Leading automation suppliers Stage Technologies bought Nick Baren's set to life by providing automation for this production using a four-line winch and Saxis control console. Production manager Richard Eustace needed a cost-effective and simple automation solution to fly in a projector screen, quickly and safely. Stratford East's own manual-flying system would not have been able to achieve this effect quickly enough without some form of automation solution. Stage Technologies was able to rent an off-the-shelf solution to achieve this.
Automation systems, now commonplace in most West End musicals, are becoming far more widely used by the smaller repertory theatres. Saxis, the latest edition to Stage Technologies leading edge control system range, was specifically designed with smaller automated productions in mind. A high-specification solution for shows requiring only one or two axes, Saxis provides all productions with a cost effective way to produce accurate, reliable and technically seamless productions.
(Lee Baldock)
