Packed with 60 essential resources, this toolkit provides everything drama teachers need to deliver impactful curricula on lighting design. Whether you’re supporting GCSE and A-level students pursuing design routes or introducing lighting concepts to your wider class, this toolkit offers the perfect balance of theory, practical guidance, and creative exploration.
Infographics, Knowledge Organisers, and Templates
Types of Theatre Lights: From Fresnels to LEDs, explore the tools of the trade.
Lighting Purpose and Principles: Help students understand how lighting shapes mood, atmosphere, and focus.
Lighting Effects and Special Effects: From gobos to strobes, teach students how to create powerful visual moments.
Stock Check Guides and Templates: Keep track of equipment with ease.
Lantern Schedule and Lighting Grid Templates: Ensure students master the organisation of professional designs.
Exploration and Creativity
Exploring Colour: Discover how hues evoke emotions and enhance storytelling.
Lighting Angles and Layering: Inspire students to think like professional designers.
Scene Analysis and Play Exploration: Link lighting to themes, genres, and contexts.
Idea Sketches: Encourage students to experiment visually with lighting concepts.
Practical Application
Technical Preparation: Step-by-step guidance on rigging, positioning, angling, programming, and focusing lights.
Lighting Transitions: Teach smooth fades, cross-fades, snap transitions, and more.
Lighting Cue Sheets and Sessions: Prepare students to create and execute detailed lighting plans.
Technical and Dress Rehearsals: Support students as they refine and perfect their designs.
Health and Safety
Comprehensive coverage of risk assessments and safety measures, ensuring your students work confidently and safely with lighting equipment.
Assessment Support
Lighting Design Analysis and Evaluation: Develop critical thinking and judgement skills.
Process Journals: Encourage reflection and documentation, demonstrating students’ learning and progression.
Flexible Design: Use the toolkit as a complete curriculum or pick and mix resources to suit your planning for teaching and learning.
Ready-to-Use Materials: All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.
Assessment-Ready: Provide students with everything they need to excel in GCSE and A-level coursework.
With The Lighting Design Toolkit, your students will learn to see lighting not just as a technical element but as a powerful storytelling tool. Whether they’re designing for a GCSE devising project or preparing materials for their assessments, this toolkit is their ultimate guide to mastering theatre lighting.
Packed with 60 essential resources, this toolkit provides everything drama teachers need to deliver impactful curricula on lighting design. Whether you’re supporting GCSE and A-level students pursuing design routes or introducing lighting concepts to your wider class, this toolkit offers the perfect balance of theory, practical guidance, and creative exploration.
Infographics, Knowledge Organisers, and Templates
Types of Theatre Lights: From Fresnels to LEDs, explore the tools of the trade.
Lighting Purpose and Principles: Help students understand how lighting shapes mood, atmosphere, and focus.
Lighting Effects and Special Effects: From gobos to strobes, teach students how to create powerful visual moments.
Stock Check Guides and Templates: Keep track of equipment with ease.
Lantern Schedule and Lighting Grid Templates: Ensure students master the organisation of professional designs.
Exploration and Creativity
Exploring Colour: Discover how hues evoke emotions and enhance storytelling.
Lighting Angles and Layering: Inspire students to think like professional designers.
Scene Analysis and Play Exploration: Link lighting to themes, genres, and contexts.
Idea Sketches: Encourage students to experiment visually with lighting concepts.
Practical Application
Technical Preparation: Step-by-step guidance on rigging, positioning, angling, programming, and focusing lights.
Lighting Transitions: Teach smooth fades, cross-fades, snap transitions, and more.
Lighting Cue Sheets and Sessions: Prepare students to create and execute detailed lighting plans.
Technical and Dress Rehearsals: Support students as they refine and perfect their designs.
Health and Safety
Comprehensive coverage of risk assessments and safety measures, ensuring your students work confidently and safely with lighting equipment.
Assessment Support
Lighting Design Analysis and Evaluation: Develop critical thinking and judgement skills.
Process Journals: Encourage reflection and documentation, demonstrating students’ learning and progression.
Flexible Design: Use the toolkit as a complete curriculum or pick and mix resources to suit your planning for teaching and learning.
Ready-to-Use Materials: All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.
Assessment-Ready: Provide students with everything they need to excel in GCSE and A-level coursework.
With The Lighting Design Toolkit, your students will learn to see lighting not just as a technical element but as a powerful storytelling tool. Whether they’re designing for a GCSE devising project or preparing materials for their assessments, this toolkit is their ultimate guide to mastering theatre lighting.
