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Ayrton Karif-LT lights “J’Ouvert” at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre

Broadcast on 26 April as part of BBC4’s “Lights Up” season, “J’Ouvert” is the second in Sonia Friedman Productions’ “Re:Emerge” season. Set amid the backdrop of London’s historic Notting Hill carnival, “J’Ouvert” was first produced at Theatre503, before transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre, where it was filmed for the BBC prior to its West End run.

Lighting designer Simisola Majekodunmi chose two Ayrton Karif-LT fixtures as major workhorses in her design. “The play takes place from dawn until dusk and has moments of realism and surrealism throughout, so I needed a fixture that could deliver a representation of the colour and vibe of Carnival as well as the sombreness and isolation of the spiritual moments”, she says. “We also had a massive flying piece to contend with over the central revolve which blocks several conventional lighting positions.”

Majekodunmi hung one Karif upstage and one downstage of the central structure to combat the difficult angles. “The upstage Karif was the real workhorse as it was in the best position to encapsulate the whole of the circular stage and was used very prominently during the dream sequences”, she says. “The downstage unit was for face light during the poignant moments and for highlighting the actors downstage.”

Tamykha Patterson was the lighting programmer. The Karif-LT fixtures were supplied by Ayrton’s exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions.

(Photos: Helen Murray)

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