Austrian Talent Competition Lit with Robe Fixtures

VIENNA, Austria – Die Große Chance (A Great Opportunity) is one of Austria’s leading talent competitions. The 2014 final, staged in Studio 1 at national broadcaster ORF’s HQ in Vienna, was lit by lighting director Thomas Kruder who used nearly 300 Robe moving lights, including eight of Robe’s new Bright Multi-Functional Luminaires (BMFLs). The rig also included 133 Pointes and 146 LEDBeam 100s. Vienna-based rental company Supporting Role supplied the fixtures.

DUBAI, UAE – For a one-off, open-air rendition of Gary Barlow’s recent Since I Saw You Last touring show in Dubai, LD Tim Routledge specified an array of Clay Paky fixtures, including one of the latest additions to Clay Paky’s product line the SuperSharpy, from leading supplier Eclipse Staging Services. Routledge specified 55 x Clay Paky Sharpys, 12 x Sharpy Wash 330s, 36 x A.leda B-EYE K20s, 10 x A.leda B-EYE K10s, 15 x Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s and 20 x SuperSharpys to deliver ultimate versatility and impact to the diverse production by Louder Entertainment.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Copenhagen Central Station was recently equipped with 24 SGM P-5 wash lights with the goal of making it more welcoming for its approximately 100,000 daily visitors. The contractor on the project was Matrix Sales ApS with Urs Friis-Alstrup as the project manager responsible for budgeting, product selection and programming.

LONDON — Technical manager Nick Charalampidis detailed three high-profile events that Fix8Group has supported recently: the The MTV European Music Awards (Nov. 9 in Glasgow, Scotland), the Victoria Secret Fashion Show (Dec. 2, London) and the inaugural BBC Music Awards (Dec. 11, London). The company supported the visual needs at each event with Hippotizer media formatting, outputting and programming; Hippotizer HDs for a “video catwalk” and Hippotizer HDs for a 3D mapped LED cube centerpiece of the stage.

DUBAI, UAE – Eclipse Staging Services and Delta Sound both unveiled new equipment as Lady Gaga made her Middle East debut in Dubai. Promoted locally by AMI Live and ATW Live in association with Live Nation Global Touring, artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball took place at Meydan Racecourse. Eclipse provided the lighting, video and primary and secondary power distribution, while audio was supplied by Delta Sound. The main stage lighting featured many fixtures, including 67 Clay Paky Sharpys, 11 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1500s and 24 Clay Paky Sharpy Washs.

BEIJING – PR Lighting was given an opportunity to showcase its products in the lighting design for the APEC Welcome Banquet, which was held at the Water Cube in Beijing.  The Welcome Pathway consisted of 21 floor beams, a wave lighting belt and a large illuminated pillar. For the live performance in front of the Bird’s Nest, 500 pieces of PR Lighting’s ARC LED 3216 were used to create the colour changing effects on the outside of the wall. Finally, 260 spot and framing moving heads, 140 beam lights, 160 LED effects, as well as some stage follow spots and a full laser were programmed to project highly creative effects onto the centre of the Water Cube stage.

LONDON – British entertainers Ant and Dec hit the road with a live touring version of their TV show Saturday Night Takeaway. LD Adam Bassett of Woodroffe Bassett Design specified more than a hundred Clay Paky fixtures. They included 57 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1500s, 32 Alpha Profile 1500s, four Alpha Spot QWO 800s, 20 Sharpys and 12 Sharpy Wash 330s, all supplied by Neg Earth. Bassett also collaborated with lighting director and programmer Roland Greil of Einstein and Sons for the run of the tour.