Hawthorn's brief was to provide four different stage looks for all the events that all had to be held in the same one room, ranging from a theatre show, conference and gala dinner through to their very own tribute to ITV's The X Factor called the TC Factor, which was the brain child of Dale Parmenter, MD of DRP.
To allow Oscroft to re-create similar lighting effects to those used in the TV show, Hawthorn shipped over 20 PixelLine battens all controlled by Hawthorn's RADlite PixelDrive, which was an invaluable tool as plotting time was scarce. In addition to the battens, Oscroft used 30 Pulsar ChromaCans, 30 moving lights, 60 generic lights and over 200m of Prolyte truss.
Hawthorn's Matt Oscroft commented: "We were delighted to continue our working relationship with DRP, especially in their 25th year in business. The variety of lighting styles the TC Factor demanded was challenging, but with the help of RADlites PixelDrive many stunning effects were created in minimal time, the LED element of the show just wouldn't have happened without it."
(Lee Baldock)
