Lights Down

Graham Raith
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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 License code: OKNFKWDRQHNFFFRG

Episodes

  1. 13 Jul

    House Lights

    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

    House Lights
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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 License code: OKNFKWDRQHNFFFRG

Information

  • Creator
    Graham Raith
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Graham Raith 2026
  • Show Website
    Lights Down