HSL supplies lighting for Halsey’s Euro dates
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The referral originally came through John Schirmer at DCR Nashville, lighting vendor for the US sections of the tour which started in 2017. Another connection was production designers Sooner Routhier and Robert Long from SRae Productions, with whom HSL worked for over a year as worldwide lighting supplier for Depeche Mode’s 2017-18 Global Spirit world tour.
The Halsey project was managed for HSL by Jordan Hanson who commented, ““Working with John Schirmer, production manager Jimi Storey and lighting director/operator on the road Jose Antunes has been a pleasure - great show and great people.” He worked closely with Jose to match their original lighting spec.
A key aesthetic feature of this visually edgy and interesting show, is the central LED staircase set piece that continues from two video screens sitting at the top of it. The staircase forms the main performance area – an idea germinated from Sooner’s observation that the artist negotiated stairs in a unique and very fluid way during her performances - and most of the lighting positions relate to it.
When touring different versions of the design it is still imperative to keep the lighting rig the same to preserve the integrity of the design. HSL was able to match the US floor package exactly.
This comprised Robe Spiiders positioned on the sides of the steps for low level cross light and behind the band members upstage, plus eight Claypaky Scenius Profiles which were upstage of the set, concealed beneath the video wall. All these were chosen by Sooner and Robert and programmed into the full-scale show.
For this Euro leg of the tour, HSL supplied Matt Brown as crew to assist Jose as a working LD.
They hooked in to a top rig each day which was supplied by the local promoter - spec’d as 24 x Spiiders and 24 x Scenius’ to complement the ground package. This was exactly what was supplied at most shows, with Robe BMFL Spots occasionally replacing the Scenius’s.
(Jim Evans)
