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Robe lights Prljavo Kazalište anniversary concerts in Zagreb

Croatian band Prljavo Kazalište decided to stage a momentous concert in Zagreb marking the 30th anniversary of the largest ever music concert in Croatian history, which took place at Zagreb’s Ban Jelacic Square on October 17th 1989 attended by over 250,000 people.

The concert to celebrate this cultural landmark was in Zagreb Arena for which lighting designer Sven Kucinic of LumiLas d.o.o. specified 56 x Robe MegaPointes, 44 x LED Washes 600+s and 22 x Spiider LED wash beams to be at the heart of his lighting rig - all supplied by the Ivas Group.

Selling out in minutes several months ahead of time, a second show was added the following day which also rapidly sold-out, enabling 36,000 fans to enjoy two shows. Apart from these gigs being a special occasion, Prljavo Kazalište had played a stadium show in Zagreb in 2018 at the Kranjceviceva Stadium with a completely new set and lighting design, so Kucinic’s brief was to change it up once more and produce something new.

The resulting design featured a large upstage LED screen split by a diagonal truss to give it an off-beat appearance. Over the stage seven square trusses were flown in diamond orientation and on the stage the set included four raked runways in a diamond shape with the downstage portions of the front two forming thrusts into the audience left and right.

This architecture remained static and was energized with numerous lighting techniques and a diversity of video content. On the ‘memorable list’ of examples was during a medley of ten popular ballads when the 300 square metres of upstage LED screen was turned off completely and instead used as a canvas for overlaid MegaPointe gobo projections.

The MegaPointes were rigged on the main over-stage trusses and utilized as the primary - and only - effects lights, flipping constantly between spot and beam looks. The LW600+s were also in the overhead trusses providing the upstage wash coverage, while the Spiiders were the only front and key lights on the show.

The Spiiders were chosen as a replacement for the MMX WashBeams he had originally specified on the show. He was slightly concerned that they wouldn’t match the MMX in terms of white light output as the design dictated they were hung at a trim of almost 30 metres, but this was not an issue.

The concert lighting was programmed and operated on a GrandMA3 full size console. Kucinic managed to pre-vis around 70% of the show, while the rest was programmed once they were in the arena and had the rig. Playback video content was created by VJ Olgierd Kamienski and played back using a custom PC running Resolume Arena linked to Kucinic’s GrandMA3 for outputting to the screen. The 12 camera IMAG mix was directed by Davor Levicki.

All technical production elements were supplied by Zagreb-based Ivas Group, which has invested heavily in Robe in recent years, all supplied by Croatian distributor Sali Trade.

(Photos : LumiLas LLC)

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