U.K.’s BoomTown Launches Sector 6 Performance Area; GLS Provides Gear

WINCHESTER, UK – THE 2016 Boomtown Festival, staged Aug. 11-14, featured a new stage and performance area, Sector 6. Dan Borg’s unusual set design featured an industrial vibe with tons of scrap metal. Borg and Boomtown’s production manager Robin Collins turned to Dave Whiteoak of Video Illusions for a lighting and video assist. Whiteoak brought in LD Sam Tozer from Vision Factory, and lighting rental company GLS supplied the needed gear.

LONDON – DL7S LED Profile luminaires from Robe made their U.K. debut at the Coliseum in London’s Covent Garden, as part of the lighting rig for the English National Opera (ENO) production of Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde directed by Daniel Kramer. Lighting was designed by Paul Anderson, set and scenic elements were created by influential sculptor Anish Kapoor and the video was designed by Frieder Weiss.

SANTIAGO, Chile – A new world record was set for the Guinness Book of records at the La Florida stadium in Santiago, Chile, on May 22. A total of 2,357 players took part in a 120-hour soccer match and broke the previous record held by England, where a non-stop 105-hour game was played. The match, which was organized by Entel and Huaweii, was accompanied by a closing show. Local production company Real Audio Sistemas provided Clay Paky Mythos, Scenius, Sharpy Wash 330 and Alpha Spot HPE 1500 fixtures.

SYDNEY – Vivid Sydney once again lit up the city’s streets and skyline, and Clay Paky fixtures, which had been used for past installations, returned for the 2016 event as well.

EDINBURGH, Scotland – The 2016 Festival Fringe, which ran from Aug. 5-29, featured more than 50,000 performances in more than 300 venues, with genres ranging from drama, musical, dance, physical theatre, comedy, cabaret, opera, music, spoken word and many more. Zero 88 lighting control was once again right at the hub of this vibrant experience.

HAMBURG, Germany – Robe moving lights – including 65 DL4 series luminaires in the form of 50 x DL4F LED washes and 15 x DL4S Profiles  – were again selected as flagship fixtures for the four major entertainment areas aboard Mein Schiff 5, the latest cruise ship to be launched by German based operator TUI Cruises. This follows up the very successful Robe installation on Mein Schiff 3 in 2014 and Mein Schiff 4 in 2015.

SINGAPORE – This year’s Queen + Adam Lambert Summer Festival tour began in Europe and will wrap up in Asia at the end of September.  Queen’s long history of pushing the envelope, both musically and aesthetically, continues with a design from LD Rob Sinclair and scenic designer Ric Lipson of Stufish Entertainment Architecture. The summer shows were enhanced with Firefly FloppyFlex LED Neon and Solaris SoLED strobes from TMB.