The African Musical Umoja transfers to The Queens from The Shaftsbury where it was playing three months ago. This international success has also opened in Perth, Australia, and producer Joe Theron is currently in discussions with a view to taking the show across Europe. Stage Electrics has supplied all of the lighting equipment including MAC 600s Moving Wash Lights, Source Four profiles, scrollers and a Strand 520 desk.
These two projects illustrate the increasing number of hire projects being handled by the company’s London Waterloo operation. There’s also news on the development front: the retail design and installation team, headed by Anna Western, has been working on the launch of the new Stage Electrics Daylight Projection Screen. A major London retailer has already installed the screen as part of a promotional campaign. All these developments have fuelled the need for more people and the latest recruit to join Stage Electrics is Ian Brown. He will be joining the company in June to work with West End producers and lighting designers. Brown has had a successful and colourful career within the entertainment industry. Spending six years with Martin Professional, UK, he was responsible for developing the MAC range of moving heads throughout the UK and Ireland. After a brief period with a dot com company, he’s spent the last 12 months successfully bringing sales into High End Systems.
(Ruth Rossington)
