As a result, Davies designed no less than 32 Chromapanels into the tour set - and even went as far as creating an arch to use as a frame for any centre-stage action. "It turned out to be a very cost-effective way of covering a big area of the stage," he explained. The entire lighting system was supplied by Colour Sound Experiment, who helped Davies to prepare the ChromaPanels for life on the road. "The panels are very lightweight, so that they can be used in ceilings and so on - and CSE devised a very neat protective transport dolly that they clip into, and to provide rigging hardware to allow them to be clamped to the trusswork."
Davies is using three ChromaZones, driven by a Masterpiece 216. "It’s a favourite desk of mine for smaller venues, so I decided to split the lighting control for the show and have just the ChromaPanels and the LED starcloth under the control of the Masterpiece. In fact we also have some Pulsar dimmers and a decoder in the rig."
(Ruth Rossington)
