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Neg Earth Lighting Crew Supports Robbie Williams’ Tour Looks with Martin Gear

Pictured here are, from left, Mike Maslen, Alessandro Schilaci, Davide Palumbi and Peter (Kiss) Horne.

Neg Earth Lighting Crew Supports Robbie Williams’ Tour Looks with Martin Gear

LONDON — Two weeks into Robbie Williams’ Swings Both Ways Tour, some of the lighting crew members from Neg Earth talked about their jobs, their lives and their experience of touring and working behind the scenes on a major production with Martin Professional. Pictured here are, from left, Mike Maslen, Alessandro Schilaci, Davide Palumbi and Peter “Kiss” Horne.

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Volvo Museum in Sweden Gets Lighting Solution with LDR Gear

Volvo Museum in Sweden Gets Lighting Solution with LDR Gear

GOTHENBURG, Sweden – The Volvo Museum, which has expanded to an area totaling more than 86,000 square feet, now welcomes 100,000+ tourists every year from all over the world. A key focal point is a new 21,000+ square foot pavilion highlighting Volvo’s sponsorship of ocean yacht racing and and prestigious golf competitions. Mediatec obtained an assortment of fixtures made by Luci della Ribalta (LDR) and sourced via LDR’s distributor for Sweden, Bellalite, to achieve the design objectives.

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Dreamgirls Tours Netherlands with Lighting Design from Painting with Light. Photo by Roy Beusker

“Dreamgirls” Netherlands Tour Lit by Painting with Light

(NETHERLANDS) – More dreams are coming true in the fabulous world of Painting with Light as Luc Peumans has created another memorable lighting design for the current Albert Verlinde Entertainment production of “Dreamgirls” – a lively, action-packed musical story full of Motown rhythms and legends based on the rise and phenomenal success of The Supremes during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Clay Paky Gear illuminates Spanish TV show, Pequeños Gigantes

Clay Paky Gear illuminates Spanish TV show, “Pequeños Gigantes”

MADRID, Spain – Before Pequeños Gigantes (Little Giants), a Spanish language TV singing and dancing competition that has moved from Mexico to several other countries, was presented by Mediaset España Comunicación to viewers in Spain starting Sept. 7, the producers turned to Cinelux for a lighting rig that included Clay Paky’s A.leda B-EYE K20, Sharpy and Alpha Profile 1500 fixtures.

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Elation Professional debuted its Sniper and won plaudits for its booth design.

2014 LDI Post-Show Report

I have attended perhaps five LDI conventions over the years. Usually I see a lot of rehashed products mixed in with a few new ideas. 2014 seemed to bring a big reversal in this trend; I viewed so many new products that I felt like a kid in Disneyland. With more than 300 exhibitors and 8,000 people in attendance, it was certainly a packed house. There was never a dull moment as I ventured from booth to booth.

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Namibia-based Mikel-Jes Productions Invests In Robe fixtures

Namibia-based Mikel-Jes Productions Invests In Robe Fixtures

WINDHOEK, Namibia — Mikel-Jes Productions, a leading rental company in this southern African nation, recently invested in Robe Pointe, LEDWash 300 and LEDBeam 100 fixtures. The company, led by Michael Verrmulen and Johann Swart, has been operating since 2006 and has built up a substantial reputation for providing complete technical solutions including design and lighting, sound, video, staging and rigging.

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Orlando-Based PAC Opens with Design Assist from Theatre Projects

ORLANDO, FL – Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was Orlando’s $386 million Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts – a  project nearly three decades in the making, according to key design collaborator Theatre Projects. The theatrical design firm worked with Barton Myers (design architect), HKS Architects (executive architect) and Baker Barrios (associate architect) on the venue, which features the 2,700-seat Walt Disney Theater and 299-seat Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater housed within a 330,000 square foot building.

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