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Lighting designer and Bectu member John Rogers (wearing glasses) on the #WeMakeEvents protest boat trip on Tuesday 11 August 2020 with his friend Koy Neminathan, sales Director of Avolites Ltd and a PLASA board member.
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John Rogers, live events lighting designer/technician · 14 August 2020
The devil makes work for idle hands, or so the saying goes. In the small hours of a Sunday…
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A theatre set designed by Grace Venning. Photo: Linda Carter. Used with blog by Natalie Parsons, 6/6/20 about coronavirus pandemic and theatre designers
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Natalie Parsons – arts writer, activist and Bectu member · 6 August 2020
What does it mean to be a creative in lockdown? What can we learn about our practice and…
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Man about to send an email
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Tracey Hunt · 6 August 2020
There have been a number of data breach incidents lately relating to emails and it seems a…
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Jai Nobes, freelance lighting and video technician, visual artist and circus performer and Bectu member, used in blog 30th July 2020
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Jai Nobes, events technician and artist · 30 July 2020
I’m Jai. I’m a freelance lighting and video technician, visual artist and circus…
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The National Theatre in London
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Philippa Childs, head of Bectu · 24 July 2020
We are approaching three weeks since a £1.57bn arts recovery package was announced by the…
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Paul Middleton, a lighting director and chair of Bectu South Wales freelance branch
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Paul Middleton, lighting director · 23 July 2020
I started out as a child actor 56 years ago but became increasingly fascinated by lighting…
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Tim Pravda · 15 July 2020
It is now close to 120 days since I have been excluded from government support because of…
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14 July 2020
Join us as we celebrate our archaeologist members and share their stories for the virtual…
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Matthew Bird · 8 July 2020
Without help your favourite venue and workers may disappear from the sector, warns lighting…
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Andrew Pakes · 7 July 2020
One of the hallmarks of COVID-19 has been the acceleration of interest in new workplace…
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