NASHVILLE, TN — At Lipscomb University here, a recent production of Shrek: The Musical featured a lighting rig that included VL770 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite. Assistant professor David Hardy, who provided the lighting design, credited the fixture for its punch and color.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — 4Wall Entertainment will be opening the doors to its Los Angeles facility on July 17 for a Vendor Showcase event featuring information and demos involving more than 15 of 4Wall’s manufacturer partners, including adyntech, AC Lighting, ACT Lighting, Altman, Chauvet Pro, Elation, ETC, GLP, Lex Products, Martin, Morpheus Lights, Omez Lighting, Rosco, Spotlight, TMB, Vari-Lite, and UsedLighting.com.
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PILTON, U.K. — XL Video supplied creative video projection and control to the Shangri La area at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts here June 25-29, including the Heaven area, which required eight Barco R22 projectors, and the “Pyschotron,” an artwork featuring projections on an 8-meter circular screen mounted in the roof of a geodesic dome.
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LONDON – For One Direction’s global tour which visited South America before heading to some of the largest-capacity stadiums and arenas in the U.K. and Europe, Paul Normandale provided a lighting design that includes Robert Juliat fixtures.
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AMSTERDAM — LD Rob Sinclair included Clay Paky fixtures in the tour rig for Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz world tour. The rig includes Clay Paky Sharpy and Sharpy Wash 330 colored beams.
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TURKU, Finland — Mein Schiff 3 (My Ship), a cruise ship recently built at the STX Finland shipyard here for Germany based TUI Cruises, features Robe moving lights within its entertainment venues, including the main theatre and nightclub venues. Chris Moylan of Berlin based Optikalusion designed the lighting systems.
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MECHELEN, Belgium — When Studio 100, producers of the WWI-themed 14-18 Spektakel musical, were looking to move a 2,000-seat audience tribune up and down a 150 meter-long performance space throughout the show, they turned to Hans Willems of Wicreations. The show was staged at the Nekkerhal here.
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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).
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