Hailed as the best current touring performance, Take That’s The Circus Live – Summer 2009 tour exceeded
everyone’s expectations – even the band commented that “This is the biggest tour we’ve ever done, it’s the
most exciting Take That tour yet!“
CT Shines at Take That
With concerts throughout the UK and held in the largest stadiums, over 1,000,000 tickets were sold for the flamboyantly themed
extravaganzas, based on Take That’s latest album ‘The Circus’. With the stage set as the Big Top, a ringmaster welcomed the
audience to the show, which included jugglers, unicyclers, clowns and trapeze artists and incorporated dancers in feather
showgirl outfits, a high wire act and the ultimate showmanship of the boy band themselves.
New songs mixed with old as Take That treated their fans to a spectacular that answered the question ‘Could It Be Magic‘ with the
confirmation that for many it was the ‘Greatest Day’. However, ‘It Only Takes A Minute’ wasn’t a reference to all the pre-planning
and preparation that goes in to such a sensational and memorable show.
Creative Technology has been involved in all three tours since Take That reformed, which enables CT to provide the production
with experience and knowledge allowing for smooth transit and seamless rig and de rig for each of the stadium stints. Utilising a
Barco MiTrix screen for the back screen and OD10 screens for each side, CT once again worked alongside XL Video who provided
the central circular screen.
The MiTrix screen uses a total of 196 modules, delivers an overall screen size of over 350m2 and used CT’s newly developed cable
system to overcome the installation issues that MiTrix has been known for in the past. CT also built custom dollies allowing
equipment to be double stacked hugely reducing load in time and optimising truck pack.
In addition to the vast MiTrix screen, two towering IMAG displays flanked the stage. Each measuring almost 14 metres, it was
essential to utilise a module with sufficient structural integrity to withstand both the vertical loads and potential wind forces.
Nonetheless the top four rows of Mitsubishi modules selected had to be specially modified to withstand the potential loads. As
with the MiTrix, CT built custom dollies again reducing load in time and truck space.
The entire project was managed by CT’s Alex Leinster who temporarily returned from the company’s Asia Pacific office to look after
this project. Alex was supported locally by Rob Ricci and a touring crew of eight led by Richard Corns.
Production Manager Chris Vaughan who has worked with Take That since 1993, agreed that the scale of the show was extremely
impressive and that CT’s approach to the implementation and management of the screens was seamless: “With CT having been
involved in all three of Take That’s tours since the band reunited, their experience and understanding of how things need to go
together in such a short time period certainly makes for a smooth and cohesive working relationship.
“This is one of the largest deployments of Video Screen I have witnessed, five out of 35 Production trucks contain CT Video Screens
and the whole production ran very smoothly. The screens looked magnificent and combined with Take That’s spectacular
showmanship ensured that this tour will be one people talk about for years to come!”
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