NATEAC Receives AIA/CES Approval for Courses

LONDON – LD Richard Larkum has worked with the The Kaiser Chiefs for the last seven years, and is using Robe’s ROBIN 600 LEDWash fixtures for the first time. With no video production or elaborate set, Larkum counted on the fixtures to do all the work on the 21-date tour.

LONDON – Entertainment lighting specialist White Light has spent the winter helping lighting designer Phil Supple bring light to the dark winter nights at forests around the UK as part of Culture Creative’s Electric Forest project. This saw lighting transform the Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest in Kent during October, High Lodge at Thetford Forest in Suffolk during December and the Moors Valley Country Park & Forest in Dorset this February.

FRANKFURT, Germany — The live entertainment industry spotlight turned to Frankfurt from March 21-24 for this year’s Prolight + Sound and Musikmesse trade events. Along with the latest technology, the industry’s proclivity to mix business with pleasure at industry confabs was on full display. Here are a few highlights.

LONDON – When Colour Sound Experiment found itself bursting at the seams with equipment in its inventory, something had to give: the walls. The company expanded its current warehouse facility by acquiring the building next door and knocking down the walls. The expansion nearly doubles the previous available space. Another part of the new space is a dedicated storage and workshop area.