Master Electrician (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Master Electrician (or ME) in a theatre is responsible for implementing the lighting design for a production drawn up by the Lighting designer. This involves overseeing the preparation, hanging, connection and focusing of stage lighting fixtures. This can be done on a show by show basis, or as a resident position of a specific theatre. The tool of the trade of the theatrical Master Electrician is the Crescent wrench or adjustable spanner, used to secure stage lighting instruments from lighting positions in the theatre.