Panto. December 2013. UV Canon

There was one scene in the Panto when we used a UV Canon lantern. It was during the Woodland scene with the benches in. There were actors dressed in white cloth as ghosts and it was used so the white would stand out on the dimly lit stage. There had also been eyes painted on the Bush scenery with UV paint so the UV lantern also lit these up during that scene.

 

I took the above pictures as I had first seen the UV light bulb lying around on the workshop bench, which was no longer any good, and was impressed with the size of the bulb and asked what it belonged to. The second picture shows the Canon without the grill on, as the old bulb had just been removed and the third picture shows the grill in place after the new bulb was fitted.

 

During the Panto the UV Canon had to be operated separately from the main lighting desk and the switch for it was kept in the main switch box on the other side of the Tech Box Room.

When cue 12 (scene change) was called during the performance one of us in the Tech Box had to manually go switch on the UV Canon so it would be operational when cue 13 (the woodland bench scene) was called. The UV Canon would take a few moments to charge up before working and that is why it was put on during the scene change. Before each performance during the rigging check the UV Canon would also be switched on to check if it was functioning properly. Everyone was though advised not to ever look directly at it. During cue 16 the UV Canon was again manually switched off.