Line Smith
Gabriel is an acclaimed lighting designer graduating from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with First Class Honours in Lighting Design. Supported by the NAC Overseas Bursary and the Strand Lighting Scholarship, he was conferred the Young Artist Award in 2019 for his artistic excellence and contribution to Singapore's performing arts scene. A chameleon of a designer, Gabriel is well versed in lighting for the theatre, dance, music concerts, sporting and live national broadcast events.
Signature theatre designs include Angel Island (SIFA 2023), The Almighty Sometimes, Constellations, Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2023), Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, The LKY Musical (Singapore Repertory Theatre), A Dream Under the Southern Bough: Existence (SIFA 2021), Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Sometime Moon, The Crab Flower Club 2022 (Toy Factory Productions), Every Brilliant Thing (The Fingers Players) and First Fleet (Nine Years Theatre).
Gabriel has designed for Frontier Danceland’s main seasons since 2012, featuring an array of international choreographers. Other notable dance productions: Festival Lighting Designer for M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2016 (T.H.E. Dance Company) and Swan Lake 2015 (Singapore Dance Theatre). Gabriel also opened two European dance commissions in summer 2019 - Ballroom for Festspielhaus in St Pölten, Austria, and Dancing Mahler in the 21st Century, a double bill for Opéra National du Rhin, France. Most recently, his designs were seen at the Istanbul Fringe Festival 2022 for No Corners, and Eight (Decadance).
Music lighting design credits include Pipa Virtuoso, Wu Man, in Borderlands (SIFA 2016), Eight, Stories from an Island City, Mind the Music, Heirlooms and Forefathers (The Teng Ensemble), SCO 25th Anniversary Virtuoso Series I, II, III (Singapore Chinese Orchestra), The Origins Cipher, Nine Songs, Soul Journey Ten Years, (Siong Leng Musical Association), the South East Asian Tour of Sound of Wisdom - Heal and Sound of Peace (IMMPAC) and prolific Taiwanese singer A-Lin’s A Link with Passengers World Tour in Singapore .
Commercial design ventures include Symphony of Life, the Gardens By The Bay opening festival anchor, Marina Bay Countdown 2015: Drum Gaia, Halloween Horror Nights 2018 and 2019 theatre performances, ATP 250 Singapore Tennis Open, World Table Tennis Cup Finals 2021, WTT Singapore Smash 2022-2024, FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2022-2023, and last but not least, Singapore’s National Day Parade 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024.
Gabriel also goes by the moniker Linesmith (www.linesmith.net) authorised directly by Vectorworks Headquarters based in Washington for conducting training of the Vectorworks software, the leading drafting solution for Entertainment and Performing Arts technical design.
Technical Classroom: Page to Stage
26 September, Thursday - 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
