Lighting is designed by Michael Sevholt, the venue's technical manager, and a partner and founding member of Kulturtuben, who has included eight Robe DL4S Profiles and 14 x LEDWash 300s in his rig.
After reading the script, he realised that he needed moving head profiles to effectively key out the actors and also a moving wash light for illuminating the musicians located on a platform that changes places onstage during the show.
The set - designed by Rolf Allan Håkanson - is mainly lit with conventional fixtures. During the rehearsal period, he worked on creating a good balance between these and the Robe LED sources, which really make the presenters pop out from the background.
The second half of the show however is almost devoid of set pieces, just the musicians and the backdrop behind the performers, so all the lighting is from the LED sources and follow spots, giving Michael the crisp contemporary style and freshness he wanted.
This is his first time he has used DL4Ss and notes, "I like the colours which are vital to this show. The lights are really easy to handle from the console; they are cool, and they are silent, which is crucial for the dialogue-only segments of the show. It is a real profile. I think that the DL4S has the potential to change theatre lighting as radically as the scroller did in the 1990s."
The DL4Ss and LEDWash 300s were supplied by locally based rental company, KSE.
In addition to these, Michael's design incorporates a selection of generics including 2K and 650W profiles, PAR 64s, 1 and 2K fresnels and AC 1001 cyc floods, all controlled from an AVAB Congo console upgraded to Cobalt which was programmed by Michael working closely with Lorensbergsteatern's chief LX, Annika Tärnström.
(Jim Evans)
