Recent users include Scottish Opera for special effect lighting on its productions of Magic Flute, The Ring Cycle, Aida and Minotaur. Ian Irvine, lighting manager at Scottish Opera said: "Surelight was a phenomenal success, we would never have been able to illuminate the stage, costumes or props in the way intended without Surelight and we keep finding new ways to use it."
London's National Theatre used Surelight for its highly successful production of Philip Pullman's novel His Dark Materials. Hew Llewellyn, production manager at The National was delighted with the effect produced, he said: "We created a Demon Splitter, a gruesome guillotine of light." Llewellyn sees many possible uses in future productions particularly for costume lighting.
Darlowsmithson productions used Surelight on the recently-filmed Lost Buildings series, commissioned by Channel 4 TV and The Discovery Channel, the first programme of which will be shown on 26 July at 8.00pm on C4. This first programme looks at the Drury Lane Theatre, which was pulled down in the 18th Century. Richard Herd (one of production team at Darlowsmithson) said: "We wanted to find a way to map out the floor plan of the original theatre, within the New Theatre Royal. We could not think of a way to do it until we saw Surelight - the effect was incredible and worked fabulously on camera."
Granada Kids Productions are using Surelight to create a highly prized Golden Broom in the new TV production of the long-running series of The Worst Witch. Josh Dynevor, the show's producer is excited at the prospect and effects created by Surelight.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
