Paul HeijkensLighting design · Programming · Operating
40-45 the musical: prisoners in a half circle, two actors in spotlights, beams from above

Projects / Musical

40-45 de musical

The Dutch edition of 40-45, fully reprogrammed on grandMA3.

Year
2024 –
Client
Painting with Light
Venue
Midden Nederland Hallen, Barneveld
My role
Programming · Operating
Equipment
grandMA3 · PRG Icon Stage · GLP X5 · Robe GroundControl Best Boy · Disguise EX2C

Six years after its premiere in Puurs, 40-45 got a Dutch edition, with a storyline set in Rotterdam. It opened on 21 September in the renovated Midden Nederland Hallen in Barneveld.

Painting with Light did the lighting and video design. The rig got new fixtures: the PRG Icon Stage stayed, the GLP X4L washes became GLP X5. The follow spots moved to LED Best Boys on GroundControl: four control positions, twelve spots.

Together with Tibo Spiessens I reprogrammed the entire show on grandMA3. After that I operated the show.

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40-45 the musical: officer with pistol under a crown of white beams
Paul Heijkens operating 40-45 the musical on a grandMA3, with headset, visualisation on the screen behind
40-45 the musical: steam train on stage in blue light and smoke, orange headlight
40-45 the musical: crashed Spitfire on fire, officer aiming a pistol at a pilot
Paul Heijkens with headset at the grandMA3 during a performance of 40-45
40-45 the musical: ensemble in backlight with long shadows across the floor
Programming room for 40-45: grandMA3 consoles, visualisation on big screens, programmers with headsets (black and white)
Programmer at a grandMA3 while programming 40-45, cue list on screen (black and white)