HSL has been working with C venues since 2005. The project was co-ordinated between Mike Oates at HSL and C venues production manager Richard Williamson, who also co-designed the C venues spaces with artistic director (and international lighting designer) Hartley T A Kemp. The lighting supply included the provision of generic and moving lights, dimming, power distribution and trussing, plus a technician - this year Ellen Connolly- for the fit up and get out periods, who trained the C venues crews who ran the shows for the month-long duration of the Festival.
This year, HSL invested in the new Avolites Power Cubes to supply various C venues spaces with a solution for small theatres needing a mix of dimming and hard power. Their new Robe Robin 300 Series moving lights are also proving suitable for those expediently sized spaces benefitting from the dynamics of moving lights for their different productions.
Mike Oates commented, "We were proud to be working with C venues again. We all enjoy sharing the passion, energy and dedication that goes into staging so many excellent and diverse productions, often with minimal production and always with maximum imagination."
This featured four theatres on four floors and was also the C venues administrative HQ for the duration of the festival.
Into 3 of the theatres, HSL supplied between 36 and 48 ways of dimming. The largest space C +3 had a 48-way ART dimmer, and the other two each had 2 x Power Cubes. (The fourth space had house dimming).
C-1 had a small moving light rig of 6 x Robe Robin 300s. In the C bar - a major social hub for all involved in the Festival - HSL power distro was utilised along with Pulsar ChromaStrips and ChromaPAR LED fittings.
(Jim Evans)
