Wholehog/Flying Pig Systems to Mark 25 Years at PLASA 2017

[caption id="attachment_278671" align="alignnone" width="800"]The original three Flying Pigs[/caption]

LONDON, UK – To celebrate the 25 th anniversary of the Wholehog lighting control desk, the Flying Pig Systems team, along with an original Wholehog console, will reunite at the PLASA Show in September.In 1992, three young, twenty-something men – Nick Archdale, Tom Thorne and Nils Thorjussen – exhibited a new control system for live entertainment lighting at the PLASA Show in London. Called Wholehog, it had been conceived, developed, road-tested and launched in less than a year. Its disruptive power and features drew huge interest from the market, while its impact was recognised by the PLASA Show’s Awards judges who unanimously named it Lighting Product of the Year.

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[caption id="attachment_278663" align="alignnone" width="800"]Lotte World Crown at Sunset[/caption]

SEOUL—Hansam System, Co., Ltd used Martin fixtures to light Lotte World Tower, South Korea’s tallest skyscraper and the fifth tallest building in the world. Featuring 123 floors, Lotte World Tower is home to a wide range of facilities and public spaces, including business offices, private residences, a luxury hotel, a mega mall, a cinema, an aquarium, a concert hall and a large observation deck. The building owners hired Hansam System, Co. and lighting consultants EOS SLD and Nikennomura to design an ambitious lighting solution that would visually enhance the architecture of the building’s roof, observatory ticketing area and grand ballroom.

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[caption id="attachment_278660" align="alignnone" width="800"]Mrs Brown & Adlib’s Touring Crew together on set [/caption]

UK – The hilariously funny, successful Brendan O’Carroll comedy creation ‘Mrs. Brown’s Boys’ continues its popular live touring version, leaving a wake of smiles and laughs, with full technical production – lighting, sound, video, rigging and crew – supplied by Adlib. Adlib has been involved with Mrs. Brown’s Boys live since its very first theatre tour in 2000, and since then it’s become a multi award winning TV show and a massive arena live show phenomenon!

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[caption id="attachment_278657" align="alignnone" width="800"]On the left is Prolight’s Rafal Rzeczkowski, with TRANSCOLOR’s technical manager Szymon Kosicki[/caption]

WARSAW, Poland – Transcolor Lucjan Siwczyk, one of Poland’s major rental companies, is located in greater Warsaw, since 2010 in a substantial purpose-built warehouse and office complex complete with two large studios which are regularly hired out by TV production companies to record a range of series and programs. Television is a core market for Transcolor which also services other studios with lighting and video equipment – together with concert touring, special events and long term installations.

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