WORLDWIDE – British ‘virtual band’ Gorillaz have headed out on their much anticipated worldwide Humanz tour with a bigger than ever light and video experience.… Read More »Gorillaz ‘Got the Power’ with Mythos2 on Humanz World Tour
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Lighting and video rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment has invested in new Robe MegaPointe moving lights, Blackmagic video control technology and new pre-rigged trusses, all of which is out on the current 2CELLOS tour playing arenas in key capital cities around Europe.
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Technical production specialists Light Fantastic Production Services have just made a large investment in the latest Robe moving light technology. The order includes Robe’s brand new MegaPointe and LEDBeam 150 moving light fixtures plus a selection of Pointes, Robin 600 LED washes and DL4X Spots in a custom white bodied finish.
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The TivoliVredenburg in central Utrecht, The Netherlands, features seven different music performance spaces and is in the process of having its house and public area lighting upgraded with Anolis Ambiane RGBW LED luminaires. With around 300 fixtures installed so far, approximately 650 Ambianes will be in place when the project is completed.
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Legally Blonde – The Musical opened in December to fabulous reviews in Shanghai’s most prestigious Culture Square Theatre at the start of its China National tour. From China it will move to Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Grand Theatre in May, before returning to the USA in October 2018. Produced by Big League and directed by Jeff Moss, with choreography by Grinch veteran, Bob Richard, Legally Blonde the Musical is a sparkling celebration of pop culture with appeal for all the family.
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TSL Lighting has today announced that it has agreed to acquire the corporate and event lighting specialist, Blinding Light. Both companies and locations will continue to operate as normal under their respective individual brands, with MD and owner of TSL, Sam Tamplin and his senior team leading both companies.
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UK – Thousands of festival-goers experienced the uniquely interactive audio-visual environment of the Samsung Hypercube as part of Samsung’s S8 phone UK launch this summer. The Samsung Hypercube toured its mind-boggling ‘360 Infinity Selfie’ Experience to Boardmasters, Bestival and Reading festivals, with Avolites’ Ai media control at the heart of its complex technical infrastructure.
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GRONINGEN, The Netherlands – Prolyte Group is organizing a panel discussion at the EPIC conference (European Production & Innovation Conference), part of the Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) festival and conference set for Jan. 17-20 in Groningen, the Netherlands. Chaired by Prolyte’s Ruud de Deugd, the panel also includes representatives from Stageco NL, Unlimited Productions, Gigant and Layher NL.
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KASSEL, GERMANY – Kassel-based event service provider JS Event & Medientechnik recently invested in 24 x XR 440 BWS moving heads from PR Lighting, responding to the ever-increasing quality demands of events of all sizes. This was the company’s first investment in PR Lighting technology, and all fixtures were supplied by Focon Showtechnik, PR Lighting’s German distributor. Since being set up in 1999, the highly trained craftsmen at JS Event & Media Technology have been managing the technical requirements of events of all sizes, from large-scale projects to congresses and weddings.
DUBAI – At the end of August an exciting event took place at Al Habtoor City in the heart of Dubai. La Perle, the spectacular new acrobatic water show from Franco Dragone, opened its doors for the first time in a purpose-built, 1300-seat, theatre designed by renowned set designer, Jean Rabasse, and executed by Khatib and Alami Architects and theatre consultants Auerbach Pollock Friedlander. Robert Juliat is proud to be a part of it, with four of its Cyrano 2500W HMI chosen as La Perle’s followspots.
UK – Oh no they didn’t! Oh yes they did! The lighting team at The Grand Theatre Blackpool is using an Avolites Tiger Touch II console to control the magical light show for the historic theatre house’s star-studded Christmas pantomime performance of fairy-tale classic, Cinderella. The show marks the 21st anniversary of production company, UK Productions, one of the country’s leading musical theatre and pantomime production groups. On board for this year’s celebratory performance was lighting designer Andy Webb, who has worked with UK Productions for the past three years on their festive Blackpool shows.
NETHERLANDS – Dutch astronaut André Kuipers presented his SpaceXperience Live show as the central element of a larger conference / expo style event at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome, an immersive intergalactic journey staged in-the-round, with Kuipers relating his many stories and real life experiences working in space on various ESA programs. Lighting designer Henk-Jan van Beek from Dutch creative visual practice Light-H-Art was asked to light the show by production company LiveLane. He’s worked on many shows in the Ziggo Dome throughout his career, but this was the first time a concept like this was central to the 90 minute presentation!
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