Missy Higgins has unveiled ‘an anniversary tour with a difference’ to celebrate 20 years since her trailblazing debut, The Sound Of White.
The Second Act Tour is currently touring theatres nationally in a special two-act show. On the road with Missy are her long-term crew members lighting designer Kait Hall and FOH audio engineer Brent Gray.
Kait and Brent have kindly agreed to conduct a tour of the lighting and audio setup for this hugely popular show and will no doubt offer invaluable insights into what it takes to stage such a production.
The tour will take place on Sunday June 16th at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre from 2.30pm – 3.30pm.
Kait’s lighting rig includes:
14 x Ayrton Diablos
10 x Martin Encore Cold
16 x Claypaky Sharpy X Frames
9 x Chauvet Strike M
7 x ShowPRO DiamondBacks
7 x Claypaky Panify
30 x LED Bulbs
1 x 16K Epson projector
1 x MA2 light
Brent’s audio setup includes:
FOH – Avid S6L 24C, E6L 144 w/ 2 x AVB cards, Waves & Madi Option cards. Stage 64.
Outboard – TC Electronics Reverb 4000, Waves Soundgrid Extreme Server, UAD Live Rack system incl Mac mini, Touchscreen and RME MadiFace.
PA Du Jour – Civic – Martin MLAc w/ DSX subs from ei Productions
Microphones
Kick – Beyer M88TG & Sennheiser e901
Snare – SM57 & Sennheiser e904
Hihat – Sennheiser e914
Toms – Sennheiser e904 x 2
Bongos – Sennheiser e906
Overheads – Neumann TLM 102 x 2
BV Percussion – Sennheiser e904
Bass – Radial JDI & Shure KSM32
Electric Guitar – Sennheiser e906
Matt Acoustic – Radial JDI
Missy Acoustic – Radial JDI
Missy Electric Guitar – Cabinet simulator
Elana Acoustic – Shure Axient RF
Missy – DPA de:Facto 1 4018v
BV’s – Sennheiser e-935 x 9
Trumpet – Shure Axient RF w/DPA 4099 Extreme
Cello – Schertler pickup & DPA 4099 Lo
Grand Piano – DPA 4099 Lo x 2
If you would like to attend this tour please email catstrom@optusnet.com.au with the subject line MISSY TOUR. Please note that numbers are limited so don’t sign up and then not turn up!
