International News

LONDON – In support of their forthcoming second album, This Is All Yours, alt-J recently played a headline show at London’s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena. For this show – the band’s largest to date – XL Video supplied a custom LED screen and camera package for I-Mag.

CHAMP-PRÈS-FROGES, France – Airstar, a world leader in lighting balloon technology for the event and staging industry, has been at the center of the Val d’Isère Airstar Night Light since 2012. Every Thursday evening, between December and March, the manufacturer showcases various lighting technologies at the well-known French ski resort.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Prague Quadrennial, the world´s largest scenography event, is coming with a rich program filled not only with exhibitions from more than 70 countries and up-to-date theater design works, but also hundreds of live events such as lectures, workshops, architecture walks, public space projects and much more! PQ’15 has recently announced its preliminary daily program with star-filled lectures and master classes. Key events include the opening of PQ 2015 on June 17 and the awards ceremony on June 22, 2015.

MONTREAL, Canada – Mega Stage is the partner of the Igloo Fest for the third consecutive year. Eight (8) Mega Structure trailers have been installed to meet the most original concepts in the production of this internationally renowned event.

LONDON – ISE (Integrates Systems Europe) 2015 may have concluded, but the buzz continues about the collaboration among d3 Technologies, Panasonic Europe, The Projection Studio and Tesla Motors at the convention.

LONDON – For Ed Sheeran’s world tour, lighting and production Designer Mark Cunniffe opted to include Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpy fixtures to balance the video-heavy theme with some snazzy lighting looks. Neg Earth provided the gear.

LONDON – Robe was again a major sponsor of the TPi awards, supplying their latest moving light technology including 38 x BMFL Spots, 46 x Pointes, 32 x LEDBeam 100s, 21 x CycFX 8s and 70 x PARfect 100s plus an MDG theONE hazer … all of which looked truly fabulous in a design by Jack Sayer from Hawthorn, lighting rental partner for the 2015 event.

GOTHENBURG, Denmark – The opening of ÅF’s new office building in Gothenburg was marked by a spectacular light show, putting the 66 metre high building on the map. For one evening the façades of ÅF’s new domicile were staged with a combination of colours, graphical patterns and images expressing ÅF’s values in a festive manner.

U.K. – Battery powered wireless LED manufacturer CORE Lighting has recently seen the power and versatility of its FLOOD30 products applied in a slightly different arena … the highly popular world of equine sport / leisure.

SINGAPORE – For Illumi Run, participants are splashed with Illumi glow water as they set out on their race route, passing through different colorful glowing zones before ending up at the finish line. An after-party dance area then features a massive assembly of DJs. Event production house Showmakers Pte. Ltd. supplied P-5 wash lights from SGM. Pictured here are technical directors Louis Wong and Hanslee Lim.

LONDON – Two Tribes, a TV show hosted by Richard Osman, is using projection from XL Video. Sixty episodes of the Endemol UK/Remarkable TV show, are being filmed at the BBC Studios in Elstree for broadcast this year on BBC2.

LONDON – HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew to the current UK tour by  X-Factor winner Sam Bailey, who followed up her 2013 win and subsequent Christmas number one with her chart topping “Power of Love” debut album in spring last year.