PARIS — LD Scott Warner is using Robe moving lights, including fixtures from the Digital Series, on his rig for the Pussycat Dolls “Doll Domination” tour, with lighting equipment being supplied by U.K.-based HSL. Warner first used Robe fixtures on a PCD show in St Petersburg, Russia last year. The performance, brightness and features impressed him enough for Robe to become his moving light of choice.
For Doll Domination, he added six DigitalSpot 7000DTs, 36 REDWash 3-192 LED wash lights and 12 Robe REDBlinder 2-96s to the spec — all of which were newly purchased by HSL for the tour. The rig also includes 60 Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 2500E ATs.
The 90-minute PCD performance encompasses the genres of pop, Hip-Hop and cabaret, for which Warner’s light show needed plenty of multiple-choice options.
The Robe rig is relatively expediently sized, yet is able to help Warner achieve his goal of keeping the new looks coming and the excitement and anticipation pumping right to the final chords.
“The 2500s are fantastic,” Warner said, of the fixtures used for the core of his design, “They’re proving really reliable, very bright and offer all the flexibility I need.”
The lights are distributed all across the rig, which features a trussing design based on four Octopods — two static underneath the front truss and two moving ones over stage left and right.
There’s also a 4.5-meter circular truss over center stage, and a smaller semi circular truss. In the upstage left and right corners there are two 20-foot runs of SwingWing truss, flown diagonally, and there’s also a back truss running the full width of the stage.
On the floor are eight REDWashes used as footlights across the front of the stage and four ColorSpot 2500E ATs in “shin-buster” positions stage left and right. The idea was to keep the floor clear of lights and accentuate the clean lines of the set, a co-design between Warner and production manager Bryan “Froggy” Cross.
Warner uses the REDWashes to cover the stage and set with numerous colors. “They are really brilliant units,” he said. “The coverage and the color range are both amazing, and they also have a proper white, which is very useful.”
The DigitalSpot 7000 DTs are flown below the two front truss Octopods, and used extensively for Lady Gaga’s set, which opens the evening’s entertainment. Warner uses a grandMA full size lighting console to run the show. Warner also gave kudos to Robe’s technical service and support.
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