Already this year there have been sessions for students at Westminster College and Mountview, as well as for new sales staff at AC Lighting. Louise also ran workshops at the National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough last month. DHA staff have led numerous workshops - not only in the UK, but around the world: Rainer Weggen recently hosted an Open Day in Lisbon, whilst further afield, the company despatched two moving-effect training kits to China, where they will be used to show lighting staff in Shanghai and Beijing what can be done with the equipment.
"China promises to be a huge new market for theatre equipment," says Julie Harper, DHA's sales manager for the Asia and Pacific regions. "Particularly now that shows such as Les Miserables - which uses our Digital Light Curtains and Gobo Rotators - have started visiting the country and demonstrating what is possible using the latest equipment. We hope that our training kits will help give lighting practitioners there the chance to experiment with moving effects hands-on."
(Ruth Rossington)