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Musical Never Forget tours the UK with grandMA
Making its debut in Cardiff, the new musical Never Forget kicked off its UK tour. The show is based on one of the most successful groups in music history – Take That. Circling around the fictitious Take That tribute band Never Forget it offers all the hits of the real stars like ‘Babe’, ‘Could it be Magic’ or ‘Back for Good’. Directed by Ed Curtis and designed by Bob Bailey with lighting from James Whiteside the show uses a vast variety of LEDs. For lighting control a grandMA full-size, a grandMA light, a grandMA video media server and an MA NSP are utilised.
Amongst others the lighting rig features Clay Paky Alpha Wash Halos, Vari*Lite VL 1000s, VL2000 spots und VL2000 washes, Rainbow scrollers and Robert Juliat Super Korrigan followspots. LEDs include Thomas PixelLine 1044 battens and a ChromaQ Color Web 250 flexible LED mesh grid. Because of the full integration of grandMA video the media server could be controlled like a fixture. This was a huge advantage, as the LEDs were triggered and treated like a moving light. The PixelLine battens are controlled directly from the console so that effects could be created very quickly by using the grandMA effects.
White Light supplied the lighting equipment for the show. Andy Greenwood is the lighting crew chief and Simon Gooding the show’s production manager.
photo: Catherine Ashmore
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