The great Broadway musicals arrive in Madrid illuminated with Stonex's performances

In the capital of Madrid are being represented Anastasia, West Side Story and The Doctor; three musicals that feature Clay Paky's lighting solutions, Ayrton, Etc, Portman, MA Lighting and Movecat for staging.

This autumn Madrid has become the capital of entertainment with the arrival of three great musicals: Anastasia, West Side Story and The Doctor. All of them have required extensive audiovisual equipment for staging and have a complete lighting equipment of brands such as Clay Paky, Ayrton, Etc, Portman, MA Lighting and Movecat; solutions that are distributed in Spain by Stonex.

From Broadway arrives at the Teatro Coliseum in Madrid the musical Anastasia, representation that will be on display until 3 February 2019. The legend of the lost daughter of the Romanovs who in the search to find her roots travels from decadent post-imperialist Russia to the vibrant Paris of the twenties.

Thanks to the trust of Stage Entertainment Spain, Fluge Audiovisuals has been in charge of supplying the lighting material of the musical that has Carlos Torrijos as assistant designer and the American Donald Holder has been in charge of the lighting design.

Among the equipment supplied, the following stand out 206 ETC S4 of multiple optics ranging between 10º and 70º Ellipsoidal, 70 ETC portagobos, 3 Robert Juliat Merlin 2500, 10 Vari-Lite VL3500Q, 11 Vari-Lite VL2500, 30 Steal Spider, 7 Gam Stik-Up, 10 Robe BMFL Blade and 2 lighting tables ETC Gio 4000.

A total of 20 Source Four PAR MCM have their place on stage. It is a solution that ensures energy savings with each use and has the quality of the optics of the Source Four series.

The atmosphere is achieved thanks to the versatility of 20 Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr with a seven-color palette that includes lime green and a deeper red, An option to achieve an incredible wealth of vivid tones.

The Source Four Revolution are responsible for giving mobile light to the show. This focus, Equipped with zoom, dimmer and pan movements of 540º and tilt of 270º is a silent solution of the Source Four Zoom range. In control, two GIO tables of the same brand, Compact, Easy to transport and designed for maximum versatility in large shows.

The classic of musicals

West Side Story It is a classic of musicals. Since its premiere in 1957 ha cosechado numerosos éxitos y ahora ha llegado al Teatro Calderón con una espectacular puesta en escena gracias al diseño de iluminación de Carlos Torrijos (AAI) y Juan Gómez Cornejo (AAI) de la mano de Proyect-Arte.

En esta obra se representa la shakespeariana historia de Romeo y Julieta transportada a Nueva York, donde los Montesco y los Capuleto se transforman en dos bandas callejeras que pelean por el control de las calles.

En el diseño de iluminación se integran un total de 22 Ghiblis de Ayrton, un spot Led con cuchillas y una potencia de 23.000 lúmenes que produce una luz blanca de 7.500 K. It is equipped with a zoom between 7º and 56º and a selection of effects and gobos that is born from the collaboration with professional illuminators to meet your needs.

Its CMY color mixing system and variable CTO combine with a six-position color wheel to achieve endless vibrant colors and pastel tones.

For control they have the grandMA2 Light, An option to save space without skimping on power, offering the quality guaranteed by MA Lighting.

A world premiere

last, The Doctor It premiered worldwide last 17 October at the Teatro Nuevo Apolo in Madrid. The play is based on the novel of the same name by Noah Gordon.. Set in the eleventh century, tells the story of Rob J. School, An orphan who after years of traveling as a street vendor of pain remedies, decides to take a trip to Persia to become a doctor.

The musical is produced by Pablo Martínez with Spika and Escrito en las Estrellas, It has music by composer Iván Macías and a lighting design by Luis Perdiguero that has used Ayrton equipment, ClayPaky, Portman and MA Lighting.

In this show they are being used 17 Ayrton Ghiblis who are responsible for putting color and precision with their powerful spot and framing with blades, in combination with 14 Axcor 300 Wash de Clay Paky, that have a zoom of between 5.5º and 42º, and produce a wide range of uniform colors that manage to create the perfect atmosphere, desde el frío Londres del S.XI hasta el exotismo persa.

In addition, en esta producción han contado con un total de nueve P2 Hexaline de Portman, una singular y atractiva luminaria flexible que ofrece la posibilidad de ser utilizada ensamblada, aislada o como matriz.

Al control se encuentra la versión Light de la popular grandMA2 de MA Lighting, una apuesta siempre segura para una puesta en escena en la que nada puede fallar. For its part, los motores VMK-S II 500 con unidad de control V-Motion 40E, VMK-s II 250 con V-Motion 30E, PLUSlite 500 y UPplus 320 de Movecat son los encargados de movilizar el material de escenografía con el que se logra transportarnos desde los oscuros mercados ingleses hasta las dunas y palacios persas, todo controlado con un I-Motion Basic C II de la misma marca.

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