Used as the main set piece throughout the play and made of nine columns that can fold apart to make it twice as wide, the Cube is positioned on a revolving platform that rotates 720 degrees so the audience can see into it. The Rubik's Cube acts as the central and only set piece in the production with all the action taking place in and around it.
36 Martin LC Series panels are used to light the Cube in traditional Rubik's Cube colours (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and white). Positioned 10cm from a Plexiglass screen that surrounds the panels on both sides and acts as a diffuser, the LC panels also give a bounce back effect when the Cube rotates and is viewed from behind.
Thomas Giegerich of bright! preproductions GmbH, who was hired by Stage Entertainment as a projection programmer, handles the media servers and LED panels on the show. He explains, "We had a try out to see the LC effect on the Plexiglass, which gave a good image that can move. Then it occurred to us to see what it would look like if we turned the Cube around, and there was this fantastic bounce back effect, a sort of light reflection. We were not too sure of how this newly discovered effect would work but we were very pleased with the result."
(Jim Evans)
