The show's lighting designer Al Gurdon has worked with PRG Europe account managers Mick Healey and Jon Cadbury on several live broadcast events recently, including the MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen and the UK Music Hall of Fame at Alexandra Palace in north London. The Take That set included some 100 Vari-Lite luminaires, which PRG Europe supplied along with a Wholehog II and expansion wing.
"The concept of the show is to introduce the band to a celebrity-packed audience," says Cadbury. "In between major production numbers members of the audience ask questions about the band's history, current activities and future plans as well as personal and individual one-to-one questions. The production numbers are carefully crafted to feature the full range of the band's past and present output, and are staged with as much panache as one would expect from their major stage shows. Because it was broadcast live, we had to get everything right first time. Of course, everything ran without a hitch and the client was delighted."
(Lee Baldock)
