Routledge won the Award for Grand Slam, a two-hour "as live" concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff celebrating Wales winning the Six Nations Grand Slam rugby trophy last year. It was headlined by the Stereophonics and also featured performances by Feeder, Rhydian Roberts and Heather Small, plus interviews and Ruth Jones from Gavin and Stacey.
Routledge's challenges on the job included lighting a stadium sized show on a studio budget in a very short time - for which he used a combination of ingenuity, lateral thinking and classic lighting skills. "I was really pleased with the results" he comments, adding that he was "Absolutely delighted" to get the Award.
Routledge worked alongside the show's director Emyr Afan, production manager Sarah Cole and programmer Alex Passmore, and all lighting equipment was supplied by Bristol-based Utopium.
(Jim Evans)
