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Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds

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RG Jones has supplying sound reinforcement for the touring arena show since 2009. The latest production toured UK venues in March and April. Photo by Andrew Benge

Sound Company

RG Jones Sound Engineering

Venue

Various (UK Tour)

Crew

  • Sound Designer/FOH Engineer: Simon Honywill
  • Monitor Engineer: Becky Pell
  • System Engineers: Steve Carr, Rylan Machin
  • P.A. Tech: Nathan Kennedy
  • RF Specialist: Ricky Spiers
  • Production Director: Steve Nolan
  • Production Manager: Andy Proudfoot

Gear

FOH

Console: DiGiCo SD7

Speakers: Mains: (20) R-L Martin Audio MLA, Side Hangs: (16) R-L MLA Compact, In-fills: (8) R-L MLA Minis (flown), Front-fills: (4) pairs of MLA Minis along the stage; MLX subwoofers placed beneath the stage

MON

Console: DiGiCo SD7

Tour Details

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds, which has been touring arenas for 16 years, continued this year once again with support from sound designer Simon Honywill in the FOH mixing position. Honywill has been associated with the arena tour adapted from the 1978 double album for 12 years. H.G. Wells penned the original story in 1898.