LONDON – The inaugural Backstage Professional Development Conference (BPDC) in partnership with the Association of British Theatre Technicians will take place on Saturday March 18 at The Barbican Centre, London.
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MONTERREY, Mexico — Philips Lighting noted that Justin Bieber’s Purpose world tour, which ranked #6 worldwide in Pollstar‘s 2016 Top Tour rankings based on gross revenues, is being reworked for more stadium dates in 2017. The 2017 tour includes dates in Mexico, Australia and South America before heading to Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.
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LONDON – S+H Technical Support supplied a large quantity of its LED Starcloth to be used as a complete wrap around the stage and audience seating for a one-off Christmas Special of the popular 1980’s comedy games show ‘Blankety Blank’ … which was hosted by David Walliams and broadcast by ITV on Christmas Eve. The show was recorded in Studio 1 of London Studios in Waterloo, central London in front of a live audience of 400, with a set design by Joshua Grace who specified the starcloth.
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UK – Camberley Theatre, a thriving performance venue in Camberley Surrey southwest of London, has recently undergone extensive refurbishment, including significant additions to its in-house lighting. A new installation of Elation Professional fixtures, supplied by Yes Events Ltd, provides maximum flexibility for this multipurpose community space. The 408-seat theatre has replaced its house lights with the high-power, color-controllable Colour Pendant™ LED downlight.
SEOUL — Total Korea Lighting & Sound (TKLS) recently added 24 of GLP’s impression X4 Bar 20 lighting battens to the company’s inventory. The two-dozen fixtures, representing the first purchase of GLP products by Total Korea, went straight onto a major production of the Verdi opera, Aida, which will be running in Seoul until March 2017.
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DUBAI – Point a reasonably powered telescope at the planet Mars and you will see the so called canals beloved of science fiction writers. Turn that scope around to view Earth from Mars and a new canal is clearly visible at the heart of Dubai; and this one is no fiction (see DubaiSat-2 link below). Cutting an elegant swathe through the city, the new Dubai Canal opened with a spectacular ceremony hosted by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.
BLACKBURN, U.K. — Lighting, rigging and visuals rental specialist HSL were busy with a hectic 2016-17 pantomime season, supplying lights, LED fixtures and rigging, including one Kinesys automation system, to 20 different productions that were staged around the U.K. for panto producer QDos.
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LONDON — On Nov. 22, 2016, Save the Children returned to Guildhall for its annual Winter Gala. Guests were transported into the world of Roald Dahl, in celebration of the much-loved author’s centenary. Private Drama, which produced the event, turned to White Light to provide the complete technical support on the evening.
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GEELONG, Australia — The Floating Christmas Tree in Geelong near Melbourne, Australia was lit nightly from Nov. 11-Jan. 7, incorporated a six-minute programmed light show designed by LD Mark Hammer that ran at scheduled intervals and was updated as the holiday season progressed. The setup included a Jands Vista v2 running on a powerful PC with another running tracking backup.
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SINGAPORE — LD Adrian Tan from Light Project is using Robe’s CycBar 15 fixtures to light the cyc on Wild Rice’s award winning production, Monkey Goes West. The show played a limited holiday season run at the Drama Centre Theatre in Singapore.
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LONDON — Three TV lighting directors have been making extensive use of fixtures from Martin, a Harman Professional brand, for their design solutions in the lead-up to the busy Christmas season. Tim Routledge, Stuart Pring and Oli Richards have all sourced their Martin inventory from Nick Edwards’ new TV lighting rental resource, Version 2, deploying mission critical solutions on a number of recent high profile shows.
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CHICHESTER, Sussex, U.K. — Chichester Festival Theatre noted a positive outcome after investing in two MDG ATMe haze generators and two MDG theFAN digital units, supplied by leading creative and technical solutions specialists, White Light.
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