Man of la mancha Lighting design

As the main lighting state is the holding room of the prison, there are sometimes very rapid changes back & forth, from CervanteÂ’s reality to QuixoteÂ’s improvised adventures. While the use of smoke is effective. It may have to be used only subtly, if it has to depend solely on the heat transmitted from the rig, to be able to dissipate fast enough for the Quixote scenes.
For the Cervantes scenes basic Fresnel wash of Congo (L181), -Tokyo (L071) - (L132) blues & (126) Mauve & even Lavender to enhance With Break up GoboÂ’s. Of course there is the flicker. of the fire that will assist as well. In the Quixote scenes because the locations vary from the Spanish Plains, church, Inn & Cervantes house. These will dictate the lighting state. Remembering that these are make believe & performed in the holding room of the prison. There still has to be a definite & significant colour change appropriate to these scenes.
Also as most of the Quixote costumes are supposedly sourced from the props basket by the prisoners & supervised by Sancho. I wouldnÂ’t go over the top with the gaudy spanish costumes.
Depending upon the stageing. If you use a fixed or a desending staircase from the flyÂ’s &/or none at all? This will determine the over all mise en scene & rig. Especialy for the last scene where Cervantes & Sancho climb the staircase to meet there inquisition. If you fly the staircase a Profile with a split gel of Blue/Bastard Salmon works well, beamed down from the top of the stair to add to the mood & fade out with the stairs being flown out.