MELBOURNE, Australia – Eric Lawrence, a Melbourne resident and longtime Charcoalblue associate, is heading up the design firm’s newly opened office in Melbourne, Australia. The London-based company also now operates out of Bristol, U.K. (launched earlier this year) and New York (launched in 2012).
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NOTTINGHAM, UK — For Nottingham’s Splendour festival, which drew more than 20,000, On Event Production Co. opted to include Rogue R2 Wash fixtures from Chauvet Professional in the rig.
CHICAGO – Fall Out Boy just wrapped ‘The Boys of Zummer Tour’ co-headlining with Wiz Khalifa, and Clay Paky fixtures were along for the cross-country ride. Robb Jibson of So Midwest, Inc. continued his relationship with the pop punk band, this time as production designer for the US amphitheater tour.
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LONDON – For the London Club and Bar Awards, presented June 8 at the Intercontinental Hotel, Halo owner Yann Guenancia served as LD. He specified a range of Chauvet fixtures including 10 Legend 330SR Spots, eight Legend 412 moving washes, nine Rogue R2 Beams, four Rogue R1 Beams, two Ovation F-165WW LED Fresnels, two Ovation E-190WW LED ellipsoidals, 40 PVP S5 LED panels and 16 Chauvet DJ SlimPAR Hex 3 IRC Par-style units.
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SEOUL, South Korea – Music Bank and Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketch Book – both produced by and aired on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network – had lighting designed by Kim Jung Hyun. He included BMFL Blade fixtures provided by rental company, RGB.
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I took the summer off from lighting any shows to concentrate on the magazine and be available to see all the shows coming through my city.
I have caught up with so many old lighting designer colleagues as well as meeting a few new board operators that have tons of talent. I really wish I had enough time to catch up with everyone out on the road.
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