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Another Glasto with Robe

Over 600 Robe moving lights were deployed on a multiplicity of stages at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (2015, including Arcadia’s spider and underground dance destination Block 9.

Lighting equipment for both these areas was delivered by Colour Sound Experiment, who joined several different rental companies involved in supplying Robe products, including the South West Group, which lit the Park Stage and BBC Introducing showcasing lots of rising talent, and DPL who took care of lighting at the West Holts stage.

Locally based Enlightened Lighting from Bath, took care of lighting a number of areas all using a backbone of Robe kit including the Sonic Stage in the Silver Hayes dance area; the multi-dimensional Mavericks venue with poetry and the spoken word during the day and essential cabaret through the night; the Glasto Latino hub and the Summer House.

Arcadia’s new “Metamorphoses” show featured a primarily Robe moving light rig, including six BMFLs on the perimeter towers and Pointes rigged on the legs and belly of the spider. The 30 minute show’s lighting has been evolved by the Arcadia creative crew and the supply is co-ordinated by Arcadia’s Technical Production Manager, Tim Smith.

Lighting design for Block 9 was created and co-ordinated by Alan King and the 50 ft high post-industrial power facility of Genosys this year was lit with 17 Robe Pointes and 16 LEDWash 600s among other lighting.

The animated club dancefloor in NYC Downlow was illuminated by Robe 575 Scans, while two BMFLs highlighted a container that looked dropped from a great height and embedded in the ground, signalling the start of the Block 9 adventure.

Colour Sound also supplied lighting to The Glade stage - an area co-ordinated and designed for them by Jasper Johns of Fruit Salad Lights - complete with 24x Pointes central to the lighting rig.

The Park stage lighting was co-ordinated and run by Ben Perrin and Mark Bott of the South West Group, and also featured BMFL Spots and Robe’s new LEDBeam 1000s plus Pointes and LEDWash 600s.

West Holts LD Adam Power’s production design included 24x Pointes, 24x LEDBeam 100s and 12x LEDWash 1200s, crew chief was Darren Parker.

The lighting rig of the Sonic stage included 24x LEDBeam 100s, 24x Pointes and LEDWash 600 looked after for Enlightened by Paul de Villiers.

On Mavericks: Anthony van Sertima ran lights utilising 600E Spots, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100s, Sam Walder lit the Summer House with Robe LEDWash 600s and ColorSpot 575E ATs and Mark Aitken ensured that everything salsa’d and sizzled in Glasto Latino with ColorSpot 575E ATs.

One of the Silent Discos was lit by Jenny Howes using ColorSpot 250E ATs, LEDBeam 100s and 250 CT Club scanners.

Three of Robe’s ‘PLASA Students’ were also working on site: Kirsty Stibburt worked for Bryte Design as student lighting and video technician over on the John Peel Stage; Beth Mae MacDonald was tech’ing lighting and audio on Summer House while Greg Westwood worked alongside Darren Parker and the DPL team on West Holts.

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