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LONDON — The Stones performed at Wilton’s Music Hall here recently, and the concert sold to capacity — with the audience knowing full well that they were paying to see an Australia-based brother and sister folk-pop duo, Angus and Julia Stone — not the legendary British rock group. LD Toby Hoggarth controlled the lighting rig with an Avolites Titan Mobile and Fader Wing.

ZWOLLE, The Netherlands — Bwefar, a rental company based here, supports a variety of events, specializing in rentals for auto shows. Led by Akim Bwefar, pictured here, the company has strong ties with Robe. Bwefar’s most recent Robe purchase: a batch of LEDWash 800 fixtures, which Bwefar calls “a small fixture with a serious amount of output.” He also credited Robe’s distributor, Controllux, for its service and support.

SÈTE, France – Bootsy Collins and his accompanying band brought their brand of funk to the French Riviera with their performance at Fiest’a Sète 2014 here in August, performing songs off Collins’ most recent album, Tha Funk Capital of the World. LD Jean Marc Jolive’s lighting design included Max L and Wonder fixtures from D.T.S. Lighting.

LONDON — Green Hippo noted that it is continuing with its internship program, which it launched two years ago, and has appointed two new trainees: Bella Reid from Brunel University; and Aleks Ivanov from Newham College and City University.

BONN, Germany – For “Bonner Wissenschaftsnacht,” or “Science Night Bonn,” a biennial celebration of the sciences at the University of Bonn here, the school’s Event Management Department had an artistic idea: to create a “bridge of light beams” linking two key buildings on campus. After visiting Elation’s Dutch showroom, Sebastian Pagen incorporated Elation Platinum Beam 5R Extremes into the design for the late May event. Pagen worked with programmer and lighting operator Pierre Weber from Specialight Eventtechnic on the project.

UDEN, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands — The Theater Markant, based here, is a municipally run theatre space that features a variety of original and touring productions. Controllux recently upgraded it with a new lighting system that includes Robe fixtures. The new lighting rig, designed by Controllux’s Kuno Van Velzen, includes Robe’s Actor LED fixtures, LEDWash 300s, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100 moving lights — all from Robe’s ROBIN series – together with Robe LEDForce 18 PARs.