I Thought You Said

In February of 2026, I worked with new independent theatre company Tip Toe Theatre to create the lighting design for their debut show I Thought You Said by Bronte Lemaire. This show was performed in the Theatreworks Explosives Factory.

“I Thought You Said dives into the roadblocks of engaging with activism when comfort and convenience are prioritised over doing the right thing. Following a virtue signaller and an armchair socialist, this two-person play examines what happens when world issues are reckoned with on the stage of social media and in the confines of capitalism.” (Theatreworks, 2026)

This show’s set consisted of a plain white and naturalistic build, setting the scene for the interior of a petrol station night shift. For most of the show, my goal was to create a cool-toned and unnervingly bland lighting state that would hold the tension in the air as the pair argued. Undercut with occasional purposeful LED flickering baked into the program and executed in coordination with Jakob Schuster’s sound design, this plain and all-illuminating state made up the majority of the show.

For I Thought You Said, I fulfilled the roles of Lighting Designer and Electrician.

This show was programmed on ETC Nomad in a 75-seat blackbox theatre.

For intermittent projection sequences, the lights fell to a randomly pulsing and flickering wash, enhancing the chaos of transitional sequences without getting in the way of Max Vrancic’s projection design.

Photography credit to Mia Sugiyanto.