XL Events Supplies Screens for Royal Wedding

LONDON – XL Events installed two large LED screens in London’s Trafalgar Square, one of the main public viewing areas for the live TV broadcast for the wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton. XL Events worked with event producers Jack Morton Worldwide, which also arranged for four similar format/concept sites across London for the wedding. An estimated 1 million people lined the streets, and the broadcast was seen by close to 2 billion people.

LONDON, UK – Lighting designer Travis Shirley, who has been with Enrique Iglesias for six years, is using an all Martin rig on the current "Euphoria" world tour, a rig that includes over 200 of the remarkably small and super light MAC 101 washes.

SERIATE, ITALY – The 360-degree staging of Pietro e Lucia, based on the 1920s anti-war novel by French novelist Romain Rolland included Clay Paky's Alpha Beam 1500. Focusing on the impact of the First World War on the lives of two lovers, the show is a monumental multimedia combination of dance, film, rock and opera, featuring soloists from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, Italian opera stars, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Choir, together with rock musicians.

AARHUS, DENMARK – The Royal Danish Ballet’s recent performance of “A Folk Tale,” which ended a four week run at the Copenhagen Opera House on April 8th, is a classic Bournonville ballet that included several new interpretations and visual elements. Part of that new look included lighting effects from Martin Professional MAC III Profile luminaires under the command of lighting designer and programmer Mikki Kunttu.