NEW YORK – A British Subject, originally performed at the Pleasance theatre in Edinburgh, jumped the pond for a slot in the Brits off Broadway festival in New York City. The lighting was once again controlled by an ORB console from Zero 88. At the Pleasance in Edinburgh, A British Subject was directed by Hannah Eidinow and produced by Pleasance Theatre Trust Ltd. Following an initial consultation and training with ORB specialist Richard Lambert, LD Mark Jonathon and assistant George Bishop chose the ORB for pre-programming prior to the festival run.
In New York, A British Subject was part of the festival than ran at the 59E59 Theaters from Nov. 3, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010. For the New York production Pleasance technical operations manager Matt Briton took on the job of relighting the show. In order to cut down on the time required in the venue, Briton decided once again to use an ORB – now running as the house desk in Pleasance Islington and specified for many of the Pleasance's shows lining up for this year's Fringe Festival.
"As someone who has used the Frog 2 for a number of years, the power, versatility and user friendliness of the ORB made it a no-brainer to bring it across for the show," Briton said. "Once again the support from Zero 88 has made this production an incredibly painless process. Their ongoing support is invaluable to the Pleasance and as expected the desk performed flawlessly."
The ORB, the latest lighting desk from Zero 88, was developed in response to feedback from users including the technical crew at the Pleasance. "Working with the Pleasance gives us an incredible opportunity to gain user feedback from every sort of user imaginable," said Zero 88 product manager Peter Kirkup. "We deal with complete novices in some venues, right through to professional lighting designers and programmers in the larger venues. Nothing beats hearing the feedback of a real user. They're happy to tell you what's right and what's wrong and hearing that is important to making sure we fix the ‘what's wrong' whilst maintaining the ‘what's right.'"
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