(01/07/2015) The lighting rig for the Take That Live Tour 2015 is not small. This is a no holds barred, full-on system where no expense has been spared. Working alongside Creative Director, Kim Gavin and Production Designer, Misty Buckley is Lighting Designer Tim Routledge. Out of Routledge's huge design, well over half of the fixtures are from the Ambersphere Solutions family of brands: a whole host of Clay Paky moving lights and MA Lighting's grandMA2 consoles as for control.
The already legendary Clay Paky Mythos is at the top of Routledge's spec list. One hundred and twenty units are given the opportunity to display their wares. On a stage of this size, the Mythos' ability to maintain its sharpness all the way along its beam is a designer's gift. Despite the rig being 18m in height, I can still create beautiful texture on the stage, providing real theatricality to the show with the same fixtures that can really do the punchy pop stuff as well. Another sixty units of Sharpy Washes make up the rest of the Clay Paky luminaires providing seamless wash and colour matching that can hold its own amongst such a sea of illumination.
At the centre of this vast array of kit is, of course, the control. Routledge is touring with three grandMA2 consoles: one test, one back-up and one live. By using MA Lighting's VPU software package he is able to seamlessly conjoin the lighting and the video. The fact that our desk knows where all the lighting is in 3D and being able to direct video to all parts of the rig without having to merge multiple strands of information is all down to the MA 3D visualisation platform. It turns what could be a really complex operation into something straightforward and efficient.
Routledge is more than fulsome about the quality of support he's received from Ambersphere Solutions who are the exclusive UK sales and service providers for Clay Paky and MA Lighting. Ambersphere really got behind us on this, Routledge comments, Working hand-in-hand with our rental supplier, Neg Earth. This is a huge rig by anyone's standards and much of it was delivered direct to site because the units were so new, particularly the Mythos.
I had every confidence to work with all these new fixtures and the beta VPU software because I knew Ambersphere was there to back me up, so there was not an issue at all. It was good to know Ambersphere was there all the way and to see how they worked even harder to back up Neg Earth following their recent troubles.
As Ambersphere Solutions Sales Director, Philip Norfolk remarks, It's really rewarding to be working so closely with the designer during the creative process and right through to the post delivery support of such a prestigious tour. The entire Ambersphere team at one time or another has been involved with this project, whether that has been the admin, logistics, support or service stage. Tim's faith in our ability to support him means a great deal to us and Neg Earth's commitment to continually invest in cutting edge equipment is what enables extraordinary events like this to happen.
Ambersphere are definitely not your normal distributor, concludes Routledge. They go above and beyond what is called for at all times.
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(01/07/2015) The lighting rig for the Take That Live Tour 2015 is not small. This is a no holds barred, full-on system where no expense has been spared. Working alongside Creative Director, Kim Gavin and Production Designer, Misty Buckley is Lighting Designer Tim Routledge. Out of Routledge's huge design, well over half of the fixtures are from the Ambersphere Solutions family of brands: a whole host of Clay Paky moving lights and MA Lighting's grandMA2 consoles as for control.
