“Into the Woods” goes into production… finally

Well, I spent a busy day yesterday at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre – it was the lighting hang for “Into the Woods”.  We had a no-show on the crew, so I spent much of the day helping coordinate things from the ground – but by the end of the day I also had managed to prep all the gel and gobos for the show – that’s the beauty of a rig that’s less than 100  units!

I spent this morning doing my first pass through the opera “Regina“, which I’m lighting at Pacific Opera Victoria in April.  It’s a fantastic opera by Marc Blitzstein, of “The Cradle Will Rock” fame  www.pov.bc.ca/season_regina.html  The opera is based on “The Little Foxes” by Lillian Helman (which is being produced at the Shaw Festival this season, incidentally!) http://www.shawfest.com/web/content.asp?docid=1_3_8_1