The Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre (Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski) is a Shakespearean theatre in the middle of the thriving industrial port city of Gdansk in Poland. Designed by Italian architect Renato Rizzi, it opened in 2014 and is built on the site of a 17th-century theatre, known as the Fencing School, where English travelling players once performed English Renaissance Theatre works.
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On the first evening of Wacken Open Air, German medieval rockers In Extremo headlined on the Louder Stage. The band’s renowned Lighting Designer, Martin Heining, expanded his design especially for the Wacken show, by including 12 of the new high-performance Creos wash lights from by GLP, adding on to the already extensive festival design by LD Jerry Appelt.
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In just three years, Constanta, Romania’s Beach Please has become the largest urban music festival in Europe drawing hip hop, pop, and electronic headliners. The 2024 show featured a lighting rig comprising 430 moving light fixtures. To match the colossal scale of the production, Stage and Lighting Designer Andrei Predut of APart Productions brought in 36 Claypaky Skylos.
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Over 500 Robe moving lights were supplied by three top German rental and technical production companies to four main stages at the 2024 Lollapalooza Berlin festival, organized by Live Nation and staged over two days at the Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium). The North and South stages, the Alternative Stage and Perry’s Stage all rocked Robe this year supplied by TSE (North), the Media Resource Group – MRG (South & Perry’s) and Sound Projekt (Alternative).
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The team at Milton Keynes-based Impact Productions Services (IPS) set up the production for the London Premiere of the reimagined classic at Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre. Everything went according to plan for them as they put up the lighting rig and video wall for this Limited Edition Event Design project, which was designed by Richard Godin. Helping to ensure smooth sailing for the event were REM 3IP LED Screen panels from CHAUVET Professional installed on the premier’s two screen structures.
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Scene Change Sydney has significantly broadened its production capabilities by acquiring 150 sqm of ROE Visual’s Topaz-Curve and Topaz panels, becoming the first in Australia to invest in TP-C. This latest investment enhances Scene Change’s ability to deliver seamless, visually impactful, and effortlessly managed productions. This expansion complements their existing inventory of 200 sqm of ROE’s Graphite panels, which recently took center stage at Paramount’s 2025 Upfronts.
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Moonbears and ADJ have made a new distribution agreement for ADJ products in the Netherlands. This collaboration is part of ADJ’s strategy to strengthen its market position in Europe and will provide a new route to market for ADJ entertainment lighting and atmospheric effect products in the country as well as increased support for smaller production and integration companies.
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This summer, ADJ fixtures were once again used almost exclusively to illuminate the main stage at the SV Arena festival in Powys, Wales. Figure of Eight Events Ltd again took responsibility for the technical production of the stage, deploying a variety of ADJ fixtures including the new Jolt Panel FXIP and Vizi Beam RX2, which are recent additions to the company’s rental inventory.
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On October 26, 2024, Unilumin Group’s “Together with Metasight Technology” 20th Anniversary Celebration and Conference was held at the Unilumin Daya Bay Science and Technology Park. Designers and partners gathered to celebrate Unilumin’s 20-year journey and explore future trends, and application prospects, of Metasight technology.
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Matt Pitman, founder of design studio, Pixelmappers, and long-time Production and Lighting Designer for Dua Lipa, employed a massive rig of Ayrton fixtures for the singer/songwriter’s ‘flawless’ headline appearance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage this summer.
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The Claypaky Sharpy X Frame is one of the most versatile, compact hybrid fixtures available today, ideal for bright spotlighting, dynamic aerial effects, and precise framing. It features a powerful 550W arc lamp for extreme brightness and vivid, uniform colors, including an unmatched deep red. This fixture is housed in a lightweight, compact design, to meet the evolving needs of modern lighting professionals.
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Avolites – A Robe Business, announces three new distributors in key European countries – Austria and Norway, plus Serbia and the other Balkan countries. All three companies are well respected for service and are experts in their regions, and also have a reputation for proactivity and innovation.
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