DiGiCo breaks new ground in China with Mamma Mia!
A DiGiCo SD8 console was at the helm as renowned musical Mamma Mia! became the first Western musical to be performed in Mandarin with a Chinese cast, writes Paul Watson.
After runs in Shanghai and Beijing, the smash hit musical Mamma Mia! is currently playing in Guangzhou, China, with a DiGiCo SD8 at FOH position. Although Western musicals have previously toured China, this is the first time that one has been performed by a local cast, with a translated script. Technically, the audio approach was the same as it has been for all other recent productions of Mamma Mia!, however a few hurdles had to be cleared regarding the supply of equipment. "Because of China&apos;s import laws, we realised that it would be quite difficult to get the equipment in and out of the country," says the production&apos;s associate sound designer Richard Brooker, who works closely with sound designer Bobby Aitken and has been involved in 21 different productions of Mamma Mia! around the world.
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