International News

NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – Ice rinks are often the site of competitions, so it’s only fitting that when events supplier OneBigStar was awarded the contract to revitalize the lighting rig at Nottingham’s National Ice Centre, the company arranged a shootout of different lighting fixtures. Following a demonstration of a variety of fixtures at the venue, the company specified 10 CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Spot LED fixtures and 20 COLORdash Par-Hex 12 LED wash fixtures to replace the incandescent system at the popular ice skating venue.

AUSTRALIA – Vivid Sydney festival of light featured Clay Paky Sharpys and Mythos Fixtures installed as part of an interactive experience for festivalgoers.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Backstage Academy and The Society of British Theatre Designers win a special jury prize for projection mapping project for the Prague Quadrennial.

U.K. – Ambersphere Solutions continue to enjoy the strongest possible sales story for the Clay Paky Mythos.  Since its UK debut at PLASA 2014, the Mythos has established itself as yet another ‘must have’ Clay Paky fixture in every genre of the lighting industry.  From television studios to corporate trade launches, theatrical performances and live touring productions, the Mythos is up there at the top of the list for the fixture of choice.

U.K. – Leading UK lighting rental company Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting – including over 300 moving lights – to the four principal stages at brand new UK festival Wild Life, together with their brand new high definition proprietary 7 mm LED screen for one stage.

PANAMA CITY, Panama – Chauvet Professional COLORado fixtures were commissioned to for the lighting array at the seventh Summit of the Americas.

EUROPE – The current Take That Live 2015 tour, promoting the band’s seventh studio album, III, is the sixth major tour for which Brilliant Stages has constructed bespoke staging for the eternal boy band since the company first built a stage set for the band in 1994.

GLASTONBURY, U.K. – Following a successful event at last year’s festival, XL Video, working with Technical Producer, Nick Diacre, has once again produced a significant achievement in 180? live mapping for Shangri-La’s Heaven Stage at the Glastonbury festival 2015.

ITALY – Italian superstar Vasco Rossi is currently engaged in his summer Live Kom 15 stadium tour which is completely sold out, and will see the legendary singer play to nearly 1 million fans, with another stunning lighting and show design by his long term LD, Giovanni Pinna featuring Robe BMFLs.

WORLDWIDE – Todd Rundgren “Global” album release tour LD Martin Thomas selected Robe gear for the tour’s lighting array.

SOUTH AFRICA – Madame Zingara’s South African traveling theatical experience recently celebrated its 15th year of production with an all-new technical upgrade from Gearhouse Splitbeam that featured a light & audio array featuring gear from Meyer Sound, Martin, Sennheiser and Robe.

U.K. – Track systems specialist Triple E has loaned a quantity of ERAIL track and components to Taking Part at London’s Young Vic Maria studio theatre for a production called The Remarkable Case of K.