International News

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – Elite Event Technology in Canberra provided a full turnkey design and technical production solution for Canberra’s 2016 FASHFEST extravaganza, staged at the National Convention Centre.The lighting rig for the main show space was designed by Darren Russell who needed a flexible and versatile range of fixtures to help deliver the high expectations of everyone involved, so he based this around Robe moving lights – BMFLs, Pointes and LEDWashes – plus a selection of conventionals.

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[caption id="attachment_273653" align="alignnone" width="800"]Shahrazad lit with help from Robe fixtures[/caption]

AMSTERDAM – LD Aaron Copp’s lighting desing for the new production of Shahrazad, choreographed by Jonah Bokaer for the Royal Ballet of Flanders (whose Artistic Director is Olivier Award winning Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui) included 34 Robe CycFX 8 fixtures. The production finished its run at the Opera Vlaanderen in Ghent on Oct. 30 2016 and subsequently played in Antwerp, Amsterdam and several other European cities.

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[caption id="attachment_273650" align="alignnone" width="600"]Carlsberg’s Green Door Project[/caption]

SWEDEN – GLP’s award-winning X4 Bar 20s recently had a starring role in Carlsberg’s perennial Green Door Project in Stockholm, created and produced by Grandin’s Flying Circus. Designed to explore the future of Swedish pop culture and the club scene, by featuring some of the country’s progressive artists and DJs, the venue is always kept secret until the day before the event.

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LONDON – Iconic electronic and synthpop band Human League completed another much-anticipated and totally sold-out European and UK tour which culminated in a major homecoming at Sheffield Arena, proving that their music and string of foot-tapping hits from the 1980s and 1990s as well as their newer work continues to entertain fans – both original and new.

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[caption id="attachment_273628" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Commitments tour with MDG[/caption]

LONDON – Following a successful two-year run in London’s West End, The Commitments, directed by Caroline Jay Ranger, has taken to the road for the first time, carrying with it an MDG AtmosphereAPS haze generator. The 8-month tour will take in 26 venues across the UK and, for the first time ever, travel to its ‘home’ town of Dublin, all the while spreading it’s brand of soul music to the masses.

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LONDON – Chase & Status treated fans with a short end of year tour which revealed snapshots of material from their forthcoming studio album – due for release in 2017 – as well as belting out some of their classics. Lighting and set designer Andy Hurst faced the challenge of designing A, B and C variations of a rig that would fit into a selection of Academies plus a sold-out show at London’s Ally Pally, where they raised the roof delivering a full-throttle collage of music and visual presentation matching their intense energy and attitude.

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BRIGHTON, U.K. – Production designers James Scott and Louis Oliver of Okulus used Claypaky’s Scenius Spot as part of their design for 2016 Brit award-winner Jack Garratt’s UK autumn tour, following the release of the multi-instrumentalist’s debut album ‘Phase’. Okulus, which has worked for the likes of Zac Brown Band, Chvrches and Bring Me The Horizon, specified 20 of the new moving head fixtures from UK rental operation Siyan Ltd.

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MUNICH, Germany – LD Thomas Gerdon used Elation Professional lighting fixtures for the German television program “Verstehen Sie Spass,” this time for two fall season shows. Gerdon employed Elation’s Platinum FLX™ and Platinum HFX™ hybrid moving heads to light artist performances. He was also one of the first LDs anywhere to use Elation’s new Fuze Wash Z120™ LED wash light.

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MEXICO CITY -Too Motions is a family run entertainment industry automation and motion control specialist based in Mexico City which has invested heavily in Kinesys products. Currently they are the only enterprise in the county offering a full rental service in this specialist field to a wide variety of clients in the worlds of corporate activations, music concerts and tours. The company was founded in 2011 and is headed and owned by Gustavo Jiminez, whose brother Hector works as international business development manager.

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LONDON – Lush Cosmetics unveiled its 2016 Winter Collection with its Creative Showcase 2016, an event at London’s Tobacco Docks. Featuring live music along with the presentation of new products, the event’s organizers turned to Presentation Design Services (PDS) for a visual assist. PDS used 16 Rogue R1 Spot and Beam fixtures, 32 WELL Fit units and 72 ÉPIX Strip Tour linear fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

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[caption id="attachment_273534" align="alignnone" width="800"]People Festival lit with Clay Paky fixtures[/caption]

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia —Russian lighting designer Marina Larikova dubbed Claypaky fixtures as ‘the best creative devices’ after using 125 of the leading Italian brand’s moving heads and strobes in her lighting design for cutting-edge electronic dance music (EDM) festival Alfa Future People, Russia. With global audiences of 50,000, the two-day festival celebrates the latest in EDM and consumer technology.

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LONDON – Business in the Community is a movement of businesses committed to continually improving their positive impact on society through corporate and social responsibility.  The charity, whose President is HRH Prince of Wales, have recently partnered with Accenture to launch a new report encouraging business to be part of creating an inclusive digital revolution. This report was launched as part of the AGM and Leadership Summit which was recently held at Central Hall Westminster.

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