Howard Harrison's lighting design for this new musical, which opened at the Bristol Hippodrome Theatre on the 28 September and will transfer to the Prince Edward Theatre in London on the 6 of December, called for a number of items for which White Light are the exclusive UK distributor.
Included in the shopping list: fifty LDDE DMX-controlled four-colour fluorescent cyc battens, used to light the many painted cloths in Bob Crowley's scenic design. 100 Rainbow 6" Pro and 20 Rainbow 8" Pro colour scrollers, specified for their ability to provide individual scroller fan speed control per unit, so allowing the production team to minimize the scroller background noise. Four Look Solutions' Unique haze machines. Thirteen of Look Solutions' miniature Tiny Fogger smoke machines, three of which are mains powered and DMX controlled, so they can be hidden in chimney pots. Two Robert Juliat Jalousie dimmer shutters used on UV lights, and two Robert Juliat Ivanhoe followspots.
All of the equipment was supplied to Stage Electrics in time for the show's Bristol fit-up, where it was installed by a team led by senior production electrician Fraser Hall and his team of Steve Reeve, Chris Luscombe and Ben Jeffries.
Mary Poppins, adapted from the novels of P L Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, is produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher for Disney Theatrical Productions.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
