The 9000 capacity Sensation Ocean of White show was presented by the Netherlands based dance organisation that has made Sensation a global nightlife phenomenon. The O2 show was sponsored by Smirnoff and the venue transformed into a pure white, theatrical experience of epic proportions for the evening, complete with extensive water effects surrounding the circular stage set which had two 20m catwalks leading off either side plus a dazzling line up of lasers, pyro, inflatables, aerial artists and a lightshow.
The project was managed for LML by Anthony Norris, working with Ceire Deery as the event assistant. Norris comments, "It was really refreshing to see a large dance event based on pure live drama and spectacle as the main visual aesthetic".
Sensations supplied all their own touring technical production elements - set, staging, lighting, sound, pyro, etc., and LML's role was to liaise between them and the venue, ensuring that all the technical and production infrastructure was in place to stage the event.
Their brief included compiling the Health & Safety package documentation, ensuring that the O2's thorough health & safety requirements were met, including obtaining samples of the set, props and draping materials involved for testing, seeing that the requisite risk assessments were produced and tests undertaken and co-ordinating all the associated administration.
(Jim Evans)
