The contruction of the set for the Romeo & Julia production and the education of the theatre staff have taken over our facilities.

At this moment, we are realizing set designer Lehna Edwall’s visions in our workshop. The design includes 3-dimensional parts made from wood, steel and fiberglass. Some amazing special effects will also be built into the set.

The education of the Göta Lejon staff is going well and soon they will be experts in our system, whether they want to fly an object or a person.

The premier of the musical is booked til 31 december 2010 at Göta Lejon in Stockholm.

Further technical information about the production will follow…

Mats Karlsson is a carpenter with 25 years in the industry and 35 years in the profession, many of them together with Visual act. Within Visual act, he is responsible for the carpentry workshop, and supervises the work for different productions.

Kevin is our new electrical engineer with a background that includes work at NASA and Dunbar Engineering a company that deals with design, testing and implementation of concepts.  At Visual act he will be responsible for maintenance, commissioning of new installations, electronic circuit board design and development and electrical documentation.

Elena has a background as a mechanical designer and has joined our team for the Asian Games 2011 project. She will work closely with Jim Fainberg managing the project. Elena has 10 years experience in the complete product development chain sor a wide variety of products, from wheelchairs to the CashGuard system, she easily got acquainted with the project.

Visual act welcomes Elena, Kevin and Mats to the team!

The Björn Skifs show “A Show 2010”, directed and choreographed by Pernilla Skifs, has been a sensation since its premiere at Cirkus the 29^th January 2010.  

72 sold out shows, 110 000 tickets sold, great reviews. The successful spring at Cirkus is over but the show must go on… on a tour. The tour “Björn Skifs, a show 2010” opened in Örebro on October 7^th and will visit 11 different cities in Sweden during the autumn and early winter.  

Design sketch by set designer Viktor Brattström.

Visual act supplied the complete set and stage technology for the production.  The band is placed on four Visual act Advanced Wagons that move individually to create different scenographic effects. The Visual act Stage Control System is also used to fly acrobats with the help of two Visual act point hoists.  

The stage technology is highly integrated into the show which, according to Elin Unnes in the Svenske Dagbladet:  

“includes elements of contemporary circus: A giant spider web is stretched over the stage Neon colored human spider climb on the net and Skifs is lifted into the fly tower.”  

The Visual act Advanced Wagon system is free from tracks allowing the tour to travel without subfloors and understage machinery.  Motions can easily be adjusted, if necessary, to better fit the stages of different venues.  For the tour each band platform has been fitted with transport wheels and can be rolled directly into the truck.   

Björn Skifs Official Website >>