<![CDATA[Lights Down]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/lights-down Welcome to Lights Down — an exploration of what it’s like

moving into retirement after a life of long, unsocial hours in

technical theatre. If you’ve ever worked those hours yourself, in

a career that was more than just a job, I think this one’s for you.

I’ll share my own experience and reflections — not advice. I’m

not a life coach or a finance expert, just someone talking their

way through it.

Each episode, I’ll be looking at the personal and emotional side

of leaving a career like this, and how the practical stuff —

including money — weaves through it, in my own experience. I

hope some of it resonates, and that it’s worth half an hour of

your time.

You can get in touch and find out more at

https://lightsdown.co.uk/

Intro/Outro Music:

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/matt-stewart-evans/final-waltz

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After 46 years as a lighting technician in theatre, Graham is retiring in

January 2027 — and rather than let it happen quietly , this podcast is

going to talk through it in real time. Lights Down is a countdown: part

practical guide to leaving a long career , part honest reckoning with

what it means to walk away from work that was both a passion and a

punishing schedule.

In this first episode: why this show exists, what a life in theatre

lighting actually looks like from the inside, and the first honest

admission of what retirement actually feels like from 7 months out.

In this episode: - What theatre lighting work really involves - Why

“Lights Down” as a title - The double loss of leaving a passion career

with unsocial hours

What’s ahead this season

Next episode:

“The Call Sheet”

— unsocial hours, and what a busy and unpredictable working week actually meant across my career, and a first touch on funding my retirment,

Intro & Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/matt-stewart-evans/final-waltz

License code: OKNFKWDRQHNFFFRG

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