LONDON – Charlotte Lockyer, head of controls for rentals at Tait, was named Technician of the Year at the ABTT Theatre Show, which took place June 6-7 at Alexandra Palace in north London.
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RIMINI, Italy – An example of “calm before the storm” can be found on the Rimini beach in Italy, where Litec is constructing their Libera series Alusfera II roof for upcoming concerts to be held during the Summer Beach Arena event. Running from June 24-30, the Summer Beach Arena concert series features live and DJ sets by national and international artists from sunset until late in the evening.
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ROUGE, Estonia – To illuminate the 30-meter-high Pesapuu (Nest Tree) Watchtower in Rõuge, Estonia, the company that built the structure designed by Tallinn based architect Karmo Tõra, Roadservice, specified Robe fixtures, including 12 LEDForce 18 LED PARs and six Anolis ArcSource Outdoor 4MCs. Tallinn-based E&T, Robe’s Estonian distributor, handled the order.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – Quantum Special Effects has made a vibrant splash on the Take That Wonderland Tour with the launch of their latest innovation – UV Rain.
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Prolyte Campus Educational Events in the U.K. Continue
LEEK, The Netherlands – Prolyte Group’s “Prolyte Campus” technical training events have been staged in the U.K. via a partnership with its distributors. The next in a series of events will take place at A.C. Entertainment Technologies UK’s location in High Wycombe, U.K. on July 25, 2017.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan – Entertainment engineering specialist WIcreations specified and fabricated two large set pieces – a water fountain and a Tree of Life – for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games.
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FLANDERS, Belgium – For Flemish TV channel VTM’s Tegen de Sterren Op (TDSO), Painting with Light designed and lit a new set that included video elements, working on the set elements with scenic specialist Deusjevoo, their near neighbors at Genk’s C-MINE complex. The visual concept was to bring an urban chic feel to the seventh TDSO series.
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TEL AVIV, Israel – Light Architects Cochavi & Klein are known for their style and propensity for invention … and they are also really impressed with Robe’s Spiider LED wash beams! The leading designers seized the opportunity of the ‘Picnic Passover with Black Coffee’, a pumping electronic music event presented by The Tripping in Tel Aviv’s most famous urban oasis, Hayarkon Park, to utilise 48 Spiiders and 24 Robe Pointes on a circular trussing structure, forming a massive ‘sun’, which was winched above the crowds on a crane.
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LONDON – All Spotlight and Headline Sponsors have been confirmed for the prestigious 10th anniversary edition of The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards, which will be held once again at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London on Sept. 17, 2017.
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LONDON – For Active Training Team (ATT), which produced an immersive training program depicting a (thankfully fictional) account of a worker’s death on a construction site for client Tideway, White Light provided a variety of visual technologies including d3 media servers. The idea is to present real workers with the fictional drama of a workplace accident in hopes of preventing actual tragedies in the workplace.
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PARIS – For the Meeting de Paris Indoor, a one day track and field event held earlier this year at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, local production house Franck Sono provided energetic visuals using Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by Algam.
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AUSTRALIA – Melbourne-based lighting and production company Colourblind are having a huge 2017, with lighting director Nicholas Beachen out on the road using High End Systems Hog 4 on the Hot Dub Wine Machine tour through March and April, and the company’s new Hippotizer Karst and Portamus Media Servers joining Melbourne hip-hop artist Illy as he traverses the country at the same time.