"We brought in Juliat's Super Korrigans plus followspots from another manufacturer for a shootout on our main stage," says lighting designer Joe Basinger. "One of my goals was to get better colour temperature and gain than other followspots we have used. Our distances are half-way between long throw and really long throw, so we needed a happy medium. With Robert Juliat's Super Korrigan, gain and colour temperature are far superior to the other followspots we've seen."
Basinger deploys the lights, purchased through PRG Dallas, for any new production rotated into the theatre. "The first show to feature the Super Korrigans is our current production, Noah, the Musical and they're working great," he says. "The dousers are a lot smoother, boom changing is a lot cleaner and the operators can position themselves a lot easier."
The theatre has also mounted three Super Korrigans onto a customised trolley system so they can travel the length of a 115ft long upstage followspot truss.
(Jim Evans)
