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Painting with Light illuminates “Sky” musical

Luc Peumans from Painting with Light was asked to create a lighting scheme for the musical “Sky” which ran at the Theater Amsterdam featuring 3D video scenery. The show was produced by Imagine Nation (Robin de Levita & Kees Abrahams) and featured music by John Ewbank and Marco Borsato.

The curved set was designed by Boris Kudlika and all the video content produced by Platige Image from Poland who were also co-producers. The scenic and digital parameters had already been decided when Peumans came on-board.

Behind the stage was the main flat end-on LED screen and most of the action took place in front of that, but the seating plan for 1200 people was in the middle of two spherical periphery screens fed by five projectors providing additional locational information.

The brief for lighting included creating a stark differential between the two worlds of “Sky” - reality and dreams – and the need to make statements and interpret moods and also draw the audience further into the all-enveloping 3D environment.

Peumans decided on strong side lighting as a vehicle, and no follow spots. Either side of the stage he positioned five lighting ladders each one rigged with two Martin MAC III Performances. Sometimes there would just be one or two lights on, at other times there would be big blocks of light highlighting the action. The side ladders themselves also moved up and down on a winch system adding further to the dynamics.

MAC III Performances were the main moving lights, with 59 in total on the lighting rig, plus 18 x Rush MH 3 Beams, mostly deployed in the overhead and advanced trusses and in the hallway at the rear of the auditorium. Another 14 x MAC Viper Performances were rigged in an arc around the back of the audience.

The MH 3 Beams which were used in a club scene - where the complete club interior was mapped in the lighting desk - and 12 x Rush MH 6 LED wash lights were used for washing the main stage floor and matching it with the digital set. Sixteen Digital Light curtains were used for many of the dream and party scenes. Smoke was essential to many of the lighting scenes working on multiple levels. Twelve machines were strategically deployed around the space - four Jem Glaciator low foggers, four Martin K1 hazers and four new Look Solutions Viper NT 2.6s.

All the lighting kit was supplied by Focus in Amsterdam. A complete Coolux Media server system to control all the video content and feed the nine projectors was supplied by Painting with Light. Peumans worked closely with Painting with Light’s Niels Huybrecht on the programming which was completed on a GrandMA2 console. Both were in constant communication with the 3D art team during the technical rehearsal period.

(Photos: Deen van Meer)

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