International News

[caption id="attachment_278980" align="alignnone" width="800"]Left to right are- Thijs Marques (Hoevenaars Marketing), Jeroen van Aalst (Controllux – Robe Benelux distributor), owner Patrick Hoevenaars and co-founder and first employee, John de Graaf [/caption]

NETHERLANDS – Twenty-four of the latest Robe VIVA CMY moving lights – launched at Prolight+Sound in April – were delivered to Dutch rental company Hoevenaars based in Nuenen, together with 24 x Spiider LED wash beams. Owner Patrick Hoevenaars explained that they have a long association with Robe which started when they were installing lighting rigs in clubs and discos back in the days of the XT series and in fact even before then, when Robe was still an OEM manufacturer!  So they have always been aware that the kit is robust, reliable and well-built.

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[caption id="attachment_278977" align="alignnone" width="800"]London Grammar at Glastonbury[/caption]

SAN FERNANDO, CA– GLP’s award-winning X4 Bar 20s were out in force at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, led by Andi Watson, who had already been lighting Radiohead on tour using 14 of the large X4 L as well as quantities of Bar 20s and Bar 10s. The inventory was supplied by Neg Earth. Speaking of the Bars, he exclaimed, “I love how you can make light move within these fixtures. I am looking for texture, beams and movement and the X4 Bars do that really well.” All are pixel controlled through the grandMA desk.

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[caption id="attachment_278941" align="alignnone" width="800"]MDG Foggers in use[/caption]

LONDON – MDG is the well-respected manufacturer of industry bench-mark haze and fog generators and is loved and well-known within the industry. This summer the company has made some unusual new friends, namely Mole, Ratty, Badger and Mr Toad from the riverbank. The Wind in the Willows the musical, has had a riotous run at the London Palladium this Summer. Spectacularly produced by Jamie Hendry Productions and written by Julian Fellowes, Oscar-winning screenwriter and creator of Downton Abbey, and the Olivier award-winning composer and lyricist, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the show has been a sheer delight.

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[caption id="attachment_278939" align="alignnone" width="800"]Andrew Richards[/caption]

SYDNEY – The world-heritage listed jewel that adorns Sydney’s Harbor needs no introduction. In one of the world’s iconic venues, the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall is the largest performance space. While it regularly hosts the Sydney Symphony and Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Hall presents a huge variety of events, from comedy to corporate functions. A need for flexibility, high demand leading to tight turnarounds, and a requirement to provide the highest quality results drive Head of Lighting Andrew Richards and his team to constantly improve their workflow and the tools they use. That’s why the Hall has installed four High End Systems SolaSpot Pro 1500s.

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[caption id="attachment_278933" align="alignnone" width="800"]German Prize for Business Communication[/caption]

BERLIN  – The annual DPWK Deutscher Preis für Wirtschaftskommunikation (German Prize for Business Communication) gala award presentation took place recently in the casual surroundings of Berlin’s Columbiahalle rock venue (replacing the usual formal ‘black tie’ event). Known as Der Goldene Funke, the event was expertly lit by locally based lighting designer, Björn Hermann, working in conjunction with phase7 performing.arts, with whom he shares a studio. German lighting manufacturer GLP provided many of the creative tools, including 24 x GT1, 14 x impression X4 and 16 x impression X4 L.

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[caption id="attachment_278924" align="alignnone" width="800"]The River Stage[/caption]

LONDON, UK – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today announced that, for the second consecutive year, its entertainment lighting technology has been chosen for The National Theatre’s outdoor River Stage season, building on its long-standing relationship with the venue. Located on London’s famous South Bank, the River Stage provides an eclectic mix of theatre, DJs, family fun, vibrant dance, outdoor cinema, workshops and live music acts.

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[caption id="attachment_277071" align="alignnone" width="800"]Artiste Davinci[/caption]

LONDON – PLASA 2017 at Olympia in West London will give lighting professionals the opportunity to see for themselves what the latest buzz around some of Elation Professional’s newest luminaires is all about. From September 17-19, Elation will be showcasing at Stand H40 its new breed of hybrid luminaire, the full-color IP65-rated Paladin™ strobe/wash/blinder effect, along with the award-winning Proteus™ line of IP65-rated arc-source moving heads (Proteus Beam™ and Proteus Hybrid™).

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[caption id="attachment_278900" align="alignnone" width="800"]Comic Station S [/caption]

ANTWERP, BELGIUM – Spread across four stories and six zoned entertainment areas, the new 6000 square meter Comics Station Antwerp indoor theme park is a colorful celebration of creativity. Located in the city’s central station complex, it offers children and adults alike the opportunity to interact with Belgium’s best loved comic heroes such as Suske en Wiske (Spike and Suzy), Jommeke and the Smurfs.

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[caption id="attachment_278890" align="alignnone" width="800"]NATIONAL THEATRE RIVER STAGE[/caption]

UK – The latest lighting console from British lighting and video control manufacturer Avolites is currently being used to control the versatile lighting rig on the National Theatre’s River Stage Festival on London’s South Bank. A free outdoor event, the River Stage Festival runs each weekend throughout the month of August. Audiences are invited to see a wide range performances from award-winning dance and cinema to family workshops, live music and theatre. “To meet demand we needed a lighting console that could deliver an extensive range of lighting control options.” says LD Huw Llewellyn.

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[caption id="attachment_278887" align="alignnone" width="800"]Robe Fixtures fill the Stadium[/caption]

MARSEILLE, FRANCE – Robe moving lights were top of the spec list compiled by Frederic “Aldo” Fayard from Paris based visual design practice Concept K, who produced an elaborate lighting design for the 2017 Summer Stadium Festival staged at the Orange Velodrome in Marseille. The Velodrome is France’s largest football ground with a capacity of over 67,000 and the country’s second largest stadium after the Stade de France. This was the second edition of the one day ‘Summer Stadium’ dance spectacular – following the first in 2015 – featuring an impressive line-up of electronic and EDM stars. It is organized by the venue itself.

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KASTELLAUN, Germany – For the 2017 edition of the Nature One electronic music festival, which drew some 65,000 revelers to Pydna Missle Base in Kastellaun, Germany Aug. 4-6, artists performed on a total of more than 20 stages. For the event’s main stage, LD Thomas Gerdon relied on fixtures from GLP to add intense visuals to the electronic pulse of the event. PRG provided 120 GLP GT-1’s, 108 impression X4 L’s and 48 GLP JDC-1 strobes.

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AMHERST, NEW YORK — Fresh from its acquisition of Just Lamps, Stampede, the world’s leading value-added distributor of ProAV products and system solutions, is coming to Integrate 2017 with a complete range of products and solutions, as well as a host of new sales and business development programs designed to help manufacturers and resellers better serve the needs of their customers throughout Australia and the APAC region.

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