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Swedish production of “Dear Evan Hansen” lit with Ayrton Rivale Profiles

“Dear Evan Hansen”, a musical about a high school senior with social anxiety, received its Swedish premiere in Stockholm on January 23, 2025, at the Intiman Theatre. The show has been lit by Swedish lighting designer Palle Palmé, using only Ayrton Rivale Profiles.

“My first design intention was to create different sized ‘rooms’ using light”, says Palmé. “I was very happy with Rivale’s shutters. They allowed me to sharply shutter the ‘rooms’ and focus the audience on where the action takes place. I also found Rivale’s colour mix to be a game changer. I don’t see any flags coming in on low percentages in the CMY, and the CTP channels help me to get the best skin tones that I have ever been able to achieve. I also find the two different frost filters very usable in producing delicate edges.”

“I hardly use gobos in the show at all - only at the end when they create a lovely dapple as we enter the apple orchard - but I must mention Rivale’s dimmer system”, he continues. “When you have a very slow fade, it dims more or less like a tungsten unit.” Palmé rigged a total of thirty Rivale Profiles at distances from 5 m to 6 m: four on the front truss, two as side front light, two as low side front light, five per side on on-stage ladders and 5, 4 and 3 in the roof on LX1, 2 and 3, respectively. Given the small size of the 600-capacity venue and the close proximity of the audience, Palmé used the Rivales on normal fan mode. “They are so quiet anyway that even when the different parameters were running you could not hear them”, he notes.

The Ayrton fixtures were supplied for “Dear Evan Hansen” by Soundforce of Linköping, Sweden. “We’ve noticed an increased demand within the Swedish market and have therefore invested in several batches of these luminaires”, says Soundforce’s Michael Karlsson, adding that Topstage, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor in Sweden, provided Rivale trainings and updates.

“Dear Evan Hansen” runs at the Intiman Theatre until April 12, 2025.

(Photos: Mats Bäcker)

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