The Tiger was supplied by Belfast-based Production Services Ireland (PSI). The theatre has been hiring additional kit off PSI for some time to supplement their larger shows and annual summer festival, including a Pearl console.
The Island had also recently invested in eight Robe ColorMix 240 ATs colour-changing fixtures, primarily for the Studio theatre, and these needed a control desk, so everything converged to make sense for them to buy a Tiger. The console gives them more than enough power and flexibility to cover all their lighting requirements. This was the first Pearl Tiger that PSI has sold into the province, and PSI's Sean Pagel states: "This really is a perfect situation for this console - it was made for the job."
"I love all the Tiger's shape generation facilities," says events technician Simon Bird, "Within 10 minutes you can create a really good looking rock 'n' roll show, and it also takes Pearl disks, so you can easily transfer any Pearl-programmed show."
In the Island's main auditorium, the Tiger is controlling six Martin Professional MAC 250 Kryptons and a wide variety of generic theatre lanterns and PARs, plus the Robe ColorMix 240s. For the larger shows, they will still hire in additional fixtures as needed, so the Tiger also gives plenty of additional control headroom for integrating extras into the system.
(Jim Evans)
