The lighting rig was supplied by Ministry Light and Sound from Banska Bystrica, who provided the trussing, rigging and all lighting fixtures including the Robes, plus an Avolites Pearl for control that was operated by Ludek Kovarik.
The trussing was sculpted into an interesting shape. It featured three long 'fingers' linking the stage with a circular truss that was suspended over the audience, together with several wide straight trusses, running the width of the building, positioned at FOH and at the rear of the stage.
The Robes - a mix of ColorSpot 1200 ATs and ColorSpot and ColorWash 575 ATs - were distributed all over the various trusses to give maximum coverage of the stage and the multilevel audience area.
Ministry's Rudolf Tucek explains that they were the first company in Slovakia to start investing in Robe fixtures - nearly 10 years ago - and before Robe was actually marketed as Robe in its own right. The company has a full range of Robe moving lights of which he comments, "They are reliable, bright and offer everything you need in a rental fixture." For the Tisto show, Ministry also supplied three spectacular full colour lasers, five green lasers, the stage video system and the audio.
(Jim Evans)
