Boeing Boeing lit by Hugh Vanstone opened at the Comedy Theatre on the 28 January. It initially opened in 1962 where it enjoyed a five-year run and was subsequently adapted into a film starring Tony Curtis and Gerry Lewis.
Equipment supplied to Boeing Boeing includes Clay Paky Alpha Wash Halos and three of the brand new Martin MAC700 Wash fixtures along with approximately 120 generics.
The new national tour of The Woman in Black for PW Productions opened at the Bromley Churchill Theatre at the end of January with Stage Electrics providing lighting and effects equipment to the tour which runs for 16 weeks.
Fame is also being supplied by Stage Electrics; the new national tour opened in Nottingham on 12 January and will run for 30 weeks. Stage Electrics have supplied the entire production lighting and electrics system with over 25 moving lights and 150 generics, Stage Electrics have been supplying Fame since 1999 both in the West End and on national and international tours.
Further afield, Stage Electrics are supplying the South Korean production of Saturday Night Fever playing at the National Theatre of Korea in Seoul and the Opera House in Daegu. The entire production lighting and electrics system has been supplied, continuing Stage Electrics' relationship with Saturday Night Fever which started in 2003. The equipment took seven weeks to ship to Seoul and is being looked after locally by show chief Oliver Kipling who also worked on the production during its long run at the West Ends Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Other theatre projects supplied by Stage Electrics during the first month of 2007 include the national tours of Mums The Word and the children's TV favourite Tracy Beaker. Both the London production of Uncle Vanya and the Irish production of I, Keano, are also being supplied by Stage Electrics.
(Chris Henry)
