Someone Like You-The Adele Songbook goes on tour with LightShark

In this show, paying homage to singer-songwriter Adele Songbook, the Work Pro LightShark console is used to control lighting equipment.

The LightShark console Work Pro, brand represented by Equipson, accompanies the lighting and sound company Black Cat Audio on the tour of the international show Someone Like You-The Adele Songbook.

With a busy schedule of performances in the UK, Black Cat Audio needed a small lighting console that was easy to set up and use, Able to be used in a wide variety of locations, from artistic centers with capacity for 350 people to great theaters for 2.000 people.

“We saw several alternatives, but the LightShark console was the only one that met all the requirements. It has many interesting features such as a hardware unit with faders and built-in software so you don't have to download anything to a computer. But what really convinced us was that it can be controlled from a laptop., tablet or iPhone. It is perfect for a medium-sized show as it is not too big or too complex to handle.”, comments the technical director of Black Cat Audio, Adey Osbourne.

Someone Like You-The Adele Songbook is a performance that pays tribute to the music of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our generations.. Conceived and produced by Chameleon Music Marketing, features Katie Markham leading a talented six-piece band through Adele Songbook's hits.

The show recreates Adele's three albums, 19, 21 and 25 /(including Chasing Pavements, Make You Feel My Love, A Fire To The Rain, Someone Like You, Hello, Rolling In The Deep and Skyfall), as well as some of Adele's musical heroes, from Etta James to George Michael, through The Cure.

“At the end of last year, We redesigned the show and decided to invest in some new equipment., including LightShark. We had rehearsals earlier this year, which gave us our first opportunity to use LightShark and start programming the sequences we wanted. since, We've been making adjustments as we've gone along.. It is very easy to create profiles and we can do this during the tour”, explains Adey Osborne.

Although some of the places the show visits have their own lighting equipment, Adey Osbourne decided to tour with a dedicated crew consisting of four Chauvet moving heads 375, four washers Led UKing 105W, eight spotlights par QTX Led, two UKing moving heads 100, four bars for Evolution, eight other spotlights for Led slimline and 10 Generic pair spotlights.

“We are using our own team to provide continuity in each location. LightShark controls it all, from the position and movement of the lights to the color changes and those of Gobo. And all this can be done from the console or from a tablet or iPhone", clarifies Osborne.

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