Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Adlib Reinforces Royal De Luxe Giant Marionettes
Pro Sound Web: Four days of amazing public theatre saw the return of the Royal De Luxe giant marionettes to Liverpool for a weekend of fun, history, poignancy and superlative entertainment. Adlib, also of Liverpool, was at the heart of the action providing sound reinforcement systems throughout the city.
The show “Memories of August 1914”, designed to commemorate the centenary anniversary of the start of World War I, also highlights the heroic Liverpool Pals who answered Lord Kitchener’s call for volunteer recruits.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Fascinating! I'm more interested to hear more about the construction of the marionettes and the manipulation of them, but I will have to do some research on my own for that.
I think an event like that is a great way to introduce people to the arts, by combining a sense of patriotism with artistic appreciation. I don't think that an event like this would cultivate an appreciation for theatre necessarily, but could serve as an introduction to the arts.
I guess my question would be: does this constitute as theatre? It's a memorial piece, so I suppose it does, and it brings a new look on historical representation. I really need to look into those marionettes now!
This event sounds fascinating in all aspects, obviously for me in the way of sound but overall I have never heard of this event and it sounds like it was quite challenging for Adlib to complete an audio system capable of covering all of this space efficiently. When I read this article I was glad to see that they incorporated an L'Acoustics system to complete what they needed to do. In my short 18 years of concert going and listening to speakers the one speaker company that sounds the most consistently great is L'Acoustics. I find that what puts their speakers above all others is the fact that they they sound great right out of the box. You very rarely have to do any crazy system EQ to get them to sound good.
I will not claim to understand all of the technical terms and kinds of equipment that were used, but this was definitely an different perspective on how sound can work in the setting of a non-standard performance. I would have liked a slightly clearer picture of the timeframe of the performances, though -- it is mentioned that the festival was four days long, but the article does not specify if the marionettes' performance spanned the entirety of that time. It talked about how some systems would be leap-frogged from one location to another in preparation for different shows, which was mildly interesting in itself, but now I'm really wondering if this had to be done a day's time or in a few hours.
Post a Comment