Paul HeijkensLighting design · Programming · Operating
Paul Heijkens with headset and tablet on the floor of an empty hall with red seats

From first sketch to final cue.

I am Paul Heijkens: lighting designer, programmer and operator.
I work on musicals, tours, corporate events and one-off shows. 25 years in light and video, and since 2014 mostly behind the grandMA.

Projects MA3 training

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What I do

Services

01

Design

Lighting plots in 2D and 3D, with renders in Depence. You see in advance what the audience will see.

  • 2D CAD drawings
  • 3D renders and previs video
  • Fixture choice and budget

02

Programming

Pre-programming in my previs studio.

  • grandMA3
  • Timecode and timelines
  • Video through ArKaos MediaMaster

03

Operating

Behind the desk during the show. On tour, on a musical that runs for months, or at a corporate event.

  • Touring
  • Corporate events
  • One-off shows and musicals
Hands on the faders of a grandMA3, light beams on the projection screen behind

Custom grandMA3 training

Not a standard course with a fixed handbook. We look at your shows, your console and what you want to learn, and I build the training around that.

About the training
grandMA3 next to a screen running Depence in the previs studio

The previs studio

This is where the show exists before a single fixture is hung. The 3.7 metre screen shows the 3D render at full size, driven live by the grandMA3. That saves days on site, and so money.

Services

What I work with

  • grandMA3

    MA Lighting

    My main console. I have worked with grandMA since 2014, and on the grandMA3 since 2019. Programming and operating.

  • Depence

    Syncronorm

    3D drawings, renders and pre-programming. The show is built before a single fixture is hung.

  • ArKaos MediaMaster

    ArKaos

    Media server for video content on LED walls and projection, driven from the grandMA3.

Worked for and with

Painting with LightSpot GroningenTheater De SteegTomorrowland