WICKED Lighting: Lighting Plot

It takes 650 lighting fixtures and a talented team of theatre artists and technicians to light up the WICKED stage. Meet the crew that illuminates Elphaba and makes Glinda glow to tell Oz's most bewitching story.
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[@charlottehitchin4986]

this is the job I want to do when I’m older, my exact dream job, lighting at wicked west end but my parents think technical Theatre isn’t a viable career and I’ve worked so hard in it

[@barbaracates5302]

Do what makes you happy it’s your life!

[@danielherman318]

I'm not sure what it's like in the UK, but here in the USA, theatre technicians are always in demand. If you major in technical theatre, you are guarenteed to get a job because people need you. As someone who is a theatre major in the USA, my friends who focus their major on technical theatre are the ones who get really good jobs immediately after college. You probably won't get a job at West End immediately after obtaining your degree, but if you accept the jobs that are offered to you, you could definitely work your way up!

[@blueorangeade3357]

i want to work at wicked as a dresser (more for glinda but idm who) in the west end but i also want to work as a child nurse and a child nurse is more needed (luckily i’m only in year 9 so i haven’t done gcses or a level/btec

[@charlottehitchin4986]

im in y9 too! do u have Snapchat maybe we could chat :) xx

[@blueorangeade3357]

@@charlottehitchin4986 yeah i have snap! it’s @eli0_019 (if ur on about me lol)

[@designerproductions]

I've always wondered about this! Lighting is my favorite part of theater.

[@ryanburke4633]

this is so so my favorite show

[@jessicalyon6332]

It is that subtle. She has a faint green spotlight through every scene to allow her skin to pop.

[@supathechest]

ok

[@Lighting_Desk]

Series like this one gave me the drive to persevere in the industry of LX. I now work in the industry and have been for many years professionally.

[@jakewgard1]

Yeah it's true the only time you will see the green spotlight on her is in no good deed as it's a very bright green that they use for the spot but all the other times it's very subtle

[@the39cluesaddict]

I can't wait to see Wicked here in the Philippines! Wicked is my favorite musical! :))

[@inlovewithJLT]

It's true, and they do a very good job of training it right on her face so it's not especially noticeable. When I first saw Wicked I was in the second-to-last row and noticed the spotlight as it seemed to be coming from right over my shoulder.

[@ClippedPipe]

Yeah, "Defying Gravity" has AMAZING lighting!

[@ClippedPipe]

I wish I knew what colors of gels they used! Halloween is coming up very soon and I would LOVE to use this sort of lighting in my yard-haunt!

[@theressateryorman9694]

I so wish i could join up with y'all

[@Trumpetz97]

@ptoto22
I saw it back in March with Kate and Jackie and you're right, they're AMAZING!!!!

[@mamabearextraordinaire168]

The follow spot operators are the unsung heroes of this show.

[@RukayaCesar]

I LOVE these videos! So brilliant to see how different elements of the show come together, I've seen the show quite a lot but am constantly learning new things about it, love it!

[@MrDancer5293]

Thank You!!!!

[@kimanderson1794]

Beautiful

[@DrewGryffind]

That was the hardest outro line I’ve heard in a minute

[@grnoahbar5990]

Hi guys

[@victoriacser1967]

WICKED🙌🏼 is my life

[@SergioSS666]

Very nice

[@DavidCherrie]

Why is the shot with Lindsay and Sean flipped? Look at the logo on their shirts...

[@MEasties]

David Cherrie Get it? They're behind the curtain.

[@spurrst5099]

Nice m8

[@momentarilylapse]

I heard in one of the West End backstage videos that Elphie always has a green spotlight on her, but I don't really see this in any of the proshots (unless it's super subtle). Is it true?

[@carlosalejandroalvarenga4913]

momentarilylapse 5 years late. Big I hear that, most of the time she does. For example, she does in "The wizard and I", "Defying Gravity" and "No Good deed"

[@iheartwicked91]

what about "Defying Gravity" those lights are intense, and i'm shocked it wasn't in this video.

[@georgeeden5835]

Any idea what the DMX frame looking object is infront of the par at 1:32?

[@JS-zn6st]

Might be a gel scroller or a gobo wheel of some kind

[@matthewprivate1023]

It’s a color scroller. The patterns you’re seeing on the stage are coming from one of the various Varilites hanging in the rig.

[@mjsedik]

If I want to study that how can I do it ?

[@danielherman318]

Major in Technical Theatre! Many schools have it as a major!

[@JayXL14]

DANCE APP:
Ans -- FALSE (stage, not space)

[@awesomelyawesome58]

@ChandraSchwartzROCK1

[@shaymary5247]

Well, OK... so, my friend has HW to do for online school, called me up tired & sleepy, but explained to me that what she has to learn on lighting is like "rocket science"! I couldn't help but laugh as I thought it was exaggerated.
Just before I came on here, I visited some of the links she gave me from her online school pg. And what I saw, I swear may produce me nightmares!!!! She wasn't kidding. So, now, I have no idea how I'll be able to help her. Sounds 1 things. But the lighting? OMFG!!!! o_____. Any1 know how to simplify this???

[@edwah2004]

Hey, idk if this is too late but I’m happy to help

[@shaymary5247]

@@edwah2004 it's too late. She finished school. Thx tho!!! ☺️

[@xiaolingweng2658]

Hi🐶🐕🥺😍

[@tekarts]

Who's the BEC cueball head?

[@mrwhite3090]

fucking online school

[@DHernandez5]

Who else clicked on this video just to try to see the lights from Defying Gravity? only me???

[@dededrfrftbhhytjyru]

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[@Bongbongo]

facts

[@skyswimmer5634]

First

[@Bongbongo]

LMAO