Lighting

Stage lighting for production companies, venues, installers, schools and mobile performers, running to more than 900 products from Chauvet DJ, Elumen8, LEDJ, Equinox, ADJ, ChamSys, Avolites, Laserworld and Nicolaudie Architectural. The range covers everything from a single par can for a function room to networked control for a permanent install.

Fixtures make up the core of it. Moving Heads run from compact units suitable for a mobile rig to hybrids that will hold their own in a large room. Wash Lights, Spots, Parcans and LED Battens handle general stage duties, while Blinders, Strobes, UV Lights, Pinspots and Gobo Projectors cover the specials. Uplighters, including battery units that need no cable run, deal with venue dressing, and String & Festoon, Architectural and Theatrical ranges cover the softer and more permanent end. Laser Systems and Special Effects handle the big moments, including smoke, haze and low fog.

Control and infrastructure have their own sections, and they decide more about how a rig behaves than the fixtures do. Consoles covers full desks, DMX Controllers suits smaller rigs, and Nodes brings DMX over a network for installs and larger shows. Splitters and Distribution keep DMX512 lines buffered and power organised, which matters more as fixture counts rise: a daisy chain that worked with four fixtures becomes unreliable at twelve, and the symptoms look like faulty fixtures rather than a data problem. Accessories carries the clamps, couplers and rated safety wires that every flown fixture depends on.

When speccing from scratch, start from the room rather than the product list. Ceiling height and throw distance decide the output you need, the surfaces decide how much of it survives, and the control system decides how much of the rig you can actually use on the night. Colour mixing is the other early decision: RGBW handles most work, while RGBWA and six-colour fixtures earn their extra cost where skin tones and warm washes matter.

The guides go into the choices in detail. Spot, wash, beam and hybrid moving heads compares the four types, battens, PARs and uplighters covers wash lighting, DMX explained deals with addressing, universes and cabling, and laser show safety sets out the UK position before you buy a laser.

Stage Lighting FAQs

Where should a small venue start? Wash the stage first, add movement second: battens or pars for coverage, then a pair of moving heads for looks. The battens and pars guide and moving heads guide cover both steps.

What control do I need? Anything beyond sound-to-light needs DMX, addressing, universes and cable are simpler than they look, and DMX explained takes it from zero.

Why does atmosphere matter? Beams are invisible in clean air. Haze makes a lighting rig visible without reading as smoke, the options live in the smoke and haze guide.