Theatre lighting + photosensitivity
Know the flash cues. Still enjoy the show.
Detailed flashing light information to help you plan your theatre visit, plus photosensitivity education for lighting designers and theatre teams.
Now listed
A single warning sign can mean either of these.
“Contains strobe lighting” doesn’t say how much, or when.
How FlashCue works
Production teams share the data
Designers and stage managers log every flashing effect.
FlashCue standardizes it
Every show is described the same way.
Audience members decide
Where to sit, when to look away, which night to go.
The FlashCue app
- A 30-second heads-up before each sequence
- A silent haptic buzz the moment it begins
- A seating map showing where light exposure is strongest
- Calm or urgent alert styles, set to your own sensitivity
Where do you come in?
How FlashCue began
“When are the flashing lights?”
The founders of EpiArts Alliance asked that before buying a Broadway ticket. FlashCue was built to answer it.
The people behind FlashCue
Meet the teamNicole Hughes
FounderDr. Laura South
App developer · University of New HampshireDr. Arnold Wilkins
Vision scientist · University of EssexDonald Holder
Lighting designer · YaleBarbara Samuels
Lighting designerPaul Behrhorst
Accessibility · ConsultAbilityContributing lighting designers & productions
Howard Hudson, Jessica Creager & SM team
& Juliet
Cory Pattak & Elizabeth Talmadge
A Wonderful World · The Great Gatsby
Derek Jones & SM team
Back to the Future
Kat Zhou
Cabaret · Water for Elephants
Craig Stelzenmuller, Peter Nigrini & Robert Figueira
Hell’s Kitchen
Jamie Roderick
It’s All Your Fault, Tyler Price!
Craig Stelzenmuller, Peter Nigrini & Kate Ducey
MJ The Musical
Nick Solyom & Espen Garner
Moulin Rouge! · Once Upon a Mattress
Joshua Benghiat
Our Town
Jiyoun Chang, Jonah Bobilin & SM team
Stereophonic
Kevin Adams & Timothy Reed
Swept Away
Wilburn Bonnell & Erica Holmes
The Notebook
Amith Chandrashaker
Purpose
Cha See & Bev Fremin
Oh, Mary!
