Summit up

Published Monday 23 November 2009 at 15:55

Summit Steel is supplying rigging to the latest UK and European section of Pink’s Funhouse world tour, and also co-ordinated and supplied all rigging and automation requirements for Elton John’s latest Red Piano UK and European tour. On the Pink tour, the production’s head rigger Dave Rowe and Summit’s Jon Bray are said to have spent considerable time putting the package together, which includes over 100 roof points to facilitate the hanging of lighting, PA and video equipment, with 120 Lodestar motors and all the necessary steels to suspend approximately 39 tonnes of equipment in the air. Summit is again working alongside sister company PRG Lighting on the tour, which features a striking design by Baz Halpin, complete with scenic elements by Mark Fisher. For Elton John’s Red Piano tour, Summit supplied a large trussing and motors package, together with a 20-way Kinesys automation system, Summit’s Jay Call liaising closely with the tour’s head rigger Richard Wythes and production manager Henry Crallan. Ten Summit trusses were used to suspend a variety of dramatic scenic pieces, drapes, two side IMAG screens and a 24.5 metre wide by eight metre, high upstage MiTrix video screen, weighing seven tonnes. The Red Piano tour is a derivation of Elton John’s successful Las Vegas production.

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