I went out as lighting crew in 2007 and lighting crew chief in 2009. In fact, my association with Keane is because of Lite Alt. I do a lot with them as a freelancer, too. We programmed all day, he saw the show, and left me a bunch of notes to take away to the U.S.įor the UK/ Europe legs, we use Lite Alternative out of Blackburn, Paul Normandale’s company. Rob popped back into the first of our two shows at Brixton Academy (the last of the UK/ EU tour). He then stepped away fully and I took over in mid-March, and my process of fine-tuning it began. It has to be said that I was meant to run at least two of these three shows, but Rob was having such a good time running these shows after a long absence he couldn’t let it go. Then I sat with him for these three shows at The De La Warr, and we discussed certain elements about structuring and looks of certain songs. I ran through the show with my wysiwyg computer, to get an idea of cueing and looks. As Rob was with us on the first few shows, he did all the initial programming. I kind of end up as a technical director to start with. Once signed off, I go ahead with the initial discussions with the lighting company about gear and control solutions. My involvement really starts once the design has been signed off. on this run), came from the local theatre in the bands hometown, called The De La Warr Pavilion. The brief for this latest outing, Strangeland, was an Art Deco feel and a lot, if not all, of the inspiration for the backdrop, illuminated sign and chandeliers (which unfortunately, due to freighting costs, didn’t make it to the U.S. This tour was nailed on the second round of renders, which is pretty good! I’ll make some suggestions to certain things, but not very often, as Rob is pretty much “all over it” as far as putting together a good looking set and lighting design to work off. He’ll start submitting renders of his design concepts for feedback. He meets with the band and management and discusses their feelings and thoughts on the direction of each tour design. “As far as the overall design goes, Rob (Sinclair) pretty much takes the reins. They all have great eyes and give fabulous input as well as let me know what they don’t like, which makes my job easier.”
Keane are one of my longest-standing clients, and it’s always a pleasure to work with them. He’s the ideal person to take a show like this around the world for a year and, in the process, change it to make it better and take ownership of it. Matt (Arthur) is a lovely man and also a great LD in his own right. The system needs to be reliably replicated all over the world, and so it’s good to stick to something achievable and flexible. They’re small, bright and cheap - all good attributes.
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The MAC 101’s work really well as tight sidelights. We had some ups and downs at the start, but I think we’ve got it.
“Keane’s new record is less ‘poppy,’ and the band wanted their presentation to reflect that, so for this tour I made some of the cues more edgy. Trucking Co: Fly By Night (UK)/Upstaging (US)ġ Jands Vista S1 Console w/ Mac laptop control & 2 M1 wings Lighting Techs: Mike Sheppard, Rob Starksfield (UK), Mike Ponsiglioni (US)
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