Commercial Audio - Theatre Newsletter May 2025

Theatre Newsletter, March 2025

Distributors of Cameo Lighting, audio equipment, and hearing assistance solutions.

We thought you may like to see our latest theatre sound and light newsletter. In this edition we introduce the Brand New, super energy-efficient P6 Profile Spot from Cameo, and we interview Jamie Platt, lighting designer for the brilliant production of “Our House” by the National Youth Music Theatre. We are proud that NYMT used Cameo Lighting throughout, and the team were very impressed with the results.

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Regards Brian Knott, Managing Director

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The P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600W RGBACL engine and 18,000 lumens, making it the perfect energy-efficient replacement for traditional 2.5KW halogen profile lights in the theatres and venues. It units excellent lighting quality and natural colour reproduction with flexible lighting design tools in a modern lighting solution which will impress in theatres, musicals and TV studios.

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Jamie Platt's lighting design for NYMT's "Our House"

The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) in London has won numerous awards for its musical theatre and musical productions. Here lighting designer Jamie Platt discusses his use of Cameo Lighting fixtures in his lighting design for NYMT's "Our House" production.

"NYMT staged three productions within a short period of time. How did you coordinate with your colleagues Aaron Dootson and Bethany Gupwell, when choosing the right lighting fixtures?"

Jamie Platt: We collaborated on a rig plan that would work best for all three musicals, as there was almost no time to change the rig between productions. "Our House" visits so many locations and has so many upbeat musical production numbers that the lighting rig needed to be hugely flexible.

"Which Cameo fixtures do you use in which positions?"

Jamie Platt: It was a comprehensive and versatile rig, with the Evos W7 forming an overhead backlight system, and the Azor SP2 Spot Profile forming the main face-light and shuttering top-light system. Additional Azor S2 Spot Moving Heads were dotted in the gaps to supplement the rig, with six of them in 3/4 positions upstage left and right.

"Is there a fixture that impressed you the most?"

Jamie Platt: The Azor SP2 was a very nice unit! The standard gobo selection worked well for the show, and combined with the animation wheel meant we could create a convincing water effect for 'A Night Boat to Cairo'. The zoom range was also great for our studio space, and I would definitely consider the fixture in the future.

"How did you like the PIXBAR 400 IP G2? How did they perform in your eyes?"

Jamie Platt: I used the PIXBAR 400 IP G2 as both a back wall skim and as a backlight through some doorways where space was tight. It excelled at both tasks and the homogenised lenses meant that even when seen from the front row, it was a good looking fixture.