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HSL supplies Gladys Knight tour

HSL supplies Gladys Knight tour
HSL supplies Gladys Knight tour

Singer/songwriter Gladys Knight recently toured the UK, and Blackburn based HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew to the production which was co-ordinated on the road for HSL by Lester Cobrin and designed by UK and Nashville based LD, Neil Scrivener.

 

Scrivener has been working for the artist for about two years. Knight tours the U.S. extensively, having previously had a 5-year residency in Las Vegas and usually visits the UK and Europe each summer. This year, an appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall was one of the highlights on the itinerary for the seven times Grammy and multi award winning artist.

 

The PAR Can rig used by Knight in the U.S. provided a starting point for Scrivener’s design this year. Taking into account the 13 people who needed to be lit, Scrivener decided that PAR Cans were once again a good base option for the rig as well as adding a touch of retro. For this tour however, he added some VariLite VL3000 Spot and Martin MAC 2K XB moving lights to the rig, which meant he could reduce the number of PARs required to light the 60 ft wide stage and performance space.

 

Scrivener created a classic 5-colour PAR wash then added in several strings of ACLs which were gelled. The moving lights and LED fixtures - which included PixelLine battens on the floor lighting the backdrop, substituted at the RAH with the organ lighting LED package - were then layered on top of this base illumination. The XBs were used as a secondary wash layer coming from the top and lighting the whole stage from the mid-truss which was trimmed higher than the front and back.

 

Scrivener used the VLs to create different looks. Some fixtures were rigged on drop-arms which enabled him to create some beam-scenes. The central VL also usually acts as a back ‘spot’ light, so it was the most important light on the rig. Scrivener operated the show using a Hog4 Full Boar console. Joining him from HSL on the road were Pete Watts taking care of dimmers and tech Ewan Colson. The rig was prepped and co-ordinated at HSL’s base in Blackburn by Sean McGlone.

 

(Photos: Lindsay Cave)

 

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