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‘Amélie the Musical’ lit with Robe T1 Profiles

Elliot Griggs chose Robe’s T1 Profiles to provide major key lighting for ‘Amélie the Musical’, a new production first staged at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK, which then undertook a nationwide UK and Irish tour and afterwards played at The Other Palace in London.

Griggs was asked to light the show, directed by Michael Fentiman and based on the 2001 French art-house romantic comedy film ‘Amélie’.  The T1 Profiles - used in addition to the touring lighting rigs at each venue on the tour - were supplied by theatrical rental company White Light, investing in their first T1s for this production.

They were used as front light and usually positioned on the front-of-circle bar. In most venues, this meant they would be right above and in close proximity to the audience, so silent running was essential.

Many scenes took place on the Paris Metro, so this required Griggs to create video style projection effects to simulate passing trains, and again the T1 provided a solution. “The look was achieved using the shuttering in conjunction with the animation wheel,” says Griggs.

The fixtures also had to create some authentic full stage projections. The lead character (played by French Canadian actress Audrey Brisson) wore a lot of red so Griggs crafted several lighting colour schemes to be monochrome-based allowing the costumes to pop.

Initially, there were more Robes on the design, but some re-engineering was required to fit the budget. Griggs programmed the lighting on an ETC Eos console at the Watermill.

(Photos: Pamela Raith)

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