Denmark – The stunning new Lion Productions show Cinderella the Musical (Askepot the Musical in Danish) is taking the country by storm with a vibrant, creative and modern staging of one of the world’s favourite and best-known fairytales. The show premiered at the Tivolis Koncertsal, København, (Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen) and is being followed by an ongoing national tour.

Motor Stage Automation (MSA) has provided two elements of automation equipment for this specular and acclaimed production: MRD750 7.5 metre double revolve comprising a five-metre centre circle and a 2.5 metre outer ring, plus two tracking video screens on a rear truss.

All of this is being operated via a Kinesys Vector control console, programmed by Lion Productions’ head of automation, Erik Mølgaard Jensen, at the start of the tour. A touring operator runs the automation day-to-day, with Erik also overseeing the moves to different venues.

The MRD750 high gloss surfaced revolve is in constant motion throughout the performance for moving props and people. The action starts off in a slick modern fashion show environment and transitions to a more traditional Cinderella fairytale setting, the narrative coming alive with scenography by Benjamin La Cour, costumes designed by Soeren Le Schmidt, plus new music by Danish pop artist Rasmus Seebach.