Robe and the Robber’s Daughter
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Sune’s work encompasses music, festivals, concert touring and theatre. One of the reasons his creativity was sought for this show was his experience in crossing over and blending techniques from lighting these different genres and performance disciplines.
The tour started with a three-month run at Lyngby Kulturhus Theatre in Copenhagen, then took a seven-month break before embarking on the next leg playing two weeks at the Docken venue, also in Copenhagen, followed by the three week national tour.
The touring segment had to fit into two trucks, so Sune needed a flexible, practical and sensibly sized solution to cover all the fundamental lighting needs and be able to add some depth and detail.
Ten of the LEDWash 600+ fixtures were positioned on five side booms each side of stage – one fixture per tower, with the other 14 rigged on the overhead bars.
“They were an incredibly useful tool,” stated Sune. To retain the more sinister mood of the work he minimised the front light, so there was more reliance on what was coming in from the sides. The variety of colours and looks he could produce from the LEDWashes was vital for setting the mood of each scene, washing the set and key lighting the actors.
The DL7Ss were all on the overhead bars and were used for top and back key’ing and highlighting, and extensively for texturing the set. The stage was raked towards the audience, revealing a floor based projection surface that was perfect for intricate gobo work, and the DL7Ss worked constantly throughout the performance.
Upstage, the CycFX 8 LED battens washed up the back-cloth. Sune programmed and ran the show himself and worked closely with his chief LX Emil Finsen.
(Jim Evans)
