C Venues is presenting over 200 shows performed by 140 companies from all over the world across the three-week festival period.
HSL's Mike Oates project managed, working closely with C Venues' production manager Julie Rawlins. The supply has included over 350 lighting fixtures, desks, dimmers and several kilometres of cable.
It's the third year running that HSL has supplied C Venues at Edinburgh. Mike Oates says: "We're really pleased to be involved with C-Venues and the Fringe again. HSL has a history of working with all types of theatre shows, and it's great to support all the energy and enthusiasm - not to mention some cutting-edge performances - of the Fringe."
Each C Venues space has a 'standard' rig comprising of basic fresnel wash cover, a selection of Source Four profiles with different lenses and assorted PARs. Depending on the size of venue, the average lamp count is 30/40 for the smaller spaces and 60/60 for the larger ones.
The key to designing lighting for each of these spaces lies in it being multifunctional and offering plenty of options. With up to 10 shows a day, often with only 10-minute changeovers, and with each venue staging about 20 different genres of production throughout the festival period, the lighting rigs and designs have to work for every type of performance - from a monologue to a 40-cast musical.
Three venues - C-1, C+3 and C2 each have six Robe ColorSpot or ColorWash 250 E AT moving lights at their disposal. This adds another layer of flexibility and options to the various incoming lighting designers. "Robe 250s were chosen for their compact size and excellent features" says Oates.
For control, HSL is supplying several Zero 88 Jester desks, a Strand 520 for C+3 and a Strand 300 for C-1. Dimmers for each of the spaces are a mix of Avolites ART 2000s and Jands.
(Jim Evans)
