The existing church lighting utilised tungsten flood lights which were inefficient and difficult to maintain as the lamps had a short life. Drama by Design were commissioned by this church to provide a new interior lighting scheme that would provide better light levels, be cost effective to install and have longer lamp life with lower energy consumption.
The resulting scheme utilised discharge lum .. read more

Drama by Design were appointed by Portsmouth City Council to design a new energy efficient house lighting and emergency lighting system for the 2000 seat Guildhall.
The existing system consisted of inefficient tungsten lamps that provided barely adequate illumination levels for theatre use and totally inadequate light levels for conference, which the venue is increasingly being used for.
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Bournemouth Borough Council invested £3.29 million in the construction and fit-out of the new Dance Centre in Bournemouth and employed Drama by Design as theatre consultants on the project.  There is a welcoming foyer, an impressive 180 seat performance auditorium/theatre and two rehearsal studios resourcing dance classes for all ages and abilities, world class dance performances and space for p .. read more

This project involved the creation of a new state-of-the art newsroom within existing office space at Bloomberg’s London headquarters.
The newsroom uses advanced digital technology  to better interact with viewers.  The set is framed by panels that separate the anchor from the news team and presenters walk around it to get expert opinion and use a glass ‘projection ball’.
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The Old Courthouse is a large stone-built Victorian-style building in the heart of Brighton town centre.
After being used as a store for many years the building had become dis-used and in a poor state of repair. Brighton and Hove Council decided to renovate the building as a multi-purpose lecture theatre.
Drama by Design were employed as consultants to design the audio visual systems and integrate .. read more

The SET Theatre is part of the Langtons Hotel in Kilkenny, Ireland. Constructed in 2009 it is a state of the art conventional theatre performance space which can hold 270 people seated and 350 standing/seated. It was designed as a multipurpose auditorium which can cater for a wide range of events including music, comedy, film and conference.
Drama by Design worked as theatre consultants with the L .. read more

St Edmund’s Church is a large stone-built late Victorian-style building in Goldalming, Surrey.
The old sound system provided poor quality sound reinforcement with inadequate coverage, so Drama by Design designed a complete new system.
The new system was designed not only to provide sound reinforcement for Church services, but also to be used by the Youth Music Group for amplifying both musical i .. read more

This project involved the design and construction of a brand new 23,200m2 facility at the College’s Paddington Green campus. Drama by Design were employed by the College as theatre, drama and performing arts consultants to work with the architect on th design and specification of the performance theatre space and lecture theatre and to design and specify all the theatre technical systems.
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The new King’s Cross campus for the University of the Arts’ Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is the new home to 5,000 staff and students pervously located in a number of disparate buildings on six separate sites across London.  The College forms the centre of a new cultural quarter in London, part of the regeneration of King’s Cross Central, a 67 acre development that is .. read more

Our team devised a system to architecturally light the impressive 400 ft high St John’s Beacon tower in Liverpool. It consisted of colour changing high power luminaires mounted on the tops of the adjacent buildings with a custom-designed interactive control system, based on radio links and operation via a telephone handset.
John’s lighting up times are approximately 8 p.m. to midnight .. read more