PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Johnny Strife, head of lighting and LD at PNN TV in Cambodia, won a Zero 88 FLX console after his entry, including a photo and caption, was reviewed by a judging panel organized by Zero 88.
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LONDON – SLX has provided the lighting equipment for award winning actor, Mark Rylance’s, show “Nice Fish” at The Harold Pinter Theatre for Sonia Friedman Productions. The show which opened to critical acclaim last year on Broadway opened on the 25th November 2016 at The Harold Pinter Theatre, London. Lighting design was provided by USA based Japhy Weideman. Programming was by Andi Davis.
CROATIA – Avolites control consoles and Ai media servers powered beat-perfect visuals across Outlook and Dimensions, two of Croatia’s leading dance music festivals, seamlessly merging lighting and video to immerse and enthrall the crowds of revelers. The sister festivals are held every year in Croatia’s medieval town of Pula in the ruins of the town’s 150-year-old Fort, ‘Punto Christo’. Providing the lighting and video aspects for both Outlook and Dimensions was Fineline Lighting, which has been involved in the festivals since 2012.
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LOS ANGELES – The largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas, has set sail with a large energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting package used in the ship’s main entertainment and relaxation areas. As the third member of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis-class, Harmony of the Seas is similar to her two sister ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, however with design changes, extra amenities and entertainment technology upgrades.
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LONDON – Lighting director Chris Bushell lit electronica artist James Blake’s gig at London’s Brixton O2 Academy using a compact Quartz console from Avolites for a variety of busked looks. Blake was performing in support of his third album, ‘The Colour in Anything,’ which follows his Mercury-Prize-winning second album, ‘Overgrown’.
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LONDON – Adlib supplied lighting and sound for the autumn tour for The Specials. Adlib’s Simon Pettitt designed the lighting. It’s his second tour with The Specials in the LD role following an autumn 2014 trek, when Pettitt was freelance before joining Liverpool-based Adlib full time in 2015.
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UK – Lighting designer, Louisa Smurthwaite utilized the award-winning Jands Vista system to provide an elegant lighting design for hotly tipped Oxford indie rock band, Glass Animals’ recent biggest UK headline show at London’s iconic Roundhouse venue. Their latest album, How To Be A Human Being, was released in August to much critical acclaim, and their debut amassed over 200 million Spotify streams.
NETHERLANDS – Apropos this November’s supermoon, which had celestial observers bathing in the moonlight of the largest full moon in years, Dutch symphonic metal band Delain is touring Europe this fall on a “Moonbathers” tour and using the versatile effects of Elation Professional’s ACL 360 Bar™ LED battens to complement the big-hook metallic rock show. Lighting designer on the tour is Nick van Balen
TRENTO, ITALY – Twelve Robe BMFL WashBeams were utilized by artist and lighting designer Mariano de Tassis in a breath-taking and installation at the mausoleum of Italian patriot and Irredentist Cesare Battisti in Trento, Italy. The installation was produced by Filmwork Factory to celebrate the centenary of the death of Battisti. The original idea of highlighting the mausoleum with 12 powerful beams shooting up into the night sky to match the 12 columns of the monument was Mariano’s himself, pitched to the Municipality of Trento.
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HANNOVER, De. –: the Daimler AG booth was illuminated with the latest fixtures from GLP at the world’s most important trade fair for commercial transport and logistics, which took place in Hannover in late September. The world market leader in commercial vehicles presented 70 trucks, vans and buses from brands Mercedes-Benz, Fuso and Setra. The premieres were brought to life thanks to an impressive 144 GT-1 discharge lamp fixtures from GLP.
UK – Colour Sound Experiment is supplying lighting for the current Tom Odell tour, a lively mix of dynamics and style created by Jonny Gaskell who has been on-board with the popular singer / songwriter since April this year. The current touring campaign follows the launch of his second studio album, “Wrong Crowd”. The tour started earlier in the year and included a festival run, with this leg being the first full on production design tour carrying a full lighting rig … for which west London based Colour Sound made some new investments.
MADRID – Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid, is Spain’s biannual style statement for the international fashion stage, and a forum in which Robert Juliat’s Merlin followspots were able to work their magic. Entrusted with its high-profile lighting design, Citylight S.L., a leading Madrid-based rental, sales and installation company, boosted its lighting inventory with the purchase of four Robert Juliat Merlin followspots to ensure the country’s hottest fashion moments were bathed in light of the highest quality.