The Hunger Games: On Stage

The December 2025 issue of PLASA LSi features The Hunger Games: On Stage at the purpose-built Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre as the cover story.

I had the pleasure of speaking with the incredible creative and technical teams behind it - with thanks to Technical Director Lloyd Thomas.

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From the new-build theatre infrastructure, to Lucy Carter’s lighting design, Tal Rosner’s video design and Ian Dickinson’s sound design, to John Maddox’s aerial design work, Chris Fisher’s illusions, and Edwin Samkin’s flame FX design, the story of cross‑disciplinary collaboration is extraordinary.

A 1,200-seat in-the-round experience with a 4m-deep substage, a shape‑shifting auditorium and moving seating banks, performer flying, vast walls of impact-resistant LED, more than 800 lighting fixtures, spatial audio, illusions and flame effects all combine to deliver a truly immersive world.

Huge thanks to everyone who shared their time and insight for this article – it was an absolute privilege.