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Robe fixtures light ‘The Little Mermaid’

Lighting for ‘The Little Mermaid’ - the first time the show has been staged in Belgium - was designed by Luc Peumans of Genk-based international design practice Painting with Light, and lighting equipment was delivered by Benelux rental company Phlippo Showlights together with audio and rigging.

The RoboSpot system was tech’d by Ilse Witlox, also the lead operator. The 11 x BMFL Blades complete with 11 RoboSpot MotionCameras were positioned on a front truss, an advanced truss and on two side trusses.

Six on the front truss were positioned as three on the left and three on the right; the three on the advanced truss (“behind” the front truss and above the audience) were in the left, right and centre positions along that truss, and the other two were on short runs of truss just offstage to each side of the venue.

The two side BMFLs were specifically utilized for spotting lead character Ariel as she flew out from stage to FOH. Ilse Witlox and her two colleagues - Peter Pijnenburg and Emiel van Holderbeke - were all stationed at FOH with their RoboSpot Base Stations so they had a clear visual of how the spots looked in reality, in addition to seeing the effect on the base station HD screen monitor, which enables a ‘first-person’ view of the performance.

The 11 x BMFLs were divided up as two groups of four and one of three between the three RoboSpot base stations. The RoboSpot systems were used in this case to control the pan/tilt, dimmer and iris functionality of the BMFLs - via the handles and two programmable faders, with the operator’s movements transferred to the luminaire via DMX.The rest of the parameters were run from the GrandMA2 console running the show lighting programmed by Niels Huybrechts and operated by Jochen Kerckhofs.

(Photos: Frank Lambrechts/Picturesk)

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