UK - Lighting designer Jon Clark has specified Showline's SL BAR 640 luminaires on
account of their 'impressive' range of colours and clean aesthetic for Benedict
Andrew's production of A Streetcar Named Desire at The Young Vic, starring Gillian
Anderson.The 1947 Tennessee Williams classic is currently being staged in the round. Clark's
lighting design consists of deliberate, uniform systems, which are used to
continually re-inform the performance space and the entire room.

"The SL BAR 640 luminaires are rigged in two parallel lines on an exposed grid above
the main playing space, embedded in a uniformly hung, 88 Par Can toplight," says
Clark. "Often the aesthetic attributes of a unit are almost as significant in an
exposed rig as the light it throws, and that was the case with the design of the SL
BAR 640 luminaires. Their clean, ordered round lenses sit dynamically within the Par
Cans."

The action takes place on a continually revolving open-plan apartment room, designed
by Magda Willi. The set is always in motion, and as such the entire stage area is
treated as one environment, which the revolving set inhabits. The challenge was to
explore this large voluminous space with light, whilst still giving focus to the
revolving object travelling through it. This is where the power and intensity of the
SL BAR 640 luminaires came in, with Clark choosing them to colourise not only the
stage area but the entire auditorium.

"The SL BAR 640 luminaires allow us to achieve a deep and intense colour saturation
of the space," continues Clark. "The range of colours the units can accurately
reproduce is impressive; from dirty, sickly yellows and greens to deeply saturated
reds and low frequency blues."

The SL BAR 640 is a powerful LED linear luminaire offering unprecedented output and
exceptional colour clarity. Ideal for any entertainment application, the 4ft
luminaire provides stunning output whether used for illumination or direct view
purposes. Whether used in place of R40 strips, border-lights, foot-lights,
cyc-lights or for exciting animations, the luminaires provide incredible coverage
and colour washing abilities.

"It's fair to say that a large part of the visual aesthetic of the lighting design
is defined by the intensity and colourisation that the Showline units deliver," says
Clark. "I'm a big fan of the SL BAR 640, alongside the SL STRIP 400, so much so I've
specified both luminaires on the upcoming West End production of Made in Dagenham
The Musical."

A Streetcar Named Desire was broadcast live to over 550 UK cinemas and many more
worldwide on 16 September as part of National Theatre Live. For more information,
visit: www.ntlive.com