The high-profile Belgian Golden Shoe Awards – produced by DPG Media and Het Laatste Nieuws – is a coveted prize given to the Belgian First Division A’s best male and female football players based on performance over the preceding year. Broadcast live on the national television channel VTM, this year for the first time, the lighting design was handled by Thomas Boets of LDP.Read More »Robe Scores at Belgian Golden Shoe Awards
The joys of lighting panto are many. High on that list is the opportunity it affords a designer to unfurl a rainbow of colors and transform the stage into a playland that delights actors and audiences alike. Johanna Town, award-winning designer, and Chair for The Association for Lighting Production and Design (ALPD), will readily attest to that. “Panto is all about being bold with color,” she observed. “It also has some big traditions of happy good fairy and wicked bad fairy; so, it’s a lot of fun to reflect this in color by doing things like making dramatic transitions, such as going from golden rich pinks, to menacing magentas and greens.”Read More »LD Johanna Town Tells Beauty and the Beast Panto Story in Color with Chauvet Professional
Utrecht’s TivoliVredenburg music complex hosted a live session by Dutch musician Niels Broos recently, with a lighting design by Jolijn van Iersel using the features of Vari-Lite VL5LED WASH, VL10 BEAMWASH, and VL6500 WASH luminaires from Signify. Widely regarded as one of the most creative jazz and electronic music keyboard players of our day, Niels Broos’ performance saw renditions of some of his biggest hits as well as improvised, immersive sound design pieces. It was part of the Gaudeamus festival – staged for young music pioneers – and was streamed to fans.Read More »Vari-Lite Luminaires Add On-Camera Effects for Niels Broos Live
To provide the International 2021 Dota 2 World Championship with a dazzling visual display and premium broadcast lighting, Lighting Designer Alex Berry partnered with Christie Lites and THiNC Worldwide to deploy a complex Martin by HARMAN lighting rig, including state-of-the-art Martin MAC Ultra Performance fixtures.Read More »International 2021 Dota 2 World Championship Wows Viewers with Martin Professional
Young German pop singer Nico Laska recently presented his debut album, NI/CO, at a sold-out event at the Frankfurt club Nachtleben. Working alongside him was… Read More »GLP Lights Nico Laska’s Record Release Concert
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As Polish hip-hop group PRO8L3M returned to the stages last December, the Prolights Astra Wash7PixIP and Astra Wash19Pix had their arena debut at the COS… Read More »Polish Hip-Hop Group Performs with Prolights Astra Wash
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On Feb. 4, 2022, the long-awaited Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games officially kicked off. Three competition zones are set up in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhang Jiakou, and the games will last 19 days. Over the course of the games, 109 sets of gold, silver, and bronze medals will be presented to the winning athletes.Read More »YESTECH Supports Celebrations at Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Scotland-born DJ KC Lights led revelers through a celebration on Night Two of the Belsonic Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland last September. LD Anthony Hazelden used a ChamSys PC Wing running on a 15-inch MacBook Pro to unleash his bursting-with-energy light show for the event.
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The final of the 2021 Russian National Open Championship of Creative Competencies—ArtMasters—was staged at the iconic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow to honor the best creative and technical talents working behind the scenes on shows and events—lighting designers, set designers, content creators, virtual worlds programmers, costume designers, make-up artists, and many more.Read More »Astera is a Winner at ArtMasters Championship
With its flowing, curving, abstract form, the Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre presents a fitting architectural testimony to the poetic beauty of the Japanese theatrical tradition. Widely regarded as the masterpieces of internationally renowned architect, Toyo Ito, the inherent beauty of the 18-year-old structure, is characterized by a speckled pattern of 20,000 pieces of glass adorning the façade.Read More »Hibino Lighting Adds Extra Versatility to Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre with Chauvet Professional
An intrepid team of 10 industry professionals cycled 400km (249 miles) along the Mediterranean coast last weekend to raise awareness of the impacted Live Events… Read More »BikeFest Spain 2022 Finishes Phase One, Raising Funds for Industry
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Lighting Designer Bruno Poet recently turned to Elation Professional’s Proteus™ line of IP65 luminaires to light the UAE’s 50th National Day Celebration in December 2021, a breathtaking and technically demanding show that beautifully chronicled the country’s unique history and hopes for the future.Read More »UAE 50th National Day Celebration Includes Elation Proteus Fixtures from PRG