Karlsson is flying with the help of Visual acts famous 3D system. Photo by Peter Knutson.

The famous children book’s “Karlsson-on-the-Roof is sneaking around again” (Karlsson på taket smyger igen) from the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren comes alive in a new musical at the Oscars theater (Oscarsteatern).

This time Karlsson-on-the-Roof is flying with the help of Visual acts famous 3D system. Karlsson flies from the stage into the auditorium at speeds of up to 1 meter per second with the help of four winches.  This involves some systems as lines pass through the path of the fire curtain!. An extra winch is used for separate vertical motion that is synchronized with the remainder of the 3D system. This allows for Karlsson-on-the-Roof to fly at the same time as “Little brother”, another character in the musical.

Johan Olsson the project manager from Visual act, says:

It feels really good to be a part of a project that involves a character that I grow up with. I think that the Visual act fly system is used in a tasteful manner and the Karlsson flights contribute to a very good performance.

Offical website for the musical >>
(only in Swedish)

Musical review (only in Swedish): Aftonbladet >>

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