It can sometimes feel like our environment is soon going to give us an ultimatum: change your ways or it’s all over. In response, nations and businesses alike (at least a few of them) are adapting their environmental policies to help reduce the ecological impact they have on our…

It's extremely unlikely that you'll be buying your building's light bulbs from Heal's (or at least I'd like to think it is!), which is probably just as well. A look through their online lighting department shows some truly eye-watering pricing on some otherwise good products. 

I'm a huge fan of the Philips Master LEDbulb (right) - the company won the USA's '…

It seems it's the time of year for trade shows in the lighting industry. Mere weeks have passed since PLASA London finished at ExCeL, and in a few…

Set and scenery can be some of the hardest  elements to dispose of responsibly at the end of an event or production. Scenery Salvage have been making a name for themselves, recycling them for film, tv and theatre shows. At…

So, having just about recovered from PLASA London, we thought we ought to give you a quick rundown of the bits and pieces that caught our eye at the world’s largest live entertainment technology trade show. We can’t help but start by talking about the…

We were very proud to be able to both sponsor and present the inaugural Technical Theatre Award for Venue Sustainability at a ceremony held at PLASA London on Tuesday evening. Although the TTAs are only in their first year, the support for them was huge - with Tony and Olivier…

Ed Miliband is standing firmly by his proposal to freeze energy prices for 20 months, should Labour win the 2015 general election. The announcement has prompted a whirlwind of comment from all sides, ranging from the prospect of blatant pre-election price-fixing to the threat of rolling blackouts, similar to those seen in the western United States in 2000 following…

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, better known as BAFTA, has joined forces with a number of film and television media organisations to launch Media Greenhouse. The online portal aims to provide resources to the…

The awe-inspiring Brighton Hippodrome (above), a magnificent Grade II* listed variety/circus theatre, and the Grade II listed Swansea Palace, top the Theatre Buildings at Risk Register 2013 which was launched at the Coronet, Elephant and Castle in London on…

We post something like this every year, and it's that time again - boiler-checking time! Not the most thrilling aspect to a life in entertainment, but there you are. The nights are drawing in, slowly but surely, and it won't be long before temperatures are dropping, too.…

Dealing with listed buildings, or those in a conservation area can be tricky when it comes to installing technology for renewables. Depending on the nature of the listing, adding systems such as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels can be all but impossible, as by their nature, the…

We're on the hunt for a performance venue that deserves a sustainability award. Why? Well, this year sees the inaugural Technical Theatre Awards - awards for those backstage that are going above and beyond the call of duty.

Major industry names have…

Nottingham Playhouse has received the beginnings of an amazing 50th birthday present in the form of £996,000 of funding from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme. The funding will be used specifically to improve the efficiency and sustainability of the Grade II*…

Since we've only just launched this feature (read the first one on Goodlight's LED 2D retrofit…

Yesterday saw the convening by Julie’s Bicycle and their entertainment lighting industry partner White Light of the ‘Green My Production’ conference at White Light’s HQ in Wimbledon, south London.

It was standing room only at the event in the…