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PUSHING
Forward
&
Favourite Gear: “I love gear with punch. Even now I
love the par can 64 because it is bright and efficient. As
my budgets grew, I began using HMI fresnels and ARC
gear. I still love the colour temperature of an HMI. My
new favourite bright moving light is the Best Boy by
PRG. I grew up on the Strand Palette, but now the ETC
EOS family (Ion, Gio, Element) are my favourite consoles.
They make the most sense to me and I really know how
to design on them.”
PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING & PRODUCTION
CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
LOOKING
BACK…
Air Canada
Centre
Spring 2011
PAULE CONSTABLE
Paule Constable Lighting Design
United Kingdom
HUNTLY CHRISTIE
CEO of Christie Lites
Orlando, FL
Started Out: Playing drums in the early ‘80s club circuit
and set up lighting and sound gear and handled pro-
duction details for local bands. Founded Christie Lites in
1985 in his father’s garage in Toronto at age 25.
Favourite Gear: “Console? The Celco Gold 90-channel
programmable lighting desk. Favourite fixture is the
freshly spun chrome Thomas Par 64 par can. I don’t have
any favourites these days – too old for the emotional
attachment to gear that came with my youth.”
In 2011, Toronto’s Air
Canada Centre led
the charge with other
top-tier sporting facilities
to put a strong focus
on the fan experience
surrounding the games
themselves. Our feature
focused on the venue’s
adoption of a new light-
ing console and eight
then-new Martin MAC III
Profiles loaded under the
score clock to keep the
house on its heels before,
during, and after Toronto
Maple Leafs and Raptors
games.
Started Out: As a followspot operator on a show called
Black Heroes in the Hall of Fame at the Hackney Empire.
Constable’s extensive credits include multiple produc-
tions for The National Theatre and major West End and
Broadway productions. She is a multiple Olivier and Tony
Award winner and has also received the Hospital Award
for Contribution to Theatre, the New York Critics Circle
Award, Drama Desk Award, and was the first recipient of
the 2013 Opera Award for Lighting.
Favourite Gear: “The par can; it is the best. Latest
developments? The ETC Source Four Lustr 2 and GLP
impression X4 Bar.”
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