The Edinburgh International Conference Centre used a grandMA2 light console for their main Pentland auditorium, a 600 - 1200 capacity flexible space. This hosted two dance shows in rep and several comedy performances including Jimmy Carr and Jason Byrne, during the festival.
The console supply was instigated by freelance lighting designer Dave Elcome, who created the production design for most of the shows staged in the venue, and Kenneth Boak, the EICC's technical production manager.
Over in the Music Hall venue within the Assembly Rooms on George Street, another grandMA2 light was in action with a grandMA pico for the duration. The grandMA2 light was specified by Assembly Rooms' head of lighting Paul Lim, and operated primarily by Dave Evans and Steve Sanders, who ran it in 'series 1' compatibility mode. James Gardner, operator for the world premiere of The Girls of Slender Means by Steller Quines brought in his own grandMA pico to run lights for that show.
In addition to these consoles, a grandMA light 'series 1' was used to run lighting on A Midsummer Night's Dream by The Beijing Film Academy in the McEwan Hall.
(Jim Evans)
