International News

LONDON –  Elation Professional announced plans to exhibit at PLASA 2016, which will take place Sept. 18-20 at Olympia in the heart of West London. Featured products on Stand C40 will include the company’s new Fuze Series of dynamic LED wash lights, the ZCL Series of high-output LED effects and DTW Series variable white LED lights. 

SINGAPORE – LD Mac Chan was part of the team led by creative director Beatrice Chia who made every Singaporean burst with pride on their 2016 National Day Parade (NDP) and this year, for the first time, the event was staged at the new National Stadium. With a live audience of 50,000, a TV audience of around 5 million plus a few more million tuning in to the live internet stream … there was plenty of pressure on everyone to deliver.

MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer James Baker used 40 Philips Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes for British DJ Wilkinson’s live show at Manchester’s Parklife, formerly known as The Parklife Weekender. The festival took place at Heaton Park in Manchester, U.K.

LONDON – Event production specialist Maestra London worked with set and staging company Firecracker to support ‘Reply Exchange,’ a one-day conference sponsored by Italian IT giants Reply SpA. Gruppo Peroni staged the event and Toria Richardson was the event’s producer. The event was held in London’s 155 Bishopsgate venue. Along with a large conference space, attendees met in three breakout areas and at an exhibition section.

LONDON – Bruno Poet has turned to GLP’s impression X4 Bars for concerts featuring Icelandic cult band Sigur Rós and other live events, including Brian Friel’s play, “Faith Healer,” at Donmar Warehouse in London. He was introduced to the fixtures by White Light’s Dave Isherwood, and used 16 for “Faith Healer” and 18 for Sigur Rós.

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands —Sound and lighting provider Focus Amsterdam used Martin MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures (pictured here) and Atomic strobes at Matrixx at the Park, a seven-day (July 16-22) music festival held in conjunction with the annual International Four Days Marches Nijmegen (July 19-22). The Four Day March invites crowds to gather for a leisurely multi-day walk along a scenic byway. Participants get a medal upon completion of the journey. For the 2016 event, the 100th year for this event, 42,557 participaed. To mark this milestone, the stage at Matrixx at the Park was decorated with a collage of Nijmegen’s most famous landmarks. 

BERLIN – The MIRA digital arts festival, held June 11 at the Funkhaus Berlin, focused on both electronic music and live visuals, and the creative lighting designs on display included the use of Robe fixtures. For the large scale sound and lighting sculpture, “Hyperjump,” featuring the work of Russia-based LDs Alexandr Letcius and Alexandr Sinitsa, the setup included 34 Pointes and 10 Robe Strobes.

DUBLIN – Chris Brown’s recent “One Hell of a Nite” UK and European tour featured a production design by Tom E. Marzullo from Out Of Our Minds Creative Services, LLC, developed in collaboration with Robert Achlimbari from staging specialist All Access. The design included two lighting pods which were moved using a Kinesys automation system supplied by HSL from Blackburn UK, also the tour’s lighting and rigging vendors.

BLACKBURN, U.K. – HSL supplied lighting and rigging to Earth Wind and Fire’s recent UK and European tour which included a closing headline slot on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury 2016 as the second show. Lighting was designed by Merle McLain who has worked with the band for 23 years. He was on the road operating the key and conventional lights and also directing and switching seven robo-cams as well as keeping an overview on all-things visual.

HAMBURG, Germany – Event technology service provider Nordlite has expanded its rental fleet to include 60 impression X4 Bar 20 fixtures from GLP. Nordlite, one of the leading full service technology service providers in northern Germany, provides its customers with technical design as well as consulting and planning for various events. Its services include CAD and 3D visualization and design, décor and technical equipment. In all, the company has 35 employees, its own fleet and 2,000 sqm of storage space.

LONDON – AC Lasers upgraded their line of smoke and haze machines to feature integrated W-DMX control. NANO RX modules were installed into Look Solutions Viper 2.6 smoke machines and Pea Soup Phantom hazers to provide full wireless control of the output and variable blower control.

LONDON – Adlib again delivered lighting, sound, rigging and crew for the recent UK and European tour by  blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa and his band, which culminated with a headline show – recorded for DVD – at the ‘Greenwich Music Time’ festival staged in the grounds of London’s historic Old Royal Naval College.