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The KV2 Audio loudspeaker set at the Savoy Theatre on the Strand in London for "Pretty Woman: The Musical." (Photo Credit: Nik Dudley)

“Pretty Woman” Opens In London’s West End With KV2 Audio

Sound design tailored to support the show at the Savoy Theatre on the Strand employs ESR215s as main left-right proscenium loudspeakers and a wide range of additional models for fills, delay and low end.

Following a record-breaking run on Broadway, Pretty Woman: The Musical has gone global, including a production currently in London’s West End at the Savoy Theatre on the Strand supported by a sound reinforcement system incorporating KV2 Audio point source loudspeakers.

David Patridge designed the show at its original site at the Piccadilly Theatre, and UK associate designer Greg Pink then modified it for transfer to the Savoy. Nik Dudley mixes the show every night and explains, “Greg’s design uses ESR215s as the main left-right proscenium system supplemented with a raft of ESD5s for delays and fills and a pair of VHD2.18J subwoofers. We have an SL412 center fill for the stalls and a separate system for the balcony comprising an SL412 in the centre, a pair of EX15s, a pair of EX1.18 subwoofers and two EX26 delays.

Photo Credit: Nik Dudley

“I’d already used ESR215s on Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre – incidentally another show designed by John Shivers and David Patridge – and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I knew I was going to have a good time with Pretty Woman,” he continues. “However, this was my first time using a full front-to-back KV2 system and I wasn’t disappointed.

“The way all the different speaker models work so cohesively together is really fantastic,” Dudley concludes. “It makes for a very clear and solid sound, not just for the audience but for me at the mixing desk as well. Because everything is so seamless, I know that what I hear at the desk is a true representation of what the audience is hearing as the coverage is so even across the entire listening area.”

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