Le Maitre Announces Enhancements in U.K.-Based Pyro Production
PETERBOROUGH, U.K. – Le Maitre noted recently that its increased investment in pyro factory here is yielding an increase in the quantity and quality of its pyro products, with less fallout material, more consistent colors, and reformulated magnesium compositions to keep environmental impact to a minimum.
Read More »M’era Luna Festival Features Covenant, Lit with SGM Gear
HILDESHEIM, Germany – The annual M’era Luna Festival, staged Aug. 9 at a former British Army airbase here, featured its usual mix of goth, metal and industrial music with headliners including Marilyn Manson, Paradise Lost and In Extremo. But this year’s lineup also included Covenant, an electronic dance band from Sweden, into the lineup. LD Stephan Aue and lighting operator Rico Münzer used LED gear from SGM to light the group’s synth-pop stylings.
Read More »Rock in Rio’s Return to Portugal in 2014 Included GLP Gear for Main Stage Façade
Clay Paky GlowUps Enhance Historic Houses in Italy
Leidse Koorboeken Concerts Lit with Clay Paky GlowUp Fixtures
Puppet Theater in Slovenia Expands, Adds to its Collection of Robe Fixtures
MARIBOR, Slovenia — A puppet theater here, housed in a building once affiliated with a Minorite monastery dating back to 1271, added a 522-seat auditorium recently. The venue also expanded its inventory of Robe lighting fixtures.
Read More »La Production Adds Robe Fixtures to Rental Inventory
BEIRUT, Lebanon — La Production, owned and operated by Roger Bakhos (pictured here, center), is a lighting rental company based in Hazmieh, near Beirut. The company recently added 48 Robe LEDWash 600s to their inventory. Bakhos (center) is pictured here with Elie Battah, GM, Robe Middle East Trading LLC (left); and La Production chief technician Elie Harfouche (right).
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Seventh Knight of Illumination Awards On Track for London’s Troxy Theatre, Oct. 5
Splendit in Belgium Stocks Up on Robe Gear
LIEDEKERKE, Belgium – Splendit, a lighting and sound rental company based here, is headed by LD/programmer Marijn Broeckaert. He formed the company in 2007 and has lately been expanding his inventory of Robe moving lights, working via Robe distributor Controllux. Broeckaert is pictured here (left) with Controllux’s Bram de Clerck.
Read More »RML Supplies Clay Paky B-EYEs for the Sky Sports Awards
As a premier supplier of television lighting, Richard Martin Lighting stays at the forefront by constantly updating its inventory including a number of the new Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20. The new fixtures had barely been unloaded before they were off to their first gig, the Sky Sports Awards. “There is a wide range of moving light product on the market,” said Gemma Jaques, “so it’s really important that we make the right choices when opting to invest in a new fixture. The colours are fantastic on the units and the effects available provide that ‘something new’ that designers have been desperate to see. We’ve been extremely excited to see how they will be used.”
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