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MDG supports ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Helsinki City Theatre

The musical production of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ at the City Theatre in Helsinki, Finland, plays in repertoire in the 950-seat main theatre for over 120 performances from August 2019 to Spring 2020, including the Christmas period. Helping to create the magical underwater atmosphere are haze, fog and low-fog generators from MDG.

The production has been put together by director Samuel Harjanne, set designer Peter Ahlqvist and costume designer Pirjo Liiri-Majava, all of whom are from Finland, and choreographer Gunilla Olsson-Karlsson from Sweden.

Characters are also brought to life with liberal use of flying, and puppetry from UK-based Stitches and Glue. The puppetry and flying demands haze coverage in all three dimensions, both to create atmosphere and also to mask and highlight the puppetry and set.

Helsinki City Theatre’s resident lighting designer of nine years, William Iles, chose MDG generators to create the necessary haze for this production, using an ATMe haze generator and TheOne dual-mode haze and fog generator for general ambience, and an Ice Fog Q with a Round Floor Pocket for low fog effects.

TheOne and the ATMe generator were already part of Helsinki City Theatre’s own equipment inventory, and are rigged on either side of the stage in a mid-position on the proscenium towers from where the haze spreads evenly thoughout the stage and auditorium.

The Ice Fog Q and its associated Round Floor Pocket (RFP) are both new to the Helsinki City Theatre and were supplied by MDG’s exclusive Finnish distributor Msonic Oy. The Ice Fog Q generator is located under the stage revolve, where it rotates with it, and the low fog is ducted out through the RFP situated centre stage.

(Photos: Robert Seger/Helsinki City Theatre)

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