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Robe fixtures illuminate ‘Albert 1’

Robe fixtures illuminate ‘Albert 1’

‘Albert 1’ was a new musical produced by Simon de Merode and staged around and on a series of pontoons floating on the moat of the (old) Westerlo Castle in Belgium, which has been the family seat of the House of Merode for over five centuries.

 

Lighting designer Michel Jacobs was asked to light the production which played to 1850 people a night, sold out for over two weeks. He chose a completely Robe moving light rig. Twenty BMFL Blades were used as the main fixtures for the performance space covering around 150 metres in width and 100 metres in depth. They were rigged on front lighting gantries at the back of the audience tribune.

 

The BMFL Blades were used in just about every cue of the show, and their multi-functionality was helpful at other times as well, including the intermission where six Blades were able to light some of the immediately surrounding scenery of the castle and its gardens, rather than needing any separate wash fixtures to do the job.

 

Twelve Robin 300E Spots were used to add light, colour and texturing to the roof canopy, and some positioned around the floor area at the front created the shadows that characterised the war scenes. Ten LEDWash 600s added general stage lighting and atmosphere. Four Pointes were used as FOH follow spots. Pointes also assisted in creating gunfire effects on the mountain for the war scenes.

 

All the lighting equipment was supplied by Meerhout based rental company Demon, and all the logistics and crew were co-ordinated by their project manager, Dominic Marien.

 

(Photos: Carlo Van Tichelen)

 

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Robe fixtures illuminate ‘Albert 1’Robe fixtures illuminate ‘Albert 1’

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