International News

BRISTOL, U.K. – Lighting and visuals rental specialist Fineline was commissioned by production company The Fair to add lighting ambience to the Islington Square Festival of Culture, a four day event organized by the company at the heart of redeveloping the former site of the N1 post sorting office into a new and vibrant commercial and residential hub, due to launch in 2017.

JAKARTA, Indonesia  – Clay Paky fixtures including Mythos, B-Eyes, Sharpys and Alpha Spot 700 HPE are amping up the visual energy within Colosseum, a mega-nightclub now drawing crowds with world-class DJs.

SEOUL, South Korea – Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K10 luminaires are part of an elaborate lighting system that provides visitors with an immersive viewing experience at Grévin Seoul, the first Asian location of the famous waxwork museum Grévin Paris.

RICHARDS BAY, South Africa – Lighting designer Shaniel Laloo of Sounds Ideal used Chauvet Professional Strike 4s and Legend 230SR Beam moving fixtures for a warm-weather NYE celebration in this seaside town located about two hours by car from Durban.

SNAPE, UK – Snape Maltings Concert Hall, a 350 seat venue that often plays host to full orchestral rehearsals, small-scale opera performances, piano concerts and literary festivals, called upon White Light to repace their dimmer system. White Light provided the LSC GenVI Advanced Dimming System.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Pro Plus is a the leading media company that works closely with the two TV channels with the greatest audience shares in Slovenia (POP TV and Kanal A), as well as through its topical TV channels – BRIO, KINO and OTO. Pro Plus recently invested in 12 Robe LEDWash 800s and eight MMX Spots for its main facility in Ljubljana.

LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting and LED video gear for a recent U.K. tour featuring the band Public Service Broadcasting. LD Francis Clegg designed the visuals. The rig included Clay Paky, Robe and SGM fixtures.

MILAN, Italy – For the U.S. exhibition at Expo 2015 in Milan last year, Habegger AG, from Switzerland, designed and installed a lighting system that included energy-saving LED technology from ETC. Approximately 61,354 square feet of exhibition space was lit by 150 Source Four LED Series 2 luminaires, complemented by 20 Selador Desire D60 luminaires and 130 conventional Source Four fixtures.

LONDON – The European premiere for Star Wars: The Force Awakens took place in London on Dec. 26. 2015. with Utopium lit up Nelson’s Column, a monument in Trafalgar Square, during the red carpet event. Utopium provided 24 Clay Paky Mythos, three MDG One atmosphere machines, four Studio Due City-color LED’s and two Studio Due City-beams.

STUTTGART, Germany – Danish electro rockers Carpark North wrapped a string of performances in Germany with a show here in early December. LD Johnny Thinggaard Lydiksen from CMY, based in Arhuus, Denmark, who has worked with the band since 2013, used Robe’s Pointes and BMFLs during the tour.

LONDON – Lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting kit — over 300 fixtures – and crew to the UK arena leg of big beat hard-dance electro rockers Prodigy’s “The Day is My Enemy” tour, working in close collaboration with lighting and show designer Andy Hurst, and also with live video specialists Video Illusions who supplied cameras and LED screens.