Raiding the Rock Vault opened at the Las Vegas Hilton in 2013 before moving to the Tropicana Theatre in December 2014, where it is currently in residence. The newest production, Raiding the Country Vault, premiered in May 2016 in the Mansion Theatre in Branson, Missouri. Production designer and show director Paul Dexter created the stage set and lighting for both shows, including all video content creation and direction. He also came up with the storyline concept and wrote the script.
Raiding the Rock Vault takes audiences on a trip across some of rock music's timeless anthems while Raiding the Country Vault takes audiences on a journey through the greatest hits of country music.
Lighting Raiding the Rock Vault are 16 Platinum Beam 5R Pro and 10 Platinum Spot 5R Pro moving heads along with 8 Cuepix Panels, while Paul uses 12 Platinum Beam 5R Pro moving heads and 8 Cuepix Panels on "Raiding the Country Vault. The Elation gear for both productions has been supplied by Toucan Productions of Oklahoma City.
"I use the Platinum fixtures in all ways that they were intended," Paul says of the flexible moving head fixtures with energy-efficient Platinum 5R lamps. "I use them as a supplementary wash fixture and as air graphics using different focuses from fan to abstract in straight beam and prism mode, or while moving for animation. I also find that it is a great way to specifically point to talent. They really cut through wash colours."
(Jim Evans)
