What Is Good Lighting ?

This is a far better idea Don to start up a topic, rather than piggy backing on to the Review thread, as mentioned by Ian Black earlier.

Like acting or directing there is a vast difference between the mechanics & the art.

Since the advent of Rock 'n Roll & TV, which introduced to theatre great lighting & audio technology. The tendency is hop step & bypass the basics, in order to get at the latest wiz bang toys to play with. Producing unintelligent effects, just for the sake & because of it. With very little thought to the art, much the same as wooden actors & paper mache directors. Who have no idea of how to use all the white spaces & can only work within the  mechanics of the black bits of a script.

Although I'm ancient & invalid, I still love the feel of working a lighting desk manually. rather than just being a Go button presser & not allowing ones soul to achieve those moments of magic -  Gawd what a load of drivel & waffle! I'm a black duck on the pond & not a luvvie? 

Just turn the lights on, do the odd cue & let the punters see the show.

{"Hear the light & see the sound" }