WWI-Themed Musical Moves the Audience with Story Line, and Rigging

LONDON — For Robbie Williams’ Swings Both Ways tour, which features visual and set elements designed by show directors Lee Lodge and Willie Williams and LD Mark Cunniffe, automation is being handled by a Kinesys Vector system controlled by Gareth Williams (no relation to the headliner).

MUNICH, Germany – For the fourth German-Turkish Cultural Olympiad, an event that aspires to strengthen mutual cultural awareness, education and understanding, show lighting designer and operator Chris Schatz (Klinkertorstudios) used an MA system to manage 60 Clay Paky Sharpys and 20 Alpha Spot HPE 1500s.

LONDON — The Royal Opera House (ROH) in London’s Covent Garden, home to The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, stages more than 400 productions each season. The venue’s production team relies on a lighting rig with close to a thousand fixtures, including a variety of fixtures from Harman’s Martin Professional.

LONDON – Digital Insanity used Hippotizers to map eight huge LED screens with the letters G.O.D.Z.I.L.L.A. at the film’s London premiere. The letters were masked onto the front, creating an impressive light box effect, and were programmed with lighting chases and movie footage.

LONDON – LD Jamie Thompson turned to GLP’s LED Impression series to help create dramatic stage impact for this year’s world tour by Bastille. The production concept highlighted the triangle symbol which replaces the ‘A” in Bastille — and the impressions are used to line the upstage triangle and mid-stage diagonals. They are also rigged overhead for use as mid-air effects and to wash the stage.