Glastonbury 2023 trusts Robe again to illuminate its stages

The moving lights of Steal have illuminated multiple scenarios of the recent Festival Glastonbury 2023, including the three 'creative' areas’ keys to this huge space dedicated to music in the United Kingdom.

The spectacular 360º Scenario Arcadia Spider, that 'throws' fire; The Eclectic Park Stage, one of the most popular areas of Glastonbury, and BBC Music, featuring some of music's rising stars have relied on the manufacturer's lighting equipment Steal.

Theresa Gibson, Head of Marketing at Robe UK, "We are still excited to have, One more edition, Our latest lighting equipment deployed in key scenarios throughout the venue, including the new iPointe and iSpiider, IP-rated, which has been a first for the iconic Arcadia Spider”.

The family iSeries Robe's IP mobile lights were a huge success in this scenario. The lighting mount was designed by Dave Cohen, from the design studio Mirrad, and coordinated by the technical manager of Arcadia, Katie Davies.

New this year has been the installation of nine iSpiiders and the same number of iPointes, which were used in conjunction with twelve additional standard Pointes installed on the giant arachnid's legs, and six more in her womb, to produce amazing dancefloor effects in the audience space.

The nine iSpiiders were installed on three podiums and used to light up the sky, accentuate the geometry and dynamics of the spherical performance zone radiating from the center and for the artists.

The nine iPointes were located on the six PA towers and three crane points to create scanning effects of the night sky, with super-sharp beams and clearly visible from all over the place. In addition to these, there were about eighty custom Led architectural devices from Anolis, located in the metal structure of the spider, all controlled by their ArcPower system remotely.

As he stresses Katie Davies, "Our partnership with Robe continues to thrive, allowing us the creative flexibility and technical certainty to bring out the best on stage Arcadia Spider. Your ongoing support is invaluable, both at Glastonbury and at our international shows".

This year it was important to highlight the appearance renewable and sustainable of the resources for the operation of the spider, Made from recycled parts of military and industrial machinery. All of its generators ran on recycled biofuel, just like the famous flames it 'throws', which are now produced using refined used cooking oil, replacing the propane gas of previous years.

"The spider has always been a symbol of positive change, transforming what was once war machinery into a unifying totem pole. Now, with a recycled fuel source, the same spirit of transformation runs through his veins", Adds.

'The Park’

Located at a prime altitude on one of the festival's rolling hills, with panoramic views of the entire Worthy Farm grounds, The Scenario The Park It is one of the most interesting and creative areas of action, which has always managed to preserve its intimacy and cordiality since its inauguration in 2007.

The lighting specifications of the stage production The Park included more than thirty Robe LedBeam 350; twelve Spiider Led Wash beam and twelve MegaPointes, among other lights, Under the design of Mat Spencer.

This year the lateral technical structures were improved with LedBeam luminaires 350, a decision based in part on feedback from numerous groups last year, and that have now had the power of this model.

The biggest challenge of lighting in The Park is to ensure that the production equipment is optimized for the many visiting groups, who have a narrow window of time to prepare their show, although the introduction this year for the first time of a Viewing Room has been very beneficial.

BBC Music

The chain's presentation scenario BBC, where some of the best artists and future stars meet, has long been considered a hotbed of talent. Production lighting design incorporated more Robe moving lights, with twelve LedBeam 150; twelve LedBeam 350, all of them chosen for their small size and power, along with six Pointes and four PATT2013.

The LedBeams were an important part of the aesthetics of this stage, some mounted on vertical towers, with four around the front of the stage in footlight positions, and equal number on the truss for front lighting.

The six Pointes were located at the top of the towers, that curved around the back and sides of the stage, for rear lighting, Silhouettes and antennae. The PATTs proved very useful as stage lighting fixtures and enhance more intimate acoustic moments, also to facilitate behind-the-camera shots.

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