International News

[caption id="attachment_276486" align="alignnone" width="600"]Jess Allan[/caption]

UK – The Knight of Illumination Awards 2017 (KOI), which celebrates the creative talents of international lighting and digital content designers working in the UK, is delighted to announce the appointment of a new chair of the Concert Touring & Events category – Jess Allan. Well-known in the industry, Jess has worked in professional show lighting and event production for almost 20 years, gaining extensive experience of both technology and design while working in various roles for companies including Martin Professional and TAIT.

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[caption id="attachment_276484" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Happiness Zone at the Festival[/caption]

ABU DHABI – Spread across ten days — and more than a kilometre of Abu Dhabi’s corniche — the Mother of the Nation Festival (MOTN) celebrates, commemorates and honours the inspirational values of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak.Via a number of diverse activity zones, the festival again created an entertaining and highly interactive atmosphere, including educational activities, exhibitions and performance, inviting families and individuals from all walks of life to help preserve the Emirati heritage.

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[caption id="attachment_276481" align="alignnone" width="800"]Justin Bieber lit with a bunch of Mavericks[/caption]

LIMA, Peru – From late March through late April, Justin Bieber’s Purpose world tour was traveling through South America. On April 5, the 23-year-old visited Lima, Peru. DBLUX-SAC provided audio, lighting, video and power for the concert, including 60 Maverick MK1 Hybrid moving heads from Chauvet Professional. Cory FitzGerald designed the lighting looks for the tour.

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[caption id="attachment_276478" align="alignnone" width="800"]Yes uses Avo control for their live shows[/caption]

MANCHESTER – Yes featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman, a newly formed group of the progressive rock band’s core members, played a well-received show at Manchester Apollo, captured by Eagle Rock Entertainment for DVD. As the filming required precise lighting levels, Jonathan Pask of Illuminate Lighting Ltd designed a reliable multi-user control system of networked Avolites consoles to ensure each look was on point for camera.

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[caption id="attachment_276475" align="alignnone" width="800"]Estonia National Concert Hall Chooses Robe[/caption]

ESTONIA – Robe DL7S Profile LED moving lights and PARFect 100 LED PARs have been specified and installed at the prestigious Estonian National Concert Hall (Eesti Kontsert), located in the heart of picturesque capital city Tallinn and home to the Estonian National Orchestra (ENO). The impressive Neoclassical building designed by architects A. Lindgren and W. Lönn in 1913 and reconstructed in 1947 is shared with the Estonian National Opera and the Ballet Theatre Estonia and a proud symbol of Estonia’s political and cultural landscape.

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ITALY – DTS would like to  thank the hundreds of professionals who visited the DTS booth at PL+S 2017, and made it the most successful exhibition ever for DTS. The focus of the 4-day presentation was the brand new ‘BRICK’ Wash LED projector, properly dubbed as “The base of any lighting design”. Extra-bright, self-contained, compact and versatile, the BRICK drew the attention of the lighting pros and the media alike.

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LONDON, UK– Stunning Tuscany hosts Showlight 2017 and Green Hippo heads to Firenze in force. The renowned event, held for those involved in entertainment and architectural lighting design, takes place every four years, each time moving to a different location, and 2017 marks its first Italian visit. This show, the 10th since its 1981 launch, takes place on 20-23 May in Florence, providing a beautiful backdrop for what promises to be a terrifically productive gathering.

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[caption id="attachment_276431" align="alignnone" width="525"]Chili Pipers get an assist from Chauvet products[/caption]

MANCHESTER, NH – Crossing genres in lighting is nothing unusual for Morgan Cerovski. The technical director at the 880-seat Palace Theatre, Cerovski is accustomed to having his rig light theatrical productions on weekends and then turn around with virtually no changes to serve up eye candy for a visiting band on Monday. Such was the case on March 10 when the Palace stage welcomed the Red Hot Chili Pipers after just completing a Friday-Sunday run of the musical Hairspray.

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[caption id="attachment_276428" align="alignnone" width="800"]Claypaky Lights The Search were used in Finland's 2017 Eurovision star[/caption]

ESPOO, FINLAND – The Claypaky Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K20 were used to create the stunning lighting looks that backed the ten talented hopefuls competing to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 at the country’s national Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) ‘New Music Competition’ held in the Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo. Leading Nordic event, experience and entertainment service provider Bright Group designed and supplied UMK’s light, video and set design.

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[caption id="attachment_276416" align="alignnone" width="800"]Home Nightclub gets an upgrade with help from Show technology[/caption]

SYDNEY – Located on Cocktail Bay overlooking Darling Harbour, Home is Sydney’s only true superclub. Built in the late nineties, the club features over three levels of purpose-built clubbing space. With a capacity of 2100, the venue is one of the largest in the southern hemisphere. Incorporating innovative creative design and with four venue areas, including a luxurious rooftop terrace, featuring both indoor and outdoor areas, Home lends itself perfectly to all aspects of entertaining.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA –  Elite Events recently added another 700 metres of ProCable 18X1.5 assemblies to their already significant inventory of the popular six-circuit cables.  TMB’s distribution partner, Lexair Entertainment of New South Wales is the provider for this and other top quality TMB products in Australia and New Zealand.

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THE EXUMAS, Bahamas — The promotional hype for the inaugural Fyre Festival, which was set to take place on two weekends April 28-30 and May 5-7 2017 on an island in the Bahamas, promised a sun-kissed paradise with bikini-clad models, first-class accommodations, gourmet dining and non-stop music from headliners including Blink-182, G.O.O.D. Music, Major Lazer and more.

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