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Robe lights Al Burda Awards

Robe lights Al Burda Awards
Robe lights Al Burda Awards

Terry Miranda and Dubai based Lighthouse Productions designed and supplied another set and lighting design for the 2016 Al Burda Islamic Art Awards staged at the Abu Dhabi National Theatre in the UAE. Nearly 100 Robe fixtures graced the rig, including 16 x Robin 300 Beams, 12 x ColorWash 575 ATs, 12 x MMX Spots, 24 x PARfect 100s, 12 x Pointes and 16 x CycFX 8s.

 

Lighthouse has lit the event, now in its 12th year, several times. The starting point for designing this year’s set and lighting was Islamic architecture with its geometric curves, arches, complex symmetries and domed structures. The intricate calligraphy associated with individual domes was blended with a modern aesthetic created using multiple dome shapes on the set as projection surfaces (‘receptacles’), which were outlined in LED, and fully mapped to receive detailed custom content. The patterning theme was also continued on the black gloss floor as the design united all elements of the environment.

 

In the roof, six of the theatre’s house LX bars were utilised for lighting positions, staggered downstage to upstage, with 17 x Robe PARfect LED PARs installed inside each of the smaller set arches and 7 x Robe 300E Beams on the floor at the apex of each projection surface.

 

The CycFX 8s were deployed along the front of the stage above the Perspex stage skirting and used in the footlight position for subtle front light as well as for a sweeping curtain of light and chases into the audience and back onto the stage, where they also worked for washing the performance area.

 

The Pointes were rigged on LX bar 2 and used for beams and gobo effects and key lighting for speakers at the central podium. Terry Miranda used six MMX WashBeams on LX Bar 4 and another six positioned at FOH, for front-of-stage washes and as artist specials. Lighting was controlled using Jands L5 console which also controlled the video content.

 

(Photos: Adrian Permal/Lighthouse Productions)

 

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