 Ahoy there! I’ve just disembarked from a cruise on the Carnival Firenze. I have lots to share in the upcoming posts, but I wasn’t able to chat with any of the technicians aboard as – disappointingly - Carnival doesn’t allow that. (For that reason Carnival is not one of the cruise lines I recommend taking a Discovery Cruise on!). But, I can at least take you of a tour of some of the venues aboard the ship in the upcoming posts. Let’s start in the Limelight Lounge. Above is a photo of a theatre tech I was able to chat with briefly. I’m afraid I didn’t get his name – and I would have loved to be able to chat with him more, but I caught him just before the show started - but he very kindly agreed to pose for this photo! The Limelight Lounge is primarily used for comedy shows and other smaller events. Nonetheless, it does have a state-of-the art lighting and sound system. I’m not sure what the sound board was, but being a lighting designer I had to check out the lightboard (of course!) which was a grandMA (didn’t catch which model). Despite being a small venue the lighting instruments were all LEDs and several movers. If you’re interested in working in a theatre on a cruise ship and are wondering what experience you need… you don’t necessarily need to know how to use every light and sound board, but you do need to have some experience programming them. For instance, the Norwegian Bliss (see blog posts) used all ETC Ions throughout the ship. As long as you have the basics and can quickly learn other boards you should be fine!
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