Intense Lighting is a rental company based in Botany, Sydney, Australia. Operated by founder Ian Garrard and under his leadership, Intense Lighting purchased 12 Robe Footsie2 Slims midway through 2025 to service a remount production for Queensland Ballet’s Trilogy season in Brisbane.
The Trilogy season is a triple bill of three stand-alone short works by three acclaimed choreographers – Cathy Marston, Jack Lister, and Christopher Bruce. The season was lit by LD Matt Marshall and director Alex Berlage.
Footsie2 Slims provided a solution for what Matt and Alex wanted in terms of a low-profile footlight luminaire, bringing all the advantages of quality LED illumination to that specific shadow-eliminating position around the front of the stage while being almost invisible to the audience.
Marshall commented: “Footsie2 was properly designed for theatre and is a newer and better option than products we were previously using for this style of effect.”
Garrard could also see how useful this product could be for theatrical and dance shows generally, where sightlines are always challenging. The Footsie2 Slim is also IP rated, so it is great for outdoor shows, in addition to taking up minimal stage space and being very discreet.
Since that first production, Intense Lighting’s Footsie2 Slims have been out on a steady stream of other shows.
Garrard has been aware of Robe for many years and also had some good previous experiences with the products after the company purchased 32 x Spiider LED wash beams in 2021. These were for general stock and because they appear frequently on riders.
Garrard revealed: “Lighting designers like them a lot, the moonflower effect is great, making it more than a standard LED wash fixture, and they are one of our hardest working products.” He added that the Spiiders are out all but three or four weeks of the year.