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From War Horse to Wolf Hall: the secret alchemy of stage lighting by Andrew Dickson

How a play is lit changes not only how it looks but how we feel about it. Top designers Paule Constable and Mark Henderson discuss mysteries of the craftIn the darkness of the Lyric theatre in Hammersmith, west London, an image shimmers in the distance. My eyes adjust: a playground, complete with child's swing and climbing frame. The light is sickly, the colour of insomnia and sodium glare. The objects on stage have …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM on March 27, 2017

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