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ROME — The Globe Theatre in Rome, an exact replica of the Shakespeare’s Globe venue in London, features productions by the Bard. LD Umile Vainieri oversaw a recent upgrade that included fixtures from Robe including eight Robin DLX Spots, 12 Robin LEDWash 600s and two DigitalSpot 7000DT moving projectors. The fixtures were sourced via Robe’s Italian distributor, Robe Multimedia.

LONDON — Electric Fly Productions, which provided lighting gear for all seven arenas at the 2013 Global Gathering festival, opted to use Martin’s M6 lighting console on the main stage for the lighting rig, which included a substantial number of Martin lighting fixtures.

PERTH, Australia — His Majesty’s Theatre, a.k.a. “The Maj,” home to the Western Australia Opera, recently upgraded with an ETC Eos console which resides in the bio box, an ETC EOS remote processor unit and an ETC Gio console which is used on stage and in the stalls as a production console.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Working with Suters Architects, Electrolight provided more than 300 Anolis ArcDot LED pixels to light the façade of the landmark waterslide at Noble Park Aquatic Centre (NPAC) here. The ArcDots helped make the 19.5-meter-high structure clearly visible from Melbourne’s town center. Dave Anderson led the design for Electrolight.

LONDON — The 2013 Coronation Festival Gala, honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 60-plus years on the throne, included live performances from The National Youth Orchestra, The Feeling, The English National Ballet, Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson and Katie Melua near Buckingham Palace. Staged July 11-14, the event featured a lighting design by LD Vince Foster who specified more than 150 Clay Paky fixtures.