LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting and rigging for the most recent Rudimental UK tour, renewing their long-term working relationship with designer Jonny Gaskell. His multi-layered scenic and lighting design has been delighting audiences throughout the year, taking several Hackney, London E8 landmarks around the world … culminating in a show at Alexandra Palace.
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LONDON and MANCHESTER, U.K. – For recent gigs in London and Manchester, Offspring performed with a light show created by longtime LD Lawrence Upton, who is based in Chicago. Leeds-based Zig Zag Lighting provided 68 Robe moving lights, including 16 BMFLs, 20 Pointes, 22 LEDWash 600s and 10 600E Spots.
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This biannual Convention has been created for the global lighting design market. Lighting designers, architects, researchers, universities, industry and clients use PLDC as a platform to meet and learn about the latest developments in lighting design. PLDC stands for high quality knowledge transfer and international networking opportunities.
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LONDON, UK – Philips Selecon and Showline LED luminaires have performed a range of crucial lighting roles whilst complementing a traditional tungsten rig on macabre musical The Addams Family at the John McIntosh Arts Theatre in London.
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BERGAMO, Italy – The 5th Edition of I Maestri del Paesaggio (the masters of landscape), which ran from Sept. 5-20, 2015, tied into some of the same agricultural, horticultural and earth-friendly themes that prevailed for this year’s Milan Expo. Clay Paky’s Glow Up range provided the scenic lighting for various functions linked to the main event.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – ETC’s Danish dealer Bico has replaced 40 aging and energy-inefficient halogen fixtures which light the stage tower of the Royal Danish Playhouse with just 17 ETC Selador Desire D60XTI Lustr+ LED fixtures.
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TILBROOK, Cambridgshire, U.K. – LD Guy Thatcher used the new Zero 88 FLX lighting console by Eaton at the 2015 Tilfest event, which serves up a combination of music and ale to attendees. Thatcher used the desk at the main stage for the event, which was staged in a marquee on the grounds of the White Horse pub in Tilbrook, Cambridgshire.
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ROME – Gianna Nannini’s most recent, long-awaited Hitalia.Rocks tour brought the star live to major sports arenas in Italy. This tour followed and celebrated the release of Gianna’s latest album, Hitalia. The entire album is devoted to Italian popular music songs of the 20th century. Programmer/LD Carlo Pastore relied on Clay Paky fixtures supplied by Agorà.
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NICHELINO, Italy – An Italian touring production of Next to Normal features a lighting design by Valerio Tiberi. Along with conventional fixtures in the rig, the touring production, which resumes Oct. 30 at Teatro Superga in Nichelino, with other dates will follow at major theatres in Turin and Milan, uses Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700s.
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DURBAN, South Africa – AV Company was founded in 1993 by Craig Browning, who is still running the company together with his son Kegan who heads up the lighting department. They provide lighting, audio, AV and staging for a variety of shows and events in all sectors … and were the first company in Durban to invest in Robe Pointes. The initial purchase of four Pointes was followed immediately by another four fixtures a month later.
Read More »GURGAON, India — After a 23-year-old woman collapsed and died on the way to the hospital following an Oct. 11 Skrillex concert near New Delhi, India, organizers have been cited by authorities for not doing enough to restrict entry to the event.
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DUBAI, UAE – At WHITE Dubai, an outdoor rooftop nightclub situated atop the Meydan Grandstand race, 30 Philips Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes are ready to provide a visual punch for a roster of internationally known DJs.