International News

CARACAS, Venezuela – Operating in the Latin American market, the Venezuelan based PROmontaje needed a solution to host large outdoor events and concerts. PROmontaje owns a large event site, just outside Caracas, which they plan to use for a range of outdoor concerts and sports events. PROmontaje is the main provider of technical resources for events in Venezuela, and dedicated to supplying the best possible technical resources for the production of sporting events, shows and corporate events.

MOSCOW – Fixtures from RED Lighting are illuminating a touring exhibition featuring information and imagery of Russia’s Romanov dynasty. The fixtures include Pixel Bar 4, Pixel Bar 8, Quadro C8 and the new mini Pixel Bar 16. The fixtures have helped the touring exhibition, which is traveling to Russia’s biggest cities, keep its energy requirements to a minimum.

PARIS – For Berges de Seine, the riverfront district between the Pont de la Concorde and Passerelle de Solférino bridges (and also near the Musée d’Orsay), Mairie de Paris (Paris City Hall) organized a special Christmas lighting installation. The area, which tends to bustle with activity day and night, was lit from mid-December until the end of January with SGM’s LB-100 LED balls. SGM’s French distributor Sonoss worked closely with LightLab and Lumière et Son to create picture-perfect effects.

U.K., Europe, Australia – UK based folk singer / songwriter Passenger’s recent album tour campaign, Whispers, is drawing to a close with the acclaimed penultimate leg of the tour in Australia, featuring a show design by James Scott of UK based visual design collective ‘Okulus’, a new collaboration with LD / Visuals designer Louis Oliver.

LONDON – Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue recently completed the first leg of her Kiss Me Once tour, which included stops throughout Europe. The second leg of the tour begins in March 2015 with five shows in Kylie’s native Australia. Following the successful tour of Europe, Lighting Designer Rob Sinclair and Lighting Director Louisa Smurthwaite provided insight into the creative processes behind the tour’s extensive lighting design, which prominently featured fixtures from HARMAN’s Martin Professional.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Johannesburg based rental and production company Lucidity has just invested in its first Robe moving lights … with the purchase of  six Pointes and six  LEDWash 300s from Robe’s ROBIN series.

WORLDWIDE – Engineering and automation specialists Wicreations is supplying flying and rigging solutions to the ‘Ice Age Live – A Mammoth Adventure’ tour produced by Stage Entertainment Touring Productions, which continues to enthral audiences worldwide now on its latest third leg of an extensive touring schedule that started in 2012 and is currently scheduled until 2017.

BLACKBURN, UK – Tenor Alfie Boe’s career has only gained strong momentum ever since he was famously discovered polishing cars at Blackpool’s TVR Factory at age 17. He recently undertook a major UK tour, where HARMAN Martin Professional’s newest MAC Quantum Profile fixtures proved that they are perfectly at home in live arena-sized productions.