Rag & Bone Arts CIC Lighting Design & Operation Workshop with Luke Emmett

Come along and work with: Luke Emmett lighting designer

Group 1 (11-13yrs /beginners) 11.30 – 1pm
Pizza 1 – 1.30pm
Group 2 (14-18’s/Improvers) is 1.30pm – 3pm
Youth Cafe – 3-4.30pm.

In this hands-on workshop, young people will explore the fundamentals of lighting design and how it transforms theatre and live events. Through practical exercises, they’ll learn about different types of lighting, how to shape mood and atmosphere, and the role of colour, angles, and intensity. Participants will get the chance to experiment with lighting equipment, create their own lighting states, and gain an understanding of how lighting designers bring productions to life. No prior experience needed—just creativity and curiosity.

Luke John Emmett is an award-winning Lighting Designer (Wizard of Oz – 2015), freelance Technical Manager, and Event Manager based in Bath, with twenty years of experience in the live entertainment industry. He founded Theatre Bath and led the conversion of a single-decker bus into a mobile theatre, the Theatre Bath Bus.

He has worked on a variety of high-profile events, including a press launch for Alicia Keys, a global conference for Pinterest, and live streams for English Heritage and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Parliament). Locally, he Production Managed Theatre on the Downs for the Wardrobe Ensemble and Produced Forest of Imagination for two years.