QLab has largely become the industry standard for audio and video cueing in theatre. It is a program that takes only a short time to start using and a long time to master. This also makes it very accessible for theatre makers to learn so you can work with sound in rehearsal when your sound designer is away or maybe even on projects where you can’t afford a sound designer and want to put a few tracks together in a good playback format.

This workshop will focus on introducing you to the QLab workspace and getting your head around its basic features - starting a new show file, adding cues, loading files and basic playback functions.

The session will focus on the functions required by theatre makers to prepare a basic QLab file that can be used in a festival room context.

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Chris Wenn is an award-winning sound designer for theatre, based in Melbourne, Australia. His creative practice has largely been in the independent and small-company sector, and he has developed and performed work extensively across Australia, in Indonesia, Singapore, the UK, and Europe. This has included extensive experience in text-based performance and devised work, including work for young people and people with disabilities.

Chris has received Green Room Award nominations for Sound for his work on The Trouble With Harry (MKA/Darebin Arts Speakeasy/Melbourne Festival 2014) and Rust and Bone (La Mama, 2016), and was the recipient of the Straits Times ‘Life!’ Theatre Award for the Sound Design of In The Silence of Your Heart (2018) at Esplanade – Theatres by the Bay, Singapore.

Date: Wednesday 18th June, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: ONLINE

WHAT TO BRING:

Being an online workshop, it is ESSENTIAL that you have a Mac computer that has QLab 5 already loaded prior to the workshop. The workshop requires a basic understanding of your computer’s file management system. (https://qlab.app).