International News

[caption id="attachment_275150" align="alignnone" width="800"]Showlight Exhibitor Spaces are sold out[/caption]

FLORENCE, Italy – The tenth Showlight quadrennial, the full speaker program of which was announced last month, takes place in just three months (20-23 May) at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy. It is with delight we report that all exhibitor spaces have sold out – we even managed to squeeze in a few more due to popular demand! The latest exhibitors to be welcomed on board are AED, Elation Professional BV, PRG, SGM and Music & Lights. The full list of confirmed exhibitors can be found on the Showlight website at http://www.showlight.org/it/exhibitor-list/

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[caption id="attachment_275123" align="alignnone" width="800"]Wicked in Hobart, Tasmania[/caption]

AUSTRALIA: One of Tasmania’s leading lighting designers, Gareth Kays, used an ultra-compact Quartz console from British manufacturer Avolites to program the magical lighting and special effects on the Australian island state’s production of blockbuster Broadway musical Wicked. The show ran at Hobart’s Theatre Royal from 27 January to 11 February. Featuring spectacular staging and a 17-piece orchestra, the musical was put on by local production company The Show Company.

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[caption id="attachment_275118" align="alignnone" width="800"]Over 600 Robe fixtures were used for the event[/caption]

AMSTERDAM – Seven halls of Amsterdam’s RAI expo center hosted an annual two day event for a well-known brand. The technical production – lighting, audio, video, rigging and special FX – for all areas was delivered by Breda based Unlimited Productions B.V., who sourced more than 600 Robe moving lights for the occasion. Several lighting designers were involved, working under the supervision of Unlimited Productions across the different areas with their own Bert Kelchtermans designing the general plenary session in Hall 8 for 7,000 people.

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[caption id="attachment_275104" align="alignnone" width="800"]Peter Morse designed the exquisite lighting[/caption]

GERMANY – The Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin has once again been publicly acclaimed, for “THE ONE Grand Show”: on the biggest stage in the world, more than a hundred artists gave life to a show whose extravagant costumes were designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier. The story revolves around an abandoned revue theatre, which is awakened from its deep sleep by an underground party. One of the party-goers gets lost in the magical aura of the venue, and the director of the former theatre brings back memories of the olden days. 

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[caption id="attachment_275096" align="alignnone" width="800"]Korn's light rig is based around Ayrton fixtures[/caption]

EUROPE – Grammy-award-winning metal band, KoЯn, embarks on a tour of mainland Europe in March, starting in Zurich with a set that features Ayrton MagicPanel™-R fixtures as the focal point of the lighting design. The 17-date tour follows on from North American and UK legs which were supplied by Morpheus Lights in the US and Neg Earth in the UK respectively, with Black Box of Germany assisting for the forthcoming Europe leg. 

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[caption id="attachment_275093" align="alignnone" width="2400"]PR Lighting launches waterproof heads[/caption]

GUANGZHOU – PR Lighting chose this year’s GET Show at Guangzhou’s Poly World Trade Center to launch its first waterproof moving head (the AQUA 440 Beam). This IP44-rated version of the XR 440 Beam is equipped with the advanced Osram 440W lamp, to create a punchy, parallel beam with 3.1° beam spread. Also well received at the booth were other recently launched products, including the fully-featured XLED 4007 Beam and XPar 150 Zoom.

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[caption id="attachment_275087" align="alignnone" width="800"]Swiss Music Awards gets boost from Elation fixtures[/caption]

ZURICH – Switzerland is home to some impressive musical talent – take DJ BoBo for instance – some of whom were honored February 10th at the tenth anniversary edition of the Swiss Music Awards in Zurich. Lighting Designers Thomas Gerdon and Nik Evers were tasked with lighting a colorful mix of live acts and chose Elation fixtures for the job including Platinum FLX™ and Platinum HFX™ hybrid luminaires along with Elation’s new Fuze™ Wash Z350 LED wash lights and ACL 360 Matrix™ LED moving head panels.

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[caption id="attachment_275084" align="alignnone" width="800"]: Left to right Joselito Del R Tablanza, Dion Da Costa, Steve Eastham and Angelito Miguel [/caption]

QATAR – AL ISTEKLAL IAC-QATAR is a busy rental and technical production company based in the vibrant Middle East cultural hub of Qatar … that has just taken delivery of 148 x Robe moving lights to boost their current rental stock. AL ISTEKLAL was founded in 2004 by Akram Hamada to supply premium lighting, sound and AV packages – together with staging, rigging, trussing and all associated infrastructure – to a wide range of clients in the Qatari market

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[caption id="attachment_275064" align="alignnone" width="800"]Maestro provides stellar looks for Brit's Aftershow Party[/caption]

LONDON – Working for event designer Jason Morais, the winning team from event production specialist Maestra London returned to the Freemasons Hall in London’s Covent Garden for the second year to ensure that the 2017 Warner Music Brit Awards after-show party was THE one to be seen at and remembered. Maestra delivered the full technical and creative production including supplying all the technical and scenic infrastructure – set, lighting, rigging, audio, all décor – including a myriad of bespoke designed items, carpeting, furniture, drapage and soft-goods.

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[caption id="attachment_275010" align="alignnone" width="800"]South African school gets a boost from Elation[/caption]

JOHANNESBURG – Johannesburg is the country’s hub for film, television and music. and that focus on the creative industries spells opportunity for those interested in fields like production, and multimedia technology. City Varsity school of media and creative arts plays an important role in the education of young talent in the region and access to professional equipment is essential. So when the school recently launched a new multi-cam studio at their Braamfontein Johannesburg campus they chose to outfit it with Elation Professional broadcast-optimized lighting.  

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[caption id="attachment_275004" align="alignnone" width="4928"]Catfish and the Bottlemen utilze MDG ATMe haze generators[/caption]

UK – Two of the very latest MDG haze generators, the ATMe, recently joined up-and-coming British rock band, Catfish and the Bottlemen, playing arenas during a three-week tour of the UK in support of the band’s second studio album, The Ride. Newcastle-based Nitelites supplied the full lighting, audio and staging to the tour and hired the MDG ATMe haze generators from Impact Productions, which purchased two of the models specifically for the tour.

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[caption id="attachment_274981" align="alignnone" width="1200"]Fantastic Fanta 4 Tour gets Visual assist from Robe fixtures[/caption]

STUTTGART, Germany – Die Fantastischen Vier – a.k.a. iconic German rappers Fanta 4 – hit the road again on “Vier und Jetzt” their biennial tour campaign for 2016-17, reaching out to an ever loyal fan base which spans several generations and stretches across every corner of the country! Once again an equally fantastic lighting, set and visual design was created by Gunther Hecker working in close collaboration with Marc Lorenz. Their lighting rigs frequently contain Robe fixtures and this one followed that very trend with 60 Pointes that were integral to the epic yet raw show aesthetic developed by Gunther.

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