Little Angel Theatre in Islington, London recently hosted a puppet adaptation of the children’s picture book, “The Singing Mermaid” using CHAUVET DJ’s Festoon fixture.
Lighting designer Sherry Coenen incorporated the fixture into her lighting concept to provide dynamic looks.
Coenen utilized the fully pixel mappable LED Festoon to provide visual support for the beautiful, lyrical picture book adaptation, which tells the story of a singing mermaid who is tempted away from her home at Silversands to join the circus.
“The theatre required a solution which would give us a great deal of flexibility but also provide specific circus and underwater inspired looks for the new production of ‘The Singing Mermaid,’” commented Coenen. “After hearing about the Festoon from a Chauvet rep at Showlight, I was really keen to try it in my design. The looks it’s capable of creating left me deeply impressed, and it ended up being the lynchpin of the lighting concept.”
Positioned in a three-stringed formation fanning out over the audience just out of reach above audience head height, the Festoon creates a circus feel throughout the room, whilst at the same time offering pixel-mapping technology to enliven the theatre’s productions.
After the overwhelmingly positive reception to the fixture from audiences, the theatre decided to purchase the Festoon for the venue’s stock. “The reaction has been amazing,” commented Coenen. “It’s great that the theatre decided to permanently add digital Festoons to the venue’s equipment list so it can be available to other designers. I’m sure it will be a welcome addition to future shows.”
