International News

BAKU, Azerbaijan – The Closing Ceremony for the first European Games at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 28 made use of W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB.

LONDON — White Light recently supported an exhibition of photos of British actress Audrey Hepburn at the National Portrait Gallery in Central London.

MUNICH, Germany – KISS recently brought their elaborate live show to Europe this summer, kicking off its 40th Anniversary European Tour May 30 in Munich’s Olympic Park and wrapping up June 22 in Madrid. LD Sean Hackett’s lighting design included 30 Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5R moving heads supplied by Christie Lites. Production design was by Robert Long and Sooner Routhier.

GWANGJU, South Korea — As university athletes from around the world took part in the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade in South Korea, host broadcaster Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) turned to Riedel Communications for equipment to produce the international feed for the event, one of the world’s largest multi-sport competitions. Pictured here is the distribution control room.

SINGAPORE – For SG50, Singapore’s 50th Anniversary, Dick Lee directed the National Day Parade (NDP) in the Padang, right in the heart of the city, with a design by Javier Tanrations that included 350 Robe BMFL Blades supplied by Showtec Communications Pte Ltd.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Philips’ entertainment lighting brands Vari-Lite and Strand Lighting, along with the Showline product range, were on display for the three-day Mediatech Africa exhibition in Johannesburg. Philips’ Martin Palmer, pictured here, supported the DWR Distribution team on stand to offer visitors in-depth product knowledge and demos. Philips exhibited the Vari-Lite VL4000 Series, Strand Lighting NEO and 500ML Consoles and the Showline SL NITRO 510 and 510C LED strobes.

MUNICH, Germany – For Verstehen sie Spass, a ‘hidden camera’ television series of two live and two recorded shows, the format included music performed by The Scorpions;  Germany’s 2015 Eurovision representative, Ann Sophie; and baritone crooner, Marc Marshall. LD Thomas Gerdon included Ayrton lighting fixtures to light the live broadcast from Munich’s Bavaria Studios no 9 in April.

PERTH, Scotland – Green Hippo noted that Lanz Short, content designer and programmer, had relied on its Hippotizer technologies for visuals seen at the T in the Park festival, which ran from July 10-12. Green Hippo also interviewed Short and provided a brief Q&A with the content designer. Pictured here is a moment from Twin Atlantic’s performance on the Radio1 stage.

BRISTOL, UK – CPL  provided technical production – sound and lighting – for production company Bright who produced a very successful micro festival event for a specialist energy company. Staged on the Mojo Active site at Cribb’s Causeway, Bristol, UK, the CPL team of six led by Mike Radford supplied equipment to the one day event, bringing their experience and talents of working on high profile festival events like Glastonbury and BoomTown to the field.

SYDNEY – Since premiering with a flourish of sequins and feathers in Sydney back in April 2014, Strictly Ballroom the Musical has been touring Australia, currently residing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne. The musical is produced by the original creative team behind the classic 1992 film, including director and co-writer, Baz Luhrmann and set and costume designer, Catherine Martin. LD Hugh Vanstone included GLP impression X4s in the show’s rig. Head Electrician Ben Wilcocks is pictured with the fixture here.