Robe has a laugh with Bill Bailey
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Dave Farmer of THC Design’s, Bailey’s lighting designer for the last seven years, added Robe to the mix in the form of Spiiders and MMX Spots for the current UK theatre leg of the tour, which kicked off with five gigs at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London over the festive period.
Dave took the backdrop they had used in Australia as a scenic starting point for the visual design. Originally this was a map of the world, which he re-imagined as a scenic circular globe suspended inside a circular truss and fitted into a cut out backdrop.
This brings an authentic 3D impression to the stage and to the audience, it looks like a complete globe.
Further upstage is a starcloth to add a bit of magic and sparkle and help the globe appear to be floating in space!
The lighting provider was Sonalyst, so there was an inventory of Robe available to facilitate Dave’s design.
The five Spiiders are positioned around the circle, together with four MMX Spots and three 4-lite LED blinders.
On the floor in front of the circle are three MMX Spots and two 4-lite LED blinders, and on each of the four vertical towers which are wrapped in the same material as the backdrop, are another four MMX Spots positioned on top.
The tower metalwork is highlighted on three sides by Satellite LED ‘bricks’ and they also have two FOH follow spots on the road.
Lighting is run from a Hog 4 console being operated for the tour by Chad O’Grady and Dave Baxter is the technician.
(Jim Evans)
