International News

BRUSSELS – When Martin Schulz was re-elected President of the European Parliament and Jean-Claude Junker for the EP commission, DB Video was tasked with illuminating the seat of the European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium), indoor for the Hemicycle, Passerelle, Agora set and Forum set as well as outdoor for the main entrance & Protocol entrance at rue Wiertz.

ANTWERP, Belgium – In the city of Antwerp, in Belgium, lies the luxurious shopping street Meir, connecting the town hall with the central station. Bringing in the highest rents of any street in Belgium and known to be the most expensive shopping street in the Benelux, Meir embraces the monumental department store, the Inno building consisting of two units dating back to 1901 and 1903.

UK – Award winning theatre designer Lucy Osborne and internationally acclaimed lighting designer Emma Chapman of Studio Three Sixty, will join James Grieve, joint artistic director of Paines Plough, and Gavin Green of Charcoalblue theatre consultancy at the UK Theatre’s Touring Symposium 2015 to discuss Paines Plough’s award winning, pop-up Roundabout Theatre.

LOS ANGELES, CA – It’s been called Montreal’s Ultimate Outdoor Winter Rave.  Igloofest recently returned to town for the ninth edition of the popular electronic music festival, a cool way to hear the hottest tracks on four three-day weekends from January 16 to February 8.  

FRANKFURT, Germany — Harman’s Martin Professional will be exhibiting in Hall 9, stand A93 at Prolight+Sound 2015, taking place April 15-18 at Messe, Frankfurt.

LOS ANGELES – For Florida Georgia Line’s “Anything Goes” tour, LD/programmer Scott Cunningham is using Clay Paky lighting fixtures, grandMA2 consoles and MDG foggers and hazers, all supplied by Morris Light & Sound in Nashville and sourced via North American distributor A.C.T Lighting.

SOUTH AFRICA – Within just six hours of ticket sales opening, the Pretoria leg of ‘Afrikaans is Groot’ was sold out.  Just goes to show how Groot Afrikaans is’! The Cape Town leg followed suite with its three performances selling out by the end of that day.

AARHUS, Denmark — HARMAN’s Martin Professional today announced the kickoff of their annual Young Lighting Designer Contest that offers aspiring LDs from around the world a chance to have their work internationally recognized. The winner will be awarded an all-inclusive trip to the Prolight+Sound 2015 show in Frankfurt, Germany, the Martin M-Touch™ controller and an M-PC kit. The runner up also receives an M-Touch controller and third place wins an M-PC kit.

LONDON – For the latest Strictly Live arena tour produced by Phil McIntyre Entertainment, which featured a design by LD Richard G Jones, technical production and rental specialist company Sonalyst provided Robe’s new BMFL Spots.

SOCHI, Russia — More than 15,000 meters of Riedel fiber optic cables were laid at the new Sochi Autodrom, which hosted Russia’s inaugural Formula One (F1) Grand Prix race on Oct. 12, 2014. Riedel was heavily involved in creating the specifications for the television production requirements and provided the infrastructure for the transmission of video, audio, and intercom signals for the circuit.

LONDON – South London based event production company PR Live used nearly 200 x CORE Lighting ColourPoint Mk 2 battery powered wireless LED uplighters to illuminate corridors, hallways, and various other key and linking areas at the Warner Music after-party following the 2015 Brit Awards.

ANTWERP, Belgium – Painting with Light LD and multimedia designer Luc Peumans created a multi-layered, color-rich show for Clouseau’s late December shows at the Antwerp Sportpalais using Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures.