The school used the fixtures on their musical theatre produciton of Big City Dreams, performed by students on its MA Music Theatre course. The production ran over three days in Central's Webber Douglas Studio, a black box studio theatre with fixed lighting catwalks which allow for flexability, both in terms of design and staging.
Technical manager Phil Rowe says: "The show was set in traverse, and its divised nature required a broad colour palette. But our fixtures' scrollers were coming to the end of their life, which gave us an opportunity to try some LED fixtures, ahead of the new uilding which is being planned, and which will be largely based on LED products."
from Big City Dreams demonstrate well the versitility of the lights. The key thing was the flexibility they offered to what would have otherwise been a fairly restrictive rig, and particularly given its size and the time we had to put it in."
Jeremy Roberts, ETC's associate regional manager for UK & Ireland, adds: "The new ColorSource PAR fixtures are powerful, yet come with low heat output, low energy use and a low price point. With our investment in research and development, and commitment to ensuring that every light outputs the same quality light, we can ensure that even with a low budget, venues such as schools and comminuty centres can still get a great standard of light."
(Jim Evans)
