The Stage Electrics hire team worked closely with the show's production team to identify the most effective stage lighting equipment for this UK nationwide 24 date tour and the extensive hire lighting equipment held by Stage Electrics meant they were able to fulfill all their lighting needs from one supplier.
The stage lighting equipment provided comprised: 10 Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1500 Profile, Varilite VL3500Q Spot Moving Head, ETC Source 4 Revolution Moving Heads, Martin MAC 700, MAC 2000 Wash and Martin Atomic Strobes, all of which were controlled by an ETC EOS console. A large 6.1m x 5.2m LED video screen specifically designed to integrate into the set was also supplied.
Stage Electrics were also able to offer the show's production team use of their in house WYSIWYG facilities allowing them to plot the majority of the lighting and video beforehand which, given the technical complexity of the show, helped reduce the set up times at each venue.
To ensure a smooth transition of equipment from warehouse to venue, Stage Electrics provided members of their in house Live Events team to work with the tours own production team at the first venue in Newcastle.
"Supplying Chess with lighting and video equipment has been very rewarding. It is great to see how successful our significant investment in video inventory has been and how it has allowed us to demonstrate that we are now able to apply the same high level of service in providing video equipment, as well as lighting and audio", Mark Burnett, Stage Electrics Business Development Manager.