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Crowning Queen

Published Monday 3 November 2008 at 12:50

Bandit Lites is supplying full lighting production for the Queen and Paul Rodgers tour, with lighting design by Baz Halpin.

The rig features more than 100 moving lights from Coemar, Martin, Clay Paky, Syncrolite and Vari*Lite, a 49-way Kinesys automation system and specially fabricated custom trussing commissioned by Bandit.

Halpin and lighting director Trent O’Connor used Bandit’s MSD pre-programming suite for one week prior to rehearsals. Two weeks of production rehearsals took place at Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire. Seven variable length raked finger trusses run upstage/downstage forming an elegant architectural ‘roof’ over the main performance area. All of the truss moves on Kinesys motors and the centre three have hinge-down sections at the front. Bandit purchased the Lo Pro trussing and custom hinges from Total Solutions with some modifications made by Bandit Lites’ Dizzy Gosnell. There are a total of 77 Coemar Infinity Washes dotted all over the rig, including nine per finger truss, arranged in groups of three. On the downstage edge of each finger is a Syncrolite - a 10K in the centre and 5Ks on the rest. There are also Martin Atomic Strobes on the fingers, along with a total of five Vari*Lite 3000s, used for band key lighting.

Bandit’s crew is chiefed by Nick Barton, with Gareth Morgan on dimmers and Kinesys operator Barry Branford. Technicians Tom Crosbie, Ben Hammett, Joe Simpson, Mark Pritchard and Chris Davis complete the line-up with Bandit’s Lester Cobrin project managing the tour.

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