Max—or Nix?—the Movers

Stage Directions: I’ve grown up in this industry. I’ve seen lighting designers make absolute magic from a rig of several hundred moving heads, and I’ve seen a designer take 14 crusty old beam projectors and create something eleventeen times as meaningful and beautiful simply by using the lack of gear gracefully. And what I’ve learned from this is that having tons of kit doesn’t mean you’re going to make magic.