Recently, the National Theatre organized a unique fundraising gala evening, Fast
Forward, with the goal of raising money for the NT Future foundation, which been
established to ensure the theatre’s future by providing new facilities for audiences,
artists and young people.
The venue was the largest of the National’s three theatres, the Oliver Theatre,
where the dinner took place at the stage leaving the remaining auditorium free for
the surprises of the evening, which included performances from Damon Albarn,
James Graham, Patrick Marber as well as the Southbank Sinfonia and the London
Community Gospel Choir.
Alongside the team from National Theatre worked London-based lighting specialists,
White Light, with the support from event production company, Blueprint, who
supplied LED tubes from SGM.
The full kit provision from White Light incorporated new LED equipment, which had
previously never been used at the National Theatre.
Earlier this year, Blueprint supplied the 2-metre pixel tubes for this Tom Stoppard
play, which ran at the National’s Dorfman Theatre, where they were deployed to
form an exceptional pulsating sculpture in a brain science institute.
The 60 SGM LT-200 vertical tubes were driven by 22 SGM ILDs, Installation LED
Drivers, run by a Madrix Media Server programmed by Blueprint. The utilisation
was quite extraordinary as they were installed onto a circular truss which flew in
and out above the audience for a captivating circus performance.
