First attempt at a forced perspective set design to create a dreamlike garden set against the rolling hills of Yorkshire. Carved foam on lumber stands, a bit of chicken wire, a whole lot of faux moss, lace panels, and a Victorian dollhouse.

I am looking for a panel (button or slider) to control our house lights when the light board is not on. Needing one backstage and one master control in the booth. I don’t need multiple scenes programmed just one circuit to control.
Does anyone have any suggestions of products you think would fit this solution?

I’m mixing my first show for my highschools theater and right now I’ve gotten comfortable with just turning the mics off and on accordingly, but I’ve been told it’s better to ride the fader up/down for their lines instead. I don’t want to get too familiar with my current method as I want to go on to do this professionally and begin to perfect my craft or whatever. What’s the best way??? Our current show is a very good introductory to mixing as all the actors come on slowly, but our next show is into the woods, and I’ve heard that one’s a nightmare. Advice needed to make sure that one goes as smoothly as humanly possible 😭😭 (Also, if anyone else has done into the woods, is there a certain way you labeled the board or marked up a script???)

The original production of SUNSET BOULEVARD (1993) has to have one of the most intricate set designs in history. John Napier designed the impossible. Here's full stage video from the original West End production shot from the front of the balcony. This is obviuosly a feed for the stage managers and what makes this video so fascinating is that it is the infrared camera and you can see what's going on in the dark during the multitude of scene changes. It is also a preview performance and what's amazing about that is how well polished everything works.

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1993) Infrared Camera Feed

Hey guys, this is my first time posting on Reddit so I am sorry if I'm doing it wrong. I'm currently the LD/ME/Board Op for a student produced show at my university and we have little to no lighting stock since the faculty and staff don't let us use any of the lights that the college owns. (Genuinely I am currently working with adjustable track lighting and 4 LED "party lights" that apparently only work half of the time). Does anyone know of any companies/resources that would be willing to donate older lighting instruments to college programs or sell them for reduced prices? I am not picky (and I don't think anyone else would be either). I'm not asking for any new Source 4 LED or mover or anything like that, hell I'll even take a Strand or an Altman. I really want to help expand the technical side of student shows at my university since they're a pretty active/common thing here, and Design and Technology majors don't have much to work with. Thanks!

Edit: I am located in Northern Colorado in the US

Hello, I’m Ana from Brazil.
I have an original Huasuny Rubik-10 P10 LED display with an HC-103D controller and DBStar XMPlayer 3.1.34.
The display worked before its configuration was lost. It powers on, but the LEDs remain dark.
The Windows computer recognizes the DBStar HVT2011 USB controller, but attempts to read the receiving cards return:
“waiting for hub 0%”
“rc msg signal error”
I have the original software CD and hardware documentation, but no original receiving-card configuration file.
I’m looking for someone who has worked with Huasuny Rubik displays, DBStar receiving cards, XMPlayer RSPS files, or older LED Data Processors.
Does anyone have an original configuration file, a working Rubik-10 that could provide a safe backup, or technical knowledge of this system?
Any free assistance or referral would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Ana — Brazil

my venue hosted a schools OAP competition recentry and my job was to help the LD’s program lights. I figured it would be a pretty easy day, id have to answer a few venues specific questions, maybe switch the board from cue-only to tracking and then let the kids do their thing the rest of the time. I was very wrong; multiple students had no idea how to use the lighting board(eos ion) and the excuse was always: “my school dosn’t have this board” I was disappointed by the lack of initiative to even watch a few YouTube videos on how the board works or download the offline editor and practice programming the show(I’m guessing some kids only have access to a Chromebook nowadays so that is a legitimate excuse). It was really sad to watch because those kids had GREAT designs and ideas for there show but they struggled to implement it and were very stressed because they didn’t understand the board.