With the production featuring a live band it was felt that the existing in house system would not provide the required level and coverage required for such a show.
A total of 20 EX 6's were flown around the venue to ensure even and accurate coverage for all the audience along with four EX 26's and two EX 10's to further amplify the performance. Bass reinforcement was handled via a single EX 2.2 and single EX 2.5mkII.
Directed by Derek Bond and with live puppetry and design undertaken by Toby Olié (War Horse) it was vital that the audio reproduction was of an equal quality.
Deputy head of sound Sorcha Williams comments: "Little Shop of Horrors is a tremendously fun production, not least because of the music. Staging a musical in the round adds another level of complexity to the sound design and with a small band of just five musicians it was important that we created an impact with the music in the big moments and subtlety in the quiet moments. The quality in combination of EX6, EX26 and EX10 allowed those moments to shine through in detail. On numerous occasions I had audience members commenting on how fantastic the band sounded."
(Jim Evans)
