Britney's show features an extravagant set based around the theory of the mysterious Onyx stone. The theme of the show is a hotel on the edge of reality - the Onyx hotel - that Ms. Spears checks into. A magical "wonderland of the subconscious" where, according to a creepy character that plays the M.C, your ''darkest side'' can be explored, with ''titillation'' guaranteed.
Stage Technologies, in conjunction with Ocean State Rigging and The Rigging Partnership, helped create the scenic wow factor for the show, with Stage Technologies providing an automation system to fly Ms Spears backwards and forwards over the stage on a swing. This has to be the staging highlight of the show, with Britney sitting at the crest of an immense, M-shaped blue ribbon with performers twirling in fabric by her side. To create this scene entitled the 'Shadow', Stage Technologies provided The Rigging Partnership with four BigTow winches and an Acrobat control console. No strangers to flying performers Stage Technologies and The Rigging Partnership have previously worked on Westlife's World of Our Own and Greatest Hits tours and Kylie Minogue's recent album launch. Britney's tour finishes its America and Canadian legs at the beginning of April and is due to reach the UK, playing at London's Wembley Arena, on the 27 April.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
