Every year clients amaze us with the inventiveness of their events, the setting, the staging, the lights or the performances themselves.
But Scottish Opera really won the prize this year for the most unusual and inspiring event – a performance of Pagliacci in a tent.
And not just any tent, but an Amazing Tent Co QuadSpan tent, which accommodated the live orchestra, all the cast who moved around the tent and the audience who were mainly standing to enjoy the whole movement and sense of the opera.
This was Scottish Opera’s attempt at bringing opera to a wider audience, attracting many people who had perhaps never seen one before. It has widely been recognised as a huge success, and a world first in terms of the format and staging of the opera.
Take a look at this video on the Scottish Opera YouTube account of the set-up of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0kIih01ELc
And this video of the news coverage on STV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BMUIni7UFU
We certainly had our challenges – being in Paisley, Scotland, we had to contend with those strong Scottish winds. But what a successful event! The QuadSpan offered a vast space for the performance, that worked well with the lighting and the orchestra. We were very proud to support this unique event and provide event cover for Scottish Opera.
