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Infiled displays take centre stage in “Muriel’s Wedding - The Musical”

Bold colours, deep blacks and moving set pieces are brought to life in “Muriel’s Wedding - The Musical” - the stage adaptation of PJ Hogan’s 1994 film - whose just-wrapped UK premiere at the Curve theatre in Leicester featured a video-led design powered by over 400 LED panels from Infiled’s DBmk2 Series.

Designed by Andrzej Goulding, the production blends theatrical storytelling with a playful, modern aesthetic, featuring oversized mobile phone frames, animated graphics and vivid, Australian-inspired visuals. Due to Infiled’s proprietary CBSF (Color & Brightness Shift Free) technology, the DBmk2 panels, with 10,000:1 contrast ratio and matte black surface, maintained colour fidelity even when running at just 500 nits.

“The blacks were deep, the whites were clean, and it just looked great on stage”, says Dan Trenchard, video engineer for “Muriel’s Wedding”. The reduced surface reflection also helped preserve the illusion of depth and shadow across a variety of scenic elements. “The challenge is that the darker you make the wall, the worse the color reproduction can become”, continues Trenchard. “For this show, we’re running most of the product at about 500 nits. At this lower brightness, we still need the color reproduction to be just as accurate as when the screen is at full brightness.”

The musical’s dynamic set features two automated LED sliders (representing smartphone screens) that move across the stage in time with the action. The modular 500 x 500 mm Infiled panels allowed the video team to create irregular wall shapes tailored to the framing requirements of the show.

In total, 412 DBmk2 panels were deployed: a 11 x 7 m backwall made up of 308 panels, 56 panels on a downstage automated slider, and 48 panels on an upstage automated slider. All screens were powered by a Disguise EX3+ media server and driven by Brompton SX40 processors with XD distribution.

Working with long-time partners like Stage Sound Services and Brompton, whose 10-bit processing technology complemented the Infiled displays for broadcast-quality visuals, created a streamlined production environment, notes Trenchard. “Muriel’s Wedding - The Musical” opened on April 10 and ran through May 10, 2025.

(Photos: Marc Brenner/Andrzej Goulding)

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