Unlike the UK show, which features 22 contestants opening the sealed boxes, the South African production has 26 boxes opened by hostesses. Lighting designer Angus Clarke uses approximately 60 moving lights of various types plus 26 ETC Source Four 19º luminaires as profile spots for the hostesses on stage, as well as some Source Four 10º around the perimeter of the stage to create a 'light curtain' in conjunction with some haze machines.
Clarke also uses ETC systems to handle the lighting control, including the compact SmartFade desk for supplemental control, such as triggering the spots on the suitcase models.
(Jim Evans)
