However, even though the hired rig will be coming back to White Light, the show is not ending. Instead, the producers and original lighting designer Kevin Sleep have decided to update the rig to give the show a fresher look; anticipating a long continuing life for the show, they have decided to purchase rather than hire the new lighting. White Light's hire team will no longer be involved with the show, but the sales team are working to provide an updated version of the rig, based largely around ETC's Source Four profile. The changeover will happen at the end of August.
"This also means that we'll be getting back a rig of Patt 264s, Patt 123s, Sil 30s and other gear that was standard in 1989," says White Light's Bryan Raven. "We think we might need to recruit our Chairman, John Simpson, to the returns team for that day as he is the only one old enough to remember what they look like...."
Further information about the full-range of products and services offered by White Light - including lighting hire (of modern lights and, after the end of August, a selection of period lights from the eighties!), sales, installation and service - can be found on the website.
(Chris Henry)
