Yesterday John Leonard wrote to report:

Last night, QLab made its (probable*) debut in London’s glittering West-End. Screaming crowds surrounded the Duke Of York’s Theatre in St. Martin’s Lane, blocking the road as the smitten hordes tried to get a glimpse of the star of this production.

OK, most of this is true, except I suspect the screaming crowds that really did block the road might have been more interested in Orlando Bloom in his first stage production rather than QLab, but I did have to fight my way through the smitten hordes to get backstage after the first preview. Not a hugely complex show, but some very subtle moments and a very tight schedule (tech-ed in a day and a half) gave the program a nice work-out. Kit supplied by Autograph Sound, based on a very nice dual Mac Mini rack with RME interfaces and audio and KVM switchover. The Minis are on a pull-out shelf, strapped down with a custom bracket, so that they can be pulled out easily for turn on. I programmed from the stalls operating position using my laptop and Timbuktu.

*I say that this is probably the West-End debut of QLab, because I’m not completely sure that it is. I know that another hit production, Elling, using QLab is opening tomorrow, starring John Simm, a UK TV actor. Best wishes to them and to Jack C. Arnold, the sound designer.

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