Prljavo Kazalište LD Sven Kučinić from LumiLas specified over 120 Robe moving lights, provided, together with the other lighting production, supplied by Croatian rental company ELDRA.
The band had one major wish for the finale concert, explained Kučinić, and that was a video concept with massive columns of LED surrounding the stage and continuing into the roof space and extending around the sides of the stage structure.
Apart from that, the staging and rigging was left to Kučinić, who has worked with the band for 7 years and toured the world several times over. On average, they play about 50 shows a year.
Kučinić in collaboration with the band was also the set designer, and he also undertook much of the general production work which was considerable for a gig of this size and profile! They all wanted a strong, solid industrial look on the stage.
One of Kučinić’s visual objectives was to ensure there was a nice mix of video and lighting, so the 56 Robe Pointes were all hung on T-shaped trusses which formed the main set elements in front the large LED columns.
The 30 Robe MMX WashBeams were used as the main front and side lights, and the 36 LEDWash 600+s were the primary back lights, rigged on 6 vertical trusses positioned in between the big LED columns.
Kučinić found Robe MMX WashBeams – a personal favourite – again to be ideal for front key lighting which was crucial as the show was recorded in 4K for future broadcast and DVD.
The Robe LEDWash 600+s were used for striking backlight accents and he maximised some eye-catching strobe macros.
The biggest technical challenge of putting on this gig was the setup of the massive roof construction which was also completed by ELDRA to Kučinić’s design specifications.
Kučinić programmes and operates all his own shows, utilising an MA Lighting grandMA2 platform, pre-vizzed in WYSIWYG.
The band’s sound engineer is Davor Smotalic. VJ Ivan Marusic took care of the payback visuals, and the camera and TV recording director were Davor Levicki. The Zagreb stadium show also featured a spectacular 10-unit laser show produced by LumiLas LLC’s Juraj Stipetic and Robert Kirsa.
