Since the beginning of this year, Monty Python’s Spamalot has been staged in Cologne. This musical version of the landmark anarchical film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is playing in Germany after performances in New York, London and Las Vegas.
Hugh Vanstone, who was responsible for the lighting design in London, also delivered the design for the show playing at the Musical Dome in Cologne, which was programmed by Associate Lighting Designer Stuart Porter. For this task Porter relied on a grandMA system solution.
During production two grandMA full-size and a grandMA ultra-light were used, with one grandMA full-size left in control of the show. “Working with the grandMA was a breeze, especially because of its networking capabilities,” reported Programmer Marcus Krömer. “This also enabled the in-house programmer to learn the desk while I was programming.”
15 x Vari*Lite VL3000 Spots, 10 x VL2500 Spots, 14 x VL2500 Washes and 18 x VL500 TP (Pastel Colours) 80V plus scores of ETC fixtures feature on the lighting rig.
PROCON Event Engineering and VLD have delivered the lighting equipment. Peter Bothmann was the Production Electrician, and the musical was produced by Spamalot GmbH & Co KG, Duesseldorf.
Photos: Copyright – Jens Hauer
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