The Stage

Leading lights

Published Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 11:45

Entertainment lighting supplier White Light has been appointed to supply lighting to Love Never Dies, the much anticipated sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. To meet the challenge of creating the story and, not least, matching the success of the first Phantom production, Andrew Lloyd Webber has assembled a creative team which includes lyricist Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid, Sister Act), director Jack O’Brien (Hairspray, The Full Monty), designer Bob Crowley (The History Boys, Aida) and lighting designer Paule Constable.

White Light is supplying a diverse range of equipment, with the moving lights including ETC Revolutions, Vari-Lite VL1000AS, VL3500Q and VL3500 Washes, Martin TW1s and, making their West End debut, the Coemar Infinity ACL-M and an automated version of the I-Pix BB7 LED fixture. The conventional rig consists of ETC Source Fours and Thomas PAR64 Cans, many fitted with Rainbow Pro colour scrollers, and the show is using followspots from Robert Juliat, including Aramis, Korrigan and Manon units.

The show also demands a range of atmospheric effects, created using MDG Atmosphere hazers and smoke machines from Look Solutions and Le Maitre (the Freeze Fog Pro low smoke system). Working with Constable on the show are her associate Beky Stoddart, programmer Nick Simmons, production electrician Gerry Amies and his team including Chris Dunford and Ian Moulds, with David Draude and Michael Scott working on the show’s scenic practicals. The show’s production manager is Steve Rebbeck. Produced by the Really Useful Group, Love Never Dies is at London’s Adelphi Theatre, with previews being scheduled to begin on February 20. Constable is blogging about her work on the show on her website at www.pauleconstable.com, while full information about White Light is at www.whitelight.ltd.uk.