Lighting design · Technical direction · Europe
Didier Verheyden
An empty room is a black hole. My job is to decide what you are going to see, and in what order.
- 2003First console
- 6 yearsMirano Continental, Brussels
- EuropeWorking radius
Background
I learned lighting at the Mirano Continental in Brussels. A cinema on the chaussée de Louvain turned club in 1981: oversized sets, Times Square-style light panels, the Belgian Studio 54. I ran the lighting there for six years.
Since then I have designed and operated shows across Europe — festivals, venues, stadiums, corporate events. I lit the Orange Vélodrome in Marseille, and the arena at Maubourguet for ElectroCorner.
I work alone or with a crew, from the lighting plot through to live operation. I travel with my cues, not with my truck.
Credits
- Orange VélodromeMarseille
- Mirano ContinentalBrussels
- ElectroCornerMaubourguet
Festivals, venues, stadiums, corporate. France, Belgium, and wherever the date falls.
Gear
GrandMA at the desk. And everything else.
Conventionals, moving heads, LED, pixel‑mapping, followspot, effect machines. I work with the rig that is there: yours, the venue's, the rental house's.
The gear is not the point. The point is what you do with it.
Full beam
Black and white is the signature.
Colour is the job.
Contact
A date, a venue, an idea of what you want to see. The rest is a conversation.
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