International News

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UK – Triple E, the exclusive European distributor of the revolutionary ‘universal construction system’ ModTruss, is showcasing the award-winning product at this year’s Event Production Show in London. The company will exhibit the lightweight aluminum truss system, which offers practically limitless configurations and applications, on Stand F58E at London’s Olympia on 1st and 2nd March. Often described as ‘full size Meccano’ by its users, ModTruss won Engineering Product of the Year at the ABTT Theatre Awards in 2015.

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GHENT, Belgium – Painting with Light provided the lighting and video design along with video content for the recent staging of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” musical by Marmalade in Hall 8 at Ghent Expo in Belgium.

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SINGAPORE – Over 400 Robe moving lights boosted the magic and spectacle of the 45th Singapore Chingay Parade to celebrate Chinese New Year – The Year of the Rooster. Javier Tan’s colorful high-impact lighting design matched the glamour, glitz and exuberance of the high profile public event, featuring an ebullient cast of 8000, creatively directed by Fan Dong Kai and staged at the F1 Pit Building in the city center. The glittering show was organized by the People’s Association (PA).

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[caption id="attachment_274838" align="alignnone" width="800"]Protec helps with inauguration in Jubail[/caption]

SAUDI ARABIA – As part of the inauguration ceremony of SADARA and SATORP, Protec provided audio, video, lighting and robotics at the King Abdullah Cultural Centre, Al Jubail in Saudi Arabia.  Attended by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and a number of government dignitaries, these celebrated new infrastructure projects by the Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) and the Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co (Satorp).  

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PRETORIA, South Africa — For Afrikaans is Groot, a multi-artist music spectacular, Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier and Chris Bolton of Keystone Productions teamed up for a lighting design that made use of close to 160 Robe moving lights, including the company’s new Spiider and Spikie fixtures..

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[caption id="attachment_274790" align="alignnone" width="800"]Wargaming Fest gets a boost from Robe fixtures[/caption]

MOSCOW – An exclusive Claypaky rig of almost 300 moving-head fixtures delivered the high-impact lighting for international game developer and publisher Wargaming Group’s highly anticipated debut video game event ‘Wargaming Fest’ in Moscow’s Expocentre. Production and lighting designers Maxim Martynov and Jevgenij Juhnevich of Moscow-based production company MAX \ MAX Productions specified 81 x Claypaky Sharpy, 56 x Claypaky Stormy CC, 46 x Claypaky Mythos, 22 x Claypaky Alpha Profile 1500 and 76 x Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20 supplied by Russian rental outfits Arlecchino Techno and MF Group.

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AMSTERDAM — Jeffrey Goes from Amsterdam based creative design practice Live Legends is making use of more than 170 Robe moving lights for the The Holiday on Ice ‘Time’ show, now touring through Europe. The fixtures complement Live Legend’s video looks, inflatable set elements and a moving bridge for the show, which features a variety of genres of music.

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MILOS has released the 2nd video as part of its three-month spotlight on MILOS Roofs  running from 1 January – 31 March. In this second… Read More »Spotlight on MILOS Roofs –2nd video released by the Area Four Industries Company

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[caption id="attachment_274703" align="alignnone" width="400"]Adam Hall expands with Riggatec gear [/caption]

GERMANY – As of February 15th, the Adam Hall Group will be adding a new name to its family of brands within its event technology solutions portfolio – Riggatec. The range expansion with Riggatec will allow the Adam Hall Group to offer non-exclusively worldwide a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality rigging products at a competitive price point for the stage and event sector.

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[caption id="attachment_274697" align="alignnone" width="800"]Claudio Pasos (in striped shirt) at the front on the right with some of his crew, including commercial director Francisco Uribe Vasquez on the far left (in light blue shirt).[/caption]

MERIDA, MX. – Merida, the capital of Yucatan State in Mexico is a thriving, buzzing hub of culture and industry, rich with Mayan and Colonial –- Spanish, French and British – heritage and a lively contemporary arts and live performance scene, lots of greenery and arguably, the best ice cream in Mexico! Based on the north west of this picturesque city is Total Show Pro, a full technical production company delivering lighting, sound, video and staging – design and equipment – founded by Claudio Pasos four years ago.

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – With a history of pop music success, including multiple Eurovision Song Contest victories, perhaps no country embraces reality song competitions like Sweden. One good example is the well-known Idol franchise, which has been one of the most popular shows on Swedish television since debuting in 2004. The 12th Swedish Idol season started airing on TV4 in August 2016 with a finale show held Dec. 8 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

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AMSTERDAM — The Stampede Drone Arena, which debuted at ISE 2016, returned to the big AV trade show, which runs Feb. 7-10 at RAI Amsterdam. This year’s Stampede Drone Area drew visitors to Hall 14 at Stand 14-A100 with a roster of manufacturers that included Yuneec, DJI, VideoBank, Virtual Air Boss, Trackimo, Agrowing, GPC, xFold, Amimon, Elistair, Droneify, Hoverfly, Christie, Vidyo, Aerialtronics, and Hitachi. Stampede also announced updated training programs and educational resources for 2017.

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