International News

PARIS – Lighting designer Nicolas Maisonneuve specified eight Robe BMFL Blades for the Très souvent je pense à vous (Very Often I Think of You) tour by French singer Patrick Bruel. Maisonneuve also designed the stage set and evolved the show design and direction with the artist himself.

SYDNEY – As part of this year’s Vivid Sydney light festival, the Australia Museum’s rooftop was once again a big canvas for a lightshow. As part of the setup, Fusion Entertainment were responsible to light up the area around the museum – Paul Walton, managing director of Fusion – collaborated with Show Technology in Australia, and chose ShowPro HEX 18 LED Pars and ShowPro EX36 LED Floods, both IP rated units.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – For a Cream dance event that featured DJs John O’Callaghan, Bryan Kearney and Will Atkinson at the cavernous T13 warehouse space in Belfast on April 30, Justlite’s John McGuinness created a warmer, club-like vibe with a collection of fixtures from Chauvet Professional to complement the 592-square-foot video wall created with Chauvet’s PVP S7 panels.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Ledovy Dvorets arena recently held the concert by popular Russian musician, Valery Meladze. The show, “Half a Hundred,” coincided with the singer’s 50th birthday and depicted his creative development throughout the years. The lighting design of the concert was completely developed and implemented by the team at St. Petersburg-based Euroshow, one of Russia’s largest lighting rental companies. The lighting featured a wide selection of Martin fixtures, including Atomic 3000 LED, six MAC Viper Profiles, numerous MAC 2000 Wash XBs, 18 MAC Auras and more.

DARWIN, Australia – Darwin’s Dreamedia Events now has a Clay Paky package that includes eight Sharpys, eight A.leda B-EYE K20s and eight Mythos fixtures. Managing director Chris O’Brien comments that he was first drawn to Clay Paky because the brand had a reputation for robustness and reliability. “Up here in the Northern Territory all technology is up against the elements,” he said. “You really have to thoroughly research for fixtures that will survive in 100% humidity, be able to function under extreme dust, be easy to clean and are light in weight.”

IPSWICH, U.K. – MGC Lighting Group are celebrating a 40-year milestone this year. The company was incorporated by Mr Wallace Greig on June 21, 1976 as McCormack Greig Company, initially as a worldwide distributor for GE Lighting. The company was renamed in 1980 to MGC Lamps Ltd and has recently rebranded as MGC Lighting Group. Initially MGC distributed Stage/Studio lamps, however it now covers many area of specialist lighting including Healthcare, Purification, Airfield and Stage/Studio. Pictured here, from left, are Leoncio Ramírez Monzón, Spain sales manager; James Greig, managing director; David Jackson, director; and Steve Claydon, U.K. sales manager.

LONDON – Philips Lighting’s Entertainment division will be at the ABTT Theatre Show June 22-23, 2016. They will be showcasing stage lighting and control from Philips Strand Lighting, Philips Selecon and Showline on stand A11. Featured products include the Philips Strand 500ML console, the Philips Showline SL HYDRUS 350 and updated Philips Selecon LED PLprofile1 and PLprofile4 MKII fixtures.

DUBAI, UAE — Informa Exhibitions turned to Production Technology (Protec) as its production partner to handle the lighting, video, sound and rigging for the Middle East Event Awards, held at the Madinat Jumeirah resort’s Joharah Ballroom on May 25. The gala honored Middle East-based event companies with 22 awards categories. It capped the two-day (May 24-25) Middle East Event Expo, held at the nearby Marriot Marquis in Dubai.

ANTWERP, Belgium – Belgian engineering specialist WIcreations designed and supplied motion control, customized staging and hardware / infrastructure for Russian singer Philipp Kirkorov’s recent tour – “I” (“Я”) – which features an elaborate show design by creative director Franco Dragone. WI has previously worked with Dragone on several projects, explains project manager Koen Peeters, and for this one, the show creators turned to them to provide solutions for several staging conundrums, all of which had to be delivered in an extremely short time frame.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands —Ampco Flashlight Rental BV (AFR) has made a another substantial investment in Robe moving lights. The production and rental company purchased 80 DL7S Profile LED fixtures and 80 LEDBeam 1000s. The new order was delivered via Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux, and the lights have been busy ever since on a wide variety of projects, from TV shows to major live events. Pictured here are Ampco Flashlight-supplied Robe fixtures illuminating the Vrienden van Amstel LIVE 2016 event, held earlier this year.

LONDON — The Eventim Apollo, also still widely known as the Hammersmith Odeon, has been upgraded in recent years with an extensive renovation that included the use of an aluminum modular platform floor produced by Prolyte Group. Among the upcoming events featured at the venue — the Knight of Illumination Awards, set for Sept. 18, 2016.

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — Anugerah Juara Lagu 30, the 30^th annual “Champion of Songs” awards show, was staged Jan. 24, 2016 at the Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam. Malaysia’s TV3 first launched the annual singing competition in 1986. Acoustic & Lighting provided Clay Paky fixtures for the event. The rig included 70 Sharpys, 20 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20s (pictured here), 22 Alpha Wash 1500s and 10 Alpha Spot HPE 1500s.