Peumans' creative lighting and visual design practice Painting With Light is based in Genk, Belgium. The show has just premiered in London and embarks on a five year international tour, produced by Netherlands based Stage Entertainment Touring Productions.
Peumans was commissioned to create the lighting design having worked on previous Stage Entertainment projects including Holiday on Ice. He worked closely with others on the visual team including set designer David Shields and video and motion graphics creator, Jean Luc Gason.
Last year, during a lighting upgrade for Holiday on Ice's 'Speed' show, he specified Robe's LEDWash 600s for the first time, with 62 of these replacing the discharge sources on the rig - chosen for reliability, longevity and lower on-going running costs.
Impressed with their performance, this time he chose 60 of the more powerful LEDWash 1200s for Ice Age Live, together with 20 LEDWash 600s.
The LEDWash 1200s are distributed in the roof trusses above the ice and sed for bathing the ice in a dynamic variety of colours in complex and subtle combinations, literally 'painting' the ice with light.
The overhead fixtures are also used to follow the flying performers and to pinpoint 'specials' positions for all the main characters - so as truly multi-tasking tools.
Ice Age Live lighting was programmed by Painting With Light's Paco Mispelters using a grandMA2 full size. The show is now being run on a grandMA2 light by the Stage Entertainment touring crew.
All lighting equipment is supplied by Lier, Antwerp-based rental company Phlippo Showlight, who have invested heavily in Robe over the last 12 months. Their stock of Robe has been delivered by Benelux distributor, Controllux.
(Jim Evans)
