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Circo de los Horrores on tour with more than 120 Robe moving lights

Spanish performance phenomenon Circo de los Horrores (Circus of Horrors) is currently on tour with ‘Apocalipsis - A Day After’, their fourth circus rock opera production.

Lighting designer Juanjo Llorens’ lighting rig includes 126 Robe moving lights, with 24 x MegaPointes, 24 x Pointes, 24 x Spiiders, 24 x LEDBeam 150s, 24 x ParFect 100s and six BMFL WashBeams, which together with other lights are being supplied and co-ordinated by technical production specialist Smart Fussion.

It’s the largest Circo de los Horrores show to date and the third that Llorens has lit. Central to this production is a 28-metre-wide 8-metre-high LED screen acting as a cyc and providing digital scenery and a variety of ambient backgrounds.

Juanjo Llorens worked closely with show director Suso Silva to establish the style and aesthetic of the piece which blends ideas and visual moments from theatre, rock, dance and acrobatic performance.

A square rigging grid was designed to facilitate all the circus acts and a separate mother grid was installed below this to create the overhead lighting positions, trimmed at 14 metres. Pointes, MegaPointes and Spiiders were rigged on this.

Llorens wanted additional room for essential side lighting positions, so after a bit of consideration, the rigging structure built for the video screen was utilized. This effectively meant the lights surrounded the stage in a U-shape above. Using under-hang brackets and drop bars, lights are fitted all the way down these side positions.

This is particularly effective for lighting the choral and dance numbers and is where the remaining LEDBeam 150s and ParFects came to be positioned. Llorens also positioned Pointes and MegaPointes on the floor which are used for movement and aerial effects.

The six BMFLs are used for front light, while the Spiiders are primality used as wash lights. The MegaPointes create the overall environmental ambience for each section of the performance.

Llorens programmed the show with his colleague Pablo Zamora, and the technical team comprised head of lighting Raúl Sáez, lighting assistants Víctor Navarro and Jasón Rossi plus technical co-ordinator and head of sound for the tour Pablo Alcázar and audio assistant Ricardo Máquez. Rafael González takes care of all the tent and structures technical direction.

(Photos: Pepe Castro)

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