Daniel Philipson Production & technical · Design & making
daniel@offthegridcreative.co.uk
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The Gentleman of Shalott

  • Company Stage Manager · Lighting Designer
  • Edinburgh Festival Fringe
  • 2024
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Two performers on a dark stage, one lying under a long red-orange cloth, the other seated in blue light

The Gentleman of Shalott ran for twelve performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2024, in a 70-seat venue. As company stage manager I ran rehearsal support, backstage coordination, technical rehearsals and performance operations, maintained the production paperwork and show running, and coordinated communication between cast, creatives, venue staff and festival organisers. A planned handover trained an incoming stage manager across four performances; they went on to cover the final five.

The lighting was designed, programmed and operated on the same run. The stage sits in near-darkness, broken into isolated pools and hard side light, with deep blue over the set and warm red and orange picking out fabric and faces. Beds with metal railings and a long trailing white veil stay separated against black rather than filling the space.

Photographs

6 photographs
Stage with two hessian-draped bed frames and a loom-like structure, a performer standing at right
Performer in overalls bent over a hessian-draped bed frame on a lit stage, a second frame beside it
Bald performer in a grey vest leaning over a wooden loom frame, metal ducting behind
Performer in overalls with a moustache, one arm raised to the light, yellow flowers in the foreground
Figure in a blue-lit dress seated on a large draped cloth sculpture on a dark stage
Close-up of a performer's face lit blue and magenta, hands resting on a desk