Theatre Lighting Books

On Line Resources: Stage Lighting 101 - Bill Williams - http://www.mts.net/~william5/sld/sld-toc.htm - this is an excellent book and covers the McAndless method of key lights which is the basis for most drama lighting. ALIA's lighting links - http://www.alia.com.au/links/index.html - supplied by Andy Cidor's Killowat Company Books: Stage Lighting Handbook by Francis Reid - up to sixth edition - 792.025 ISBN 0713634391 (pbk.) - An excellent book for beginners that covers all aspects of stage lighting. Stage Lighting by Richard Pilbrow - 792.025 ISBN 0289797632 - Has an invaluable reference section at the rear of the book covering lantern data, gel cross refences etc, good book to have. Concert Lighting, Second Edition : Techniques, Art and Business (Paperback) by James Moody ISBN 0240802934 - James Moody invented the PAR can - very usefull book for adapting and applying rock lighting for stage shows, especially musicals Stage Lighting Step-By-Step by Graham Walters 792.025 WAL - ISBN 1-55870458-2 - basic techniques to achieve professional results. An american book that covers all aspects of theatre lighting, has lots of coloured photos and examples, very practical, shows how to do special effects. ***** five stars Save yourself some money by getting theatre lighting books out of your local library, use inter library loans, to eveluate the book before you decide to buy it.