Gael Force (1997)

Producer: John Masterson
Director: Ian McGarry
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6 nights of concerts recorded at The Point Theatre Dublin, featuring top Irish acts including The Chieftains, Clannad, Mary Black, Christy Moore, Sinéad O'Connor, Brian Kennedy, Maura O'Connell, DeDannan, Sharon Shannon and Riverdance.

A modular staging arrangement was necessary to allow for a quick turnaround of performers and instruments as upto 6 different acts were featured each night.

The upstage tiers of the centre rostrum arrangement trucked up and offstage past the moveable wings, alternately solid and gauze, which framed the performance area in an asymmetric parabolic sweep.

Between the wing flats on both side of the stage open staircases provided elevated entrances and served as foreground for side-on crane movements.

A series of gauze banners were flown upstage, broken by gobo lighting, to provide backing. These were occasionally alternated with an internally lit moon piece.

Above the stage hung a double ceiling piece designed to break the line of the backing elements in wider head-on shots and to provide interest in the closer low-angle shots from either side.

The floor of the Point stage was clad in neoprene-supported MDF, tongue and grooved to provide a seamless finish for tracking of pedestal cameras and a suitable surface for the performance of excerpts from Riverdance.

Computer rendering of set
 
Christy Moore in performance
 
Sinéad O'Connor & Band onstage
 
Riverdance