Designer interview

Wellington-raised stage-lighting designer Ben Dalgleish has worked with the likes of Drake, Post Malone, Janet Jackson and many more. Julia Gessler caught up with Dalgleish backstage as he prepared to unveil his latest machination for Six60.

How did you become involved in concert lighting design? I started about 10 years ago in Wellington. I used to play drums in bands and wasn’t making any money or getting anywhere with that, so I decided to try and do lighting for some local bands; it went really well. I started in an all-ages circuit [before] working with first-tier New Zealand musicians like The Mint Chicks and Liam Finn. Then I moved on to working for classic New Zealand bands like The Black Seeds and The Phoenix Foundation. Since then, I’ve left New Zealand and moved to Los Angeles. You have worked with Six60 for many years now. In what ways is their increasing popularity influencing what you are doing now as opposed to back then? Five, six years…

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