Proto-type Theatre presents

The Lightbulb Moment

As part of Departure Lounge Festival 2026

Sat 4 Jul, 2026
By Proto-type and Adam York Gregory — Put on your headphones and join Nash and his friends in an animated audio experience.

Get up, eat, wash, work, eat, work, home, eat, rest, bed, repeat. Nash is about to wake up. A little early perhaps, but the birds are noisy.

It’s just a normal morning, in a normal building, on what looks to be a pretty normal day.

Can you see? Get closer. You might need to shift your position. He’s going to turn on the light. Watch…

The Lightbulb Moment is an animation and audio experience that invites you to a digital world in miniature. Acclaimed artists Proto-type and Adam York Gregory tell a story about systems in motion, chains of cause and effect, and about who has the power to make change.

Put on your headphones and come visit an apartment building humming with life, stories, and quiet revolutions. Watch, listen and explore, as the residents’ lives pull apart and weave together through choice and accident, apathy and energy, their rage, despair and hope.

Join Nash and his friends as they navigate the chaos of a normal world and all its narratives, possibilities, and perspectives.

The lightbulb flickers, what do you see?


Commissioned by Lincoln Arts Centre

Development supported by Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University, University of Lincoln School of Creative Arts and the UnLimited – UnAward.


Support for Blind and Visually Impaired audiences are available on request.
Please email igc@derby.ac.uk to arrange.

Venue

Derbados (Derby Theatre Car Park)

Overview

Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Performance duration: 45 minutes (each performance)
Age guidance: 12+
Advisories: Contains mild language

Pricing

Standard: FREE

Cast

Gillian Lees

Performer

Creatives

Rachel Baynton

Writer & Director

Andrew Westerside

Writer & Director

Adam York Gregory

Animation