The Color Force battens are being supplied by London based hire company White Light, who purchased additional stock of the 1.8m versions (Color Force 72) specially for this production due to the high demand for their existing hire inventory.
White Light has substantial stock of all three Color Force models - the 1.8m and 1.2m battens (Color Force 48) and the new 30cm wide multi-purpose fixture (Color Force 12).
The eight Color Force 72s are being used to illuminate a massive white cyc at the back of the stage which is an integral and important element of the set. They are positioned on the floor pointing at a bounce cloth and then back onto the cyc to ensure the most complete coverage possible of the area.
Harrison first used Color Force battens on the West End musical Flashdance last year. "It's a very good product," he says, "I have previously used other LED lightsources for this type of task, but these are brighter and have smoother dimming; they are well engineered, robust and therefore ideal for touring - and basically tick all the right boxes! They have been a huge success on the production and allowed us to create pictures that we could never have done without them."
(Jim Evans)
