With great pleasure, Benno Barends created the lighting design for the musical The Bridges of Madison County at the Zonnehuis in Amsterdam-Noord. The musical was performed by Opus One. This was followed by a playing period at De La Mar, Amsterdam. In spring 2019, this success production went on tour.
Photo: Noor van Gestrel
Musical by Jason Robert Brown starring Lone van Roosendaal and René van Kooten. Also featuring Annick Boer and Ad Knippels, among others. With a live orchestra conducted by Marco Braam.
Other roles: the role of Richard was also played by Bas Heerkens; the roles of the son and daughter were/are played by Jeroen C. Molenaar, Marieke Goemans, Charlotte van der Plas, Joost van der Aa, Dagmar Rijff.
Nominations
The Bridges of Madison County picked up no less than 5 musical nominations. Including Best Small Musical. Annick Boer managed to win the Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Light – Rotating sun
Because the set extended far into the auditorium and the audience was all around it, it was a challenge to create a lighting design for this. The audience was not to be dazzled and it had to be clearly visible from all sides. Benno Barends solved this by continuously rotating the “sunlight” around the players. With 6 groups of 3 parcans the theaterlights could act like the sun throughout the day and change direction.
Cast & Creatives
Director: Koen van Dijk
Set design: Eric Goosens
Lighting design: Benno Barends
Costume design: Maya Schroeder
Choreography: Chiara Re
