GRAHAM ROLAK

“I have worked and been friends with Graham for over a decade now.  I have worked with him on multiple productions and seen numerous other shows featuring his designs.  I have always admired that Graham has a “big picture” oriented brain.  His designs are always tasteful and effective.  

 

Far too often these days, designers take the entire budget they are given and design one show for MSG, littering the stage with support truss and ground package with very little scalability, and bits and pieces of the rig end up sitting on the truck everyday of the rest of the tour.  Graham has the vision and the foresight, that I have never encountered this issue while being on tour with him.  Carrying around the production that’s needed and bringing in the pieces from vendors to make a bigger show in a bigger market as opposed to leaving most of the rig on the back of a truck everyday is the type of forward thinking that will save a production thousands upon thousands of dollars in this market.

 

Graham is not only a fantastically talented programmer but, his ability to “punt” a show and do some “flash and trash” is nearly unmatched.  I credit this to Graham’s background as a musician.  He has impeccable timing and finds new and creative ways to accentuate certain hits and fade in certain washes.  I always truly enjoy being on a stage that I know is being lit by Graham.  But, most importantly for me as a backline tech, Graham has never left me in the dark when things get technical on stage.”