ADB and Claypaky enhance Going Through
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The play by Estelle Savasta was translated from the French and performed in English as well as British Sign Language. The words of the asylum seeker, Nour, are also expressed in projected text.
“The show was a really intricate combination of moving set panels, projection and lighting,” says lighting designer Joshua Pharo. “Both performers used British Sign Language throughout, so the lighting needed to work very rigorously to keep them suitably illuminated at all times. My challenge was to integrate seamlessly with Nina Dunn's projections so the audience couldn't tell what was projection and what was light. The set design originally had a backlit cyc, but this evolved into a crumpled backdrop of paper that felt like an epic mountainous landscape.”
Pharo selected ADB Klemantis cyclights to create “a beautifully even cascade of light across the width and height of the paper backdrop”.
Pharo opted to add a complement of Claypaky Axcor Spots 300 to the rig as well. “They provided a vital backbone to the show: the brightness and sharpness of image used to its full range and the incredible zoom range were vital in such a low grid height - just three meters. And the colour tone of the white chip was beautiful in itself. Much of the design utilized the natural colour of the white chips.”
(Jim Evans)
