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Tim Foster Chairman, Theatre Design Comm. Roger Fox Chairman, Historical Research Comm. Jean Shevelan Chairman, NorthNet – Comm Mark White Chairman, Communications and Publications Committee Roger Fox Company Secretary Matthew Jones Honorary Secretary Loretta Tomasi Honorary Treasurer Tamykha Patterson UK Theatre & Live Events Apprenticeship Network Founder STAFF Robin Townley Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elysia Moore Association Co-ordinator Stuart Roberts Financial Controller CONSULTANT Geoffrey Joyce ABTT Training Co-ordinator Registered Charity 282069 Sightline CONTENTS vol. 44 no. 2 Editorial 7 ABTT and PLASA 8 The Theatre Green Book 10 Douglas Cornelissen 1931-2021 14 Sydney Theatre Company at The Wharf 18 The Call of the Wild 21 New Bury Theatre, Hurstpierpoint School 24 Stephen Joseph and Manchester University 28 Training and Education in the Performing Arts 32 Young Associates 37 Technical Standards 39 Members News 42 Safety Matters 43 Editor Rebecca Morland Publisher John Offord Entertainment Technology Press Ltd The Studio, High Green, Great Shelford Cambridge, Cambs CB22 5EG Tel: 01223 550805 Fax: 01223 550806 Advertising enquiries should be sent to john@etnow.com Sightline is published in March, June, September and December. 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FIND OUT MORE AND APPLY: Specialisms include: |Stage management |Stage technology |Production lighting and lighting design |Production sound and sound design Specialisms include: |Scenic art |Prop-making |Stage carpentry |Costume-making |Set and costume designSightline Summer 2021 7 Editorial At the time of writing there is definite positivity on the horizon, and every day is bringing another announcement of a re- opening somewhere in the UK. However, there is still considerable uncertainty about timescales and in particular when/if social distancing might end – and whether audiences will feel confident to return to crowded auditoriums when it does. There’s definitely a passion to see theatre again out there – the 3837 people ahead of me on the queue to get onto the National Theatre’s website on the day that public booking opened, certainly demonstrates that! And, yes, I did get a ticket (just)! And, although there’s a sense of an industry gearing up again, it’s quite clearly not there yet, and many of our freelance colleagues are still without work. Whilst the world has been (and still is) grappling with Covid, the climate emergency has not gone away, and this is something that the theatre industry has also been grappling with. We’ve reported on various initiatives over the years, and in the last edition of Sightline we flagged up the new Theatre Green Book – a collaboration between ABTT, Theatres Trust and other organisations. Paddy Dillon, Editor of the Theatre Green Book has now written in more detail about the first volume of the Green Book, focusing on Sustainable Shows, and a “beta” version of which can now be found at www.theatregreenbook.com. As he writes, the point of this version is for theatres to test it and see how it works for them – so please do spread the word and engage with this initiative, which has the potential to be as relevant as the Yellow Book that we all know and love. We will report on the second and third volumes, dealing with Sustainable Buildings and Sustainable Operations when they appear later this year. Whilst the Green Book is being compiled, examples of best practice are already coming through. Hurstpierpoint College’s Performing Arts Centre, which opened in 2019, is an excellent example both of sustainable construction, and operation. We hope to feature more examples of theatre schemes that have sustainability at their heart in future. I was delighted to be offered an article by Barbara Day, based on her thesis, which sheds a light on Stephen Joseph’s connection with Manchester University, where he joined the new Department of Drama in 1962. It shows the significant influence that he had on the development of theatrical practice at the University, and beyond. The relationship between training, education and theatre is crucial in a number of different ways, not the least around innovation. And Anette Ollereanshaw has written a fascinating report focusing on innovation both in in production and education – this is the first of a series of reports that she’ll provide for Sightline. Returning to the role of the ABTT in supporting training and education, Jonathan Brown has gone back to his roots and muses on how a vocational interest in theatre can be encouraged and supported. We were sad to hear of the death of Douglas Cornelissen, who became a member of ABTT shortly after its formation in 1961. He had a fascinating career (and one that was very much of its time), and I’m very grateful for the research that Richard York and a host of others undertook. We normally aim to have this edition of Sightline out in time for the ABTT Show, and therefore I usually finish this particular editorial by saying how much I’m looking forward to seeing people at the Show. As we all know, it won’t be happening this June BUT there will be a combined ABTT/ PLASA show in September at Olympia. And finally, I need to acknowledge a captioning error in the previous edition. In the article Creation Theatre – a Digital Transformation, the caption on page 8 (Anabelle Terry in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz) refers to the image on page 11, and the caption on pg 11 (Chloe Lemonius, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) refers to the image on page 8. My fault entirely! Rebecca Morland, Editor Sightline@abtt.org.uk8 Sightline Summer 2021 ABTT and PLASA have announced a collaboration that will bring the 2021 editions of both the ABTT Theatre Show and the PLASA Show under one roof from 5-7 September at Olympia London. For 2021 only, this partnership between the two established associations aims to reduce pressure on the exhibition calendar as the industry’s eco-system recovers from the impacts of the pandemic and will bring the broad sector together for one landmark event. For this year only, this joint event will debut at Olympia’s largest hall, the Grand. The ABTT Theatre Show will run in its own defined space, retaining its own unique identity, and celebrating the ABTT’s 60th anniversary. The more spacious hall will also make room for more inspiring stands, more show features, and perhaps most importantly, extra aisle width for visitors to move around freely. ABTT and PLASA are very excited to be able to work together. By consolidating the trade show calendar in to a single date for both shows they are confident they will deliver the most beneficial and supportive event for the sector. As part of this collaboration, ABTT, which has been supporting the industry with online seminars over the past twelve months, has also supported PLASA Online 2021 by curating a programme of webinars across all four days. These took place between 10 and 13 May and included sessions on the management of Health and Safety during the return to activity in “Back to Work – Challenges to consider and resolve”; on the Theatre Green Book project spearheaded by the Theatres Trust , the ABTT and Buro Happold and lead by Paddy Dillon with “TGB: Volume 1 Sustainable Productions”; on CREATEBritain, a new network platform for all creatives and on the most recent updates to Technical Standards for Places of Entertainment. Recordings of all these webinars are available free to view on the ABTT website https://www.abtt.org.uk/events- and-courses/abtt_seminars/ Robin Townley, CEO for the ABTT commented: “We are very much looking forward to joining forces with the PLASA Show this year to create a meeting place for the whole industry to get- together. The ABTT will have its own distinct area and will be creating the same friendly atmosphere that our visitors love about the ABTT Theatre Show. We look forward to seeing exhibitors and visitors, old and new, and to celebrating our huge 60th milestone.” Peter Heath, Managing Director of PLASA commented: “With everything our industry has faced in the past 12 months, we have thought long and hard about how best to serve our exhibitors and visitors in 2021. We couldn’t be more pleased with our partnership with the long- serving and respected ABTT, who will bring their usual high standard of technical knowledge to PLASA Show this year, as well as our second PLASA Online this May. We are of course saddened that Leeds must wait another year, but we believe that our strategy for 2021 is absolutely the right thing to do while our industry recovers.” With several months for the industry to re-open and regain its strength, the ABTT Theatre Show and PLASA Show partnership is anticipated to be the ‘come-back’ event for the live entertainment technical and production sector. Information about the Shows visitor registration is available on the PLASA website www.plasashow.com. Exhibitor information is also available online but we would be very pleased to hear from stand holders from previous ABTT Theatres Show to discuss locating in the ABTT Hub and to introduce them to the PLASA booking team.Next >