Entertainment lighting supplier White Light has been involved throughout the season, providing the core rig shared by lighting designers Paule Constable and Neil Austin - including Martin TW1 and ADB Warp moving lights and Rainbow colour scrollers - and then the variations of equipment demanded by each show. For Neil Austin's design for Hamlet, this meant supplying six DHA Digital Light Curtains, a set of Aero Par units with individual transformers and a selection of L&E battens mounted in the show's floor.
For Hamlet, White Light was also called on for one extra at the last minute: six of the White Light Snow Machines. Originally designed for the musical Billy Elliot and now built for White Light by City Theatrical in New York, the Snow Machines offer DMX control of snow fall, and are very quiet.
Directed by Michael Grandage, designed by Christopher Oram with lighting by Neil Austin and music and sound design by Adam Cork, Hamlet runs at the Wyndham's Theatre in London until 22 August. As with the rest of the season, Patrick Molony was the show's production manager and Steve Reeve the production electrician.
(Jim Evans)
