International News
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Al Murray Comedy Quiz Show Lit with Clay Paky Fixtures
PLSN Staff | International News | June 28, 2011LONDON — After his sell-out success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was just a matter of time before Britain’s most notorious pub landlord, Al Murray, was given his own TV game show. Now the British stand-up (or rather his beer-swilling alter-ego) is hosting his own pub quiz on UK comedy channel Dave.
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Showtech Survey Shows Less Economic Gloom Among Attendees, Exhibitors
PLSN Staff | International News | June 23, 2011BERLIN, Germany — The 15th Showtech, a biannual trade event which ran from June 7-9, drew more than 7,520 attendees to the Exhibition Center Berlin. The turnout was just a slight dip from the previous record (7,813 in 2009) and included a noticeable increase in international visitors. Surveys also revealed less economic gloom among attendees and exhibitors.
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Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi Lit with Martin Fixtures
PLSN Staff | International News | June 23, 2011ABU DHABI, UAE — The 842-meter-long, 60-meter-high Sheikh Zayed Bridge, which connects mainland Dubai to the island of Abu Dhabi and acts as a gateway to the city, features a color-changing lighting design using fixtures from Martin Professional, including 204 Martin Exterior 600 and 130 Martin Exterior 200 color changing luminaires, as well as 956 Martin Cyclo 01 linear fluorescent luminaires.
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Flaming Moving Light Fixtures Used for Vivid Festival’s FireDance on Sydney Waterfront
PLSN Staff | International News | June 23, 2011SYDNEY — It sounds like an LD’s nightmare: an array of cheap moving light fixtures blasting forth with flames instead of beams. But for FireDance, a display produced and created by Howard & Sons Pyrotechnics for the Vivid Festival at Sydney’s Campbells Cove in the Rocks, the flames were 100 percent intentional.
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Robe Lights 2011 Summer Night Concert at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace
PLSN Staff | International News | June 22, 2011VIENNA — Lighting designer Helmut Krammer used over 100 Robe fixtures - a mixture of moving lights and units from Robe's innovative LED series - for the 2011 Summer Night Concert, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra in the Baroque gardens at Schönbrunn Palace. The event was attended by 150,000 people and broadcast by ORF to approximately 60 other countries.
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Robe Helps Light Aida at Masada, Israel
PLSN Staff | International News | June 21, 2011ISRAEL — Robe moving lights once again were the primary moving light fixtures used for the Israeli Opera's "Aida" at the 2011 Dead Sea & Jerusalem Opera Festival, a co-production with the Les Choragies d'Orange in France, staged in the outdoor purpose built amphitheatre at the foot of Masada Mountain by the Dead Sea, Israel.
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Istanbul’s Nomads Nightclub Equipped with Coemar Gear
PLSN Staff | International News | June 21, 2011ISTANBUL — “Nomads,” a well-known Amsterdam nightclub, has chosen Istanbul as its second city, and the new venue has been equipped with Coemar's moving lights, lighting singers and musicians who perform nightly amid a blend of modern and traditional Turkish design features. The club is using Coemar’s iSpot 575 MB fixtures, with a Director 768 mixer for control.
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Martin Representative Office in Russia Celebrates 1st Anniversary
PLSN Staff | International News | June 21, 2011MOSCOW — Martin Professional’s representative office in Russia recently celebrated its first anniversary at a special party with partners and friends at club Lookin Rooms in Moscow. Key rental companies, representatives of installation firms, major dealers, industrial retailers and journalists were on hand to share in the celebration with Martin’s Russian team.
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Colour Sound Experiment Stays Busy as U.K. Festival Season Kicks Off
PLSN Staff | International News | June 21, 2011LONDON — Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting equipment and crew to four major festivals on a recent weekend - Rockness in Inverness, the re-launched Glade in Norfolk, "Get Loaded In The Park" in Clapham, London, plus the VIP areas at the Isle of Wight Festival.
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Gearhouse Splitbeam Supplements JCS Vari-Lite Rig with Robert Juliat, Wybron Gear
PLSN Staff | International News | June 21, 2011JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse Splitbeam recently acquired Robert Juliat 2500W Aramis followspots for its rental inventory, and the new gear has already been used for a production of Jesus Christ Superstar, pictured here. The rental company also acquired a number of Wybron Coloram IT 7.5-inch color changers.
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NRK Uses Clay Paky Sharpy on Norwegian TV Show
PLSN Staff | International News | June 20, 2011OSLO, Norway — Rental company Rubicon provided the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) with 12 Sharpy units for their new musical game show, Popstokk, where glowing stripes and beams play a central role in senior lighting designer Tore Rødseth’s visual design. Read More... -
Architectural Landmarks in Bath, U.K. Lit with Robe and Anolis Fixtures
PLSN Staff | International News | June 16, 2011BATH, U.K. — To mark the opening night of the 2011 Bath International Music Festival, themed “Party in the City,” LD Simon Marcus from Enlightened specified Robe moving lights and Anolis LED fixtures. Landmarks bathed in a new glow included Bath Abbey, Pulteney Bridge and other key architectural features around the UK World Heritage spa town's city center. Read More...
