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Astera fixtures used for ‘The Comedy of Error(z)’ at Basel Opera

Lighting designer Yaron Abulafia was asked by director and choreographer Richard Wherlock to light his new ballet work, ‘The Comedy of Error(z)’, staged at Basel Opera House (Theater Basel) in Switzerland.

Abulafia had the venue’s house lighting rig at his disposal which included 40 x Astera AX1 Pixel Tubes. Ahead of the production, he started researching the available kit and thinking about how to incorporate the AX1s into his design, which led to him also specify 24 x Astera AX3 Lightdrops which were purchased by the Opera House specifically for ‘The Comedy of Error(z)’.

The Astera magnetic undersides meant they could be clamped directly to a huge metal cage, forming part of an industrial looking scenic piece that was incorporated into designer Bruce French’s set. This structure also served some of the other productions that were playing concurrently in rep at the Opera through the same period.

Thirty-two AX1s were installed - magnetically - around the inside of the cages, which enabled Yaron Abulafia to get them into some positions that would not have been possible utilising conventional rigging methods.

The 24 AX3s were also run completely wirelessly, fixed to the upper stairs of the set, next to a wall/fence encircling the performance space, washing directly downwards creating vertical lines around the back wall of the stage. The AX1s and AX3s were programmed into the house EOS lighting console with all the other lights utilised, resulting in over 200 cues for the 90-minute performance.

(Photos: Lucia Hunziker)

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