Raez is the first lighting designer in South America to put the Scenius Spot through its paces, employing six of the units in his show. "These are great fixtures," says Raez, "Once I became familiar with their features and what they could do most of my design rested on them."
Raez was particularly impressed with the fixture's linear CTO filter, using it to recreate the light of the Adriatic coast where the production is set. "I have been a lighting designer for 30 years and the CTO in the Clay Paky Scenius Spot is one of the best I have ever seen," he states.
"The brief was to keep the lighting and stage design as faithful to reality as possible which the Scenius Spot did exceptionally," continues Raez. "I used six units rigged in two bars of three, one at upstage centre and one front of house. There is little distance in this theatre so the Scenius Spot's 8°-50° zoom and wide beam angle allowed me to cover the entire space with only a few fixtures."
Mamma Mia! is produced by Peruvian production company Los Productores and is on stage at the Teatro Peruano Japones, Lima until 28 August 2016. Novolite Screen & Light is the Clay Paky distributor in Peru.
(Jim Evans)
