Leusden, The Netherlands – A neon-tastic celebration of Dutch eighties pop band Doe Maar is now playing at the glass-domed AFAS Theater in Leusden, The Netherlands, with Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Media Servers driving all projection and LED content.
Visual specialists Tenfeet specified a Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 as the backbone of the production’s video system, ensuring reliable multi-output playback and precise control throughout the performance. The video package includes a full-stage front projector, two wide-angle projectors, and an LED back wall.
Produced by MediaLane, Doe Maar de Musical brings the group’s music to the stage, weaving lyrics into the visual design to create an added narrative layer. With the story shifting between four distinct locations — three private homes and a bar — the show relies heavily on rich color environments, textured LED backdrops, and a striking six-meter-wide vinyl-record set piece activated through projection.
“We needed a system capable of delivering four reliable outputs while remaining easy to program and flexible enough for a complex set,” said Kevin Buysse, Video Programmer at Tenfeet. “The Boreal+ MK2 was the perfect choice. It’s powerful, stable, and integrates beautifully into a theater environment.”
One of the show’s biggest technical challenges involved aligning the two onstage projectors tasked with covering the oversized vinyl record. The use of wide mirror lenses made manual alignment difficult — but Hippotizer’s SHAPE 3D projection-mapping tool offered a fast and intuitive solution.
“SHAPE allowed us to get a rough alignment incredibly quickly, and the warping tools let us fine-tune the projection with ease,” Buysse explained. “It saved a huge amount of time on site.”
The entire video system is programmed via DMX control, with a grandMA3 lighting console using sACN to drive the Hippotizer, giving the lighting and video departments a unified workflow with real-time responsiveness.
Content for the production was created by Haarlem-based studio Blacksand, with Yuri Kneppers and Eric Groeneveld developing a visual concept closely aligned with the director’s vision. The show features three full song-length sequences rendered with meticulous detail, which have quickly become audience favorites.
“The visual design is the true highlight of the production,” said Buysse. “The Blacksand team delivered incredibly intricate sequences that pair perfectly with the music. With Hippotizer, every detail — from subtle texturing to bold animated moments — is reproduced with complete accuracy. Whether it’s complex multi-surface mapping or fast-paced musical sequences, the system simply delivers.”
Photo Credit: © MediaLane Theater. Fotografie by Set Vexy
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