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[caption id="attachment_273770" align="alignnone" width="800"]Sundown Festival aided by Claypaky Fixtures[/caption]

NORWICH, U.K. -The lighting designers of musicians Jason Derulo, Dizzee Rascal and Chase and Status requested Claypaky Sharpys and A.leda B-EYE K10s as key fixtures in their rigs at the UK urban music festival Sundown. Responsible for the mainstage festival rig was Mick Freer, Head of Concert Touring at award-winning production and hire outfit Hawthorn that provided the lighting, rigging, drapes, FOH control systems and followspots for Sundown’s mainstage.

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[caption id="attachment_273768" align="alignnone" width="800"]Scenius shows up in Kazakhstan[/caption]

ALMATY, Kazakhstan – For Madina Saduakasova’s recent concert in the Palace of the Republic, Almaty, Scenius Profile and Scenius Spot fixtures made their Kazakhstan debut. The 24 Scenius Spots and eight Scenius Profiles joined close to 200 other Claypaky luminaires to deliver impressive lighting looks for the popular Kazakh artist’s concert.

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[caption id="attachment_273765" align="alignnone" width="800"]Architects tour with Claypaky lights[/caption]

BRIGHTON, U.K. – British metalcore outfit Architects have stormed through Europe in support of their critically acclaimed new album ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’, with Claypaky fixtures providing blast-beat perfect strobing and high-impact gobo projection to complement the band’s exhilaratingly relentless sound. The Brighton-based juggernauts rounded off the tour by playing a sold-out show at Brixton’s O2 Academy for the first time.

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[caption id="attachment_273751" align="alignnone" width="800"]Amsterdam Music Festival 2016[/caption]

AMSTERDAM – André Beekmans from creative lighting design practice The Art of Light based in the Netherlands produced three stunning lighting schemes and supplied programming / operating crews for the three major live venues at the 2016 Amsterdam Music Festival. AMF is an integral element of the wider Amsterdam Dance Event conference, a 5-day EDM extravaganza staged in the spiritual hub of electronic music and culture. 

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[caption id="attachment_273748" align="alignnone" width="800"]NSPCC Little Stars[/caption]

LONDON – Avolites has powered lighting for a one-off star-studded concert at the official switch-on of Oxford Street’s Christmas lights, where charity partner for the 2016 display the NSPCC hosted a ‘Children’s VIP day’ to celebrate the launch of its festive fundraising campaign ‘Little Stars’. Oxford Street was completely closed to traffic between 9:30am and 8:30pm for the well-attended event, produced by London-based production company Wilde Ones.

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[caption id="attachment_273742" align="alignnone" width="800"]West Side Story gets aid from Claypaky fixtures[/caption]

MILAN, Italy – A musical masterpiece returned to the stage at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. The moving scenery designed by Cristiano Colombi dynamically creates the various different settings. All of them recall the Upper West Side of New York, where the story is set, and Claypaky’s light beams shine out. The work of the creative staff involved in producing the musical was focused on lighting the scenery. Valerio Tiberi was asked to design the show lighting.

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TOKYO – The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is one of the world’s finest art theatres which opened in October 1997 as a complex of theatres dedicated to the performing arts of opera, ballet, dance and drama.  NNTT has three theatres; The Opera House, The Playhouse, and The Pit.  Each is equipped with facilities of the latest technologies and designed to accommodate diverse requirements from productions to be performed every night.

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LONDON — Lighting designer Louisa Smurthwaite has selected Claypaky’s super bright hybrid luminaire the Mythos to break through the saturated LED wash on indie rock outfit Glass Animals’ latest tour, which was given four stars and described by The Independent as a “brilliant second album show.”

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[caption id="attachment_273730" align="alignnone" width="800"]Nobel Peace Prize Concert[/caption]

OSLO, Norway — An impressive laser show was performed during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway, to add to the reflective mood and atmosphere surrounding the award ceremony. Laserteknikk AS, one of Norway’s premier laser, lighting, and special effects companies were brought in to oversee all lighting aspects of the concert. It was the second year in a row Laserteknikk AS oversaw the production.

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[caption id="attachment_273724" align="alignnone" width="800"]Tower of London Moat turns into ice rink lit w Elation Fixtures[/caption]

LONDON – There are few more unique places to ice skate than in the 1000-year-old moat at the world-renowned Tower of London. Skaters can enjoy a festive experience in what is normally a totally off limits area while being immersed in dynamic lighting effects from Elation Professional LED luminaires. One-stop event services provider Figure of Eight Events Ltd (figureofeightevents.co.uk) has provided all power, lighting and sound reinforcement.

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MOSCOW – The three-act melodrama Simon Boccanegra is characteristic of Giuseppe Verdi’s determination and modernity. It was staged at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, which is fitted with a number of Claypaky lights, and broadcast live on a giant screen in front of the theatre itself. This Verdi opera rounded off the La Scala summer tour in Moscow.

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LONDON – Artistic Licence recently devised a solution for the complex lighting control requirements at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, a conference venue in Westminster, London. The centre was in the final stages of a major refit. Main contractor, Overbury had brought in Delmatic to install a sophisticated house lighting system using DALI fixtures. The difficulty was that, on a regular basis, the DMX512-based production lighting system would need to take control of aspects of the house lighting.

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