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Robe equips Scala & Kolacny Brothers

For the eleven 20th anniversary concerts staged by Scala & Kolacny Brothers at the Stadsfeesthall in Aarschot, lighting director Kristof van Mensel (currently part of the design and programming collective TCF - The Creative Factory) utilized nearly 150 Robe fixtures to deliver these sold-out performances, playing to 750 people a time.

The 20th anniversary shows featured around 70 members of Scala and also had a narrative, running through Scala’s timeline and highlights from the last twenty years. They are constantly touring worldwide, and Kristof van Mensel has been the lighting and visuals designer and operator for the last four.

The venue offered a 20 metre wide stage with no more than 5 metres of headroom and almost no wing and backstage space. The lighting rig included 9 x Robe BMFL Blades, 40 x LEDBeam 100s, 38 x CycFX 8s, 22 x 600E Spots, 24 x CityFlex 48s and 12 x LEDWash 600s.

A row of 20 x CycFX 8s along the back were rigged to low profile truss. These were above a 20 metre wide 10 mm pitch LED screen which formed the backdrop and integrated with the lighting. The other 18 were positioned along the front of the stage, positioned in the footlights positions.

The 12 x LEDWash 600s were hung around the sides and front of the stage on scaffolding and used for illuminating the audience during  the song “Evigheden”, where members of the choir stand out amidst them. Kristof van Mensel also used them for strobing and a few other effects.

The nine BMFL Blades were on the advanced truss which was tight to the roof above the front rows of audience. The LEDBeam 100s were scattered all along the back truss which was actually two ground supported trusses side by side, one facilitating lighting and the other the LED screen.

The 600E Spots were rigged along the top and bottom rails of the back truss, creating breakups onto the floor, beamy looks and slow movement effects. In the side wings van Mensel created special boom positions and rigged the CityFlex 48s to provide a contrast to the front light. The video was used to introduce another layer of texturing in specific songs.

TCF also created content for the show which was stored on an AI media server triggered by van Mensel via his ChamSys MQ console with Playback and Execute wings. All the equipment was supplied by Belgian rental company L&L Stage Service based in Herentals.

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