We Bring Creative Worlds to Life.

You’re not here for equipment.

You’re here to create an experience your audience won’t forget; a moment, a mood, a world.

And if you think only major productions can achieve that kind of impact… think again.

After Dark Theatre was created by award-winning designers, producers and performers who know exactly what it takes to craft extraordinary live experiences. We’ve lived every angle of the industry. We’ve been onstage, backstage, inside council events, in festival hubs and on international tours.

We built ADT to make it easier for other creators, producers and visionaries to bring their ideas to life with the same artistic precision, technical excellence and theatrical magic we bring to our own work.

We’re not just in the lighting business.

We’re in the business of turning imagination into experience.

We fuse creative storytelling with technical mastery.

Most companies offer either equipment or design. We offer both, backed by a team that has:

Built immersive worlds
Designed award-winning productions that have toured the world
Executed large-scale festival precincts
Supported touring companies, theatres and major events
Engineered interactive outdoor installations

The reason we stand out is simple:

We’ve been on all sides of production, so we understand your vision and we know how to deliver it brilliantly.

Our story

After Dark Theatre began in 2007 with a meeting of artists who wanted to tell stories. Founded by Francesco Minniti, a performer-turned-producer with a career spanning circus, theatre, technical direction, film production, acting and immersive design, ADT emerged from years of working inside, and often against, the limitations of the industry.

Over his multidisciplinary career, Francesco has developed an extensive network of experts, and a deep understanding of what different productions actually need.

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