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The PLASA Show 2025 seminar programme is proudly sponsored by:

Vectorworks

The LSi Theatre
    • Industry Issues
    • Lighting
    • Production
    The LSi Theatre
    A snapshot into how the Ukrainian production industry is surviving the impact of three and a half years of war, through creativity, imagination, technology crossovers, adaptability and thinking out-of ...
Lighting & Staging Theatre
    • Careers
    • Lighting
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    While most people at the PLASA Show would probably agree that doing a degree in Lighting Design does not make you a lighting designer, many of the current high-profile theatre LDs did just that.  Give ...
    • Lighting
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    The DNA Of Lighting Control
    To paraphrase Carl Sagan, if you want to develop a lighting console from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Even simple lighting control features have a deep history behind them, and decisio ...
    • Health & Safety
    • Rigging
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Owners, Renters, And Users: A Beginner's Guide To Electrical Chain Hoist Systems
    Whether you're a novice or a seasoned professional, understanding electrical chain hoist systems is essential for health and safety when working on productions involving lifting operations. This semin ...
    • Lighting
    • Production
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Visualisation: The Future Of Theatre Pre-Production
    This session will offer a comprehensive look at the work done by the senior visualiser at the Royal Ballet and Opera within the Lighting Control and Visualisation department. This department is where ...
    • Wellbeing
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Discover how medicinal mushrooms can revolutionise your life on tour. Darryn, founder of Soulsound, has a side-hustle in fungi farming, specialising in Shiitake and Lion's Mane Mushrooms. She'll share ...
Audio & AV Theatre
    • Audio
    Audio & AV Theatre
    System Design and Content Design for Sound are increasingly split up roles, with different practitioners working in teams. Chris Drohan talks with West End Sound Designers to understand how the roles ...
    • Business
    • Industry Issues
    • Sustainability
    Audio & AV Theatre
    The average cost of not being prepared for Digital Product Passport regulations could cost the average UK business £1.5m a year. Set to be first introduced in 2027, the new regulation from the EU will ...
    • Audio
    Audio & AV Theatre
    Drawing A Sound Plan With Vectorworks
    Unlock the creative power of Vectorworks with this introduction to crafting efficient, audio-centric plans that make your projects stand out. Who is this session for? Target audience members are sound ...
    • Production
    • Technology
    Audio & AV Theatre
    Futures Under Construction: Managing The Next Big Thing
    As live performance continues to evolve in the 21st century, the boundaries between design, technology, and storytelling are dissolving, ushering in a new era of integrated collaboration and creation. ...
The LSi Theatre
    • Audio
    • Lighting
    • Production
    The LSi Theatre
    Roland has written Second Fix for the past 16 years, the only part of LSi Magazine dedicated to installations. In those nearly 100 articles, he has often been vocal on a variety of topics and made num ...
    • Production
    • Staging
    The LSi Theatre
    Come and hear a project overview of the first purpose-built theatre for dance in the UK. Presented by Sadler's Wells technical director Oli Clark and theatre consultants from Charcoalblue, Paul Halter ...
    • Audio
    • Production
    The LSi Theatre
    Our panel of leading FOH engineers discuss how ever-closer collaboration with the artists they are mixing is raising the creativity of live sound production, making their work more like record product ...
    • Audio
    • AV
    • Production
    • Rigging
    • Staging
    • Technology
    The LSi Theatre
    We rewind to the year of LSi’s birth: 1985 was quite a year in all aspects of tech. Big screen made its mark with Jumbotron; Lighting welcomed memory desks the arrival of dichroic filters and adoption ...
Lighting & Staging Theatre
    • Lighting
    • Production
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    As productions continue to grow in size and complexity, more devices are hopping on the network to communicate with one another. As such, an understanding of the fundamentals of networking is essentia ...
    • Lighting
    • Production
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Designing Pulp's 'You Deserve More' Tour: A Vectorworks Workflow For Live Production
    Join Michael Harpur for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the 2025 'You Deserve More' tour by Pulp, showcasing the full production and lighting design process. In this session, Michael will demon ...
    • Lighting
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Lighting Designers Have Always Worked Neuroaesthetically
    What makes some lighting truly resonate, while others just 'look nice'? In this session, Jason explores how light can shape not just the stage but the audience's emotional and perceptual experience. D ...
    • Business
    • Industry Issues
    • Sustainability
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    A positive approach to the challenges we are facing with the Climate Crisis inspired by the book of the same name by Hannah Ritchie. This is an update of where we are as an industry and a society with ...
    • Business
    • Careers
    • Industry Issues
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Let's talk about the skills gap nobody's sugarcoating. This panel brings employers and apprentices together to break down how apprenticeships are shaping the future of the entertainment production ind ...
Audio & AV Theatre
    • Production
    Audio & AV Theatre
    Transforming Spaces With Virtual Production Techniques
    Discover how virtual production is transforming spaces and driving enhanced engagement and operational efficiency. This panel discussion is tailored for digital media professionals seeking to leverage ...
    • Business
    • Health & Safety
    • Industry Issues
    Audio & AV Theatre
    Martyn's Law - officially the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, is a UK law designed to improve security and preparedness in publicly accessible locations against potential terrorist attack ...
    • Business
    • Health & Safety
    • Industry Issues
    • Production
    Audio & AV Theatre
    As part of the Better Festivals campaign launched in Summer 2025, Bectu’s Live Events Network collected accounts of lived experiences of working behind the scenes at UK festivals. Join the Network as ...
    • Audio
    • Technology
    Audio & AV Theatre
    Sounds Great! - System Design For Venues
    d&b audiotechnik have brought together a team for this session, to share their experiences and advice for designing a sound system through case studies and an exploration of the latest technologies. W ...
The LSi Theatre
  1. The LSi Theatre
    Classic Gear Live: Preserving Entertainment Technology
    There are many collections of performance equipment in private and public hands. However, saving and showing the gear to interested people can be challenging, especially as records are not always comp ...
    • Careers
    • Production
    The LSi Theatre
    Set In Motion Live ' In Conversation With Automation Legend Paul Sadler
    The 1980s/1990s heralded the rise of the 'mega musical' with audacious engineering enabling the spectacular shows which defined the genre, making the West End the epicentre of a revolution in live ent ...
Lighting & Staging Theatre
    • Lighting
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Under The Skin Of Art-Net And sACN
    This session aims to provide a practical overview of what these two control protocols are, how they are used, and importantly, a little of the theory necessary to ensure trouble free operation of netw ...
    • Careers
    • Staging
    Lighting & Staging Theatre
    Careers In Technical Theatre And Routes Into The Industry
    This session will look at different careers and roles within the backstage theatre world, and the different routes that can lead to a successful and lasting career in the technical theatre industry. W ...
Audio & AV Theatre
    • Audio
    • AV
    • Business
    • Careers
    • Lighting
    • Production
    • Rigging
    Audio & AV Theatre
    How To Become A Financially Savvy Freelancer
    There's no denying that many freelancers have faced a sluggish start to the year, with finances stretched thin. This situation highlights our need for better financial planning and a potential cultura ...

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