DHA supplied six harnesses, with 405 fibre tails and six DHA Lightsource Mark 2 light sources, which were specified by set designer Julian Crouch in collaboration with lighting designer Rick Fisher and the Lyttelton Theatre's chief lighting technician Paul McLeish.
"DHA have been providing fibre optic effects to theatres for a long time - it was one of the earliest product ranges the company offered," comments DHA's UK & Eire sales manager Louise Tester. For a new production of Pinocchio at the Teatro Della Luna in Milan, lighting designer Chris Ellis will be using fibre optics to create a whole range of effects, including starcloths. DHA provided the production with five fibre optic harnesses supplying a total of 738 tails, and two DHA Lightsource Mark 2 fibre optic light sources. Ellis will also be using 126 catalogue and 71 custom gobos.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
