Robe Pointe spotlights illuminate the 'futuristic' creation of the musical 'A Marte Cabaret'

The designer Felipe Ramos has selected the Pointe de Robe lighting spotlights, brand represented in Spain by EES and supplied by ASL Light Solutions, to create spectacular light designs and a futuristic atmosphere in the musical 'A Marte Cabaret', successfully represented on Madrid's Gran Vía.

Created and directed by Yllana, the musical show 'A Marte Cabaret' combines circus, music, humor, eroticism and science fiction in a futuristic and intergalactic environment, in which scenic and spectacular lighting is a fundamental element .

The designer Felipe Ramos, in charge of the lighting project of this musical that has achieved great success on Madrid's Gran Vía, needed a spotlight that offered a powerful lighting background to create diverse light beam designs and provide versatility, without losing illuminance and spectacularity, essential in this cabaret-themed show based on science fiction.

The chosen solution has been the Pointe de Robe, brand represented in the Spanish market by Entertainment Equipment Supplies (EES),have been supplied by ASL Light Solutions. As Ramos explains, “Pointe spotlights have been great for this purpose. They offer great versatility: from a laser-type beam or a 'beam spray', even the effects of a spot 1200 and wash-type lighting to cover the entire space homogeneously”.

This lighting designer has taken advantage of the wide range of possibilities that these spotlights offer, “we have squeezed each and every one of its characteristics, using from the minimal gobo 'beam reducer’ to the frost to make a wash”, Ramos emphasizes.

Given the theme of the show, The lighting had to respond to two very different needs: cabaret light, showy, festive and with a lot of color on the one hand, and technological and science fiction aspect on the other; a challenge that Felipe Ramos has successfully solved in this show.