Girls are looking bold and bright

Published Thursday 26 June 2008 at 12:30

Bandit Lites is working again with Leeds-based Production North, this time on the Girls Aloud UK arena tour.

The production is headed by Iain Whitehead, lighting has been designed by Peter Barnes, with programming, operation and direction on tour by Tellson James.

The lightshow is described as, “big, bold and bright”. Barnes conceived the design and briefed James with ideas on some of the songs, also allowing him latitude to make a creative contribution to the programming, which was done over four days in the Sheffield Arena.

The back truss features four vertical legs, all of which flank three on-stage video screens. The two centre legs are six metres high and the outer two are four metres. Rigged on and inside this structure are 11 Martin Professional MAC 2K Washes and eight MAC 2K Profile moving lights. James controls all the lighting from a WholeHog II console. Bandit’s crew is made up of Steve Rusling, Ian MacEwan and James Such.