International News

AYLESBURY, U.K. — Rogue Leisure has opened their brand new tenpin bowling venue in Aylesbury, with a stunning array of lighting features supplied by InStyle LED.

PARIS – Every year, Mairie de Paris (Paris City Hall) turns the square in front of the building into an ice rink for the citizens of Paris to enjoy ice skating during the winter. This year technical audiovisual specialist, NOVELTY Group, decided to add enhancements to the traditional Christmas animation on the ice rink, and after conducting stringent testing on the SGM G-Spot LED moving head, placing it under a shower for three days, they were convinced by the IP-rating of the luminaire.

LONDON – To meed the challenges of lighting singer, writer and guitarist Anna Calvi’s performance with the Heritage Orchestra at St John’s Church, lighting designer Tom Campbell came up with an imaginative solution using a Robe moving light rig. Challenges included the need for everything to be ground-supported and minimal power for the production’s sound, lighting and full camera shoot needs.

LONDON – St. Pauls School, one of England’s leading independent college preparatory schools, dates back to 1509 and is now undergoing a 30-year refurbishment program. The school’s new 280-seat Samuel Pepys Theatre was completed in Nov. 2014. PG Stage worked with Charcoal Blue Theatre Consultants and the Elliott Thomas Group on the project.

EUROPE – Helene Fischer’s Farbenspiel tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in late 2014 marked the first set built by Brilliant Stages under Dark Arches Holdings ownership.

RIBBON, Belgium – Luc Peumans of Painting With Light lit the Belgian TV Music Industry Awards (MIA) event for the first time last year. Producers VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroeporganisatie) Belgium have already invited the designer back for the 2015 event, where he will oversee full production design – incorporating lighting, set and video / visuals.

CHISINAU, Moldova – For the King of Kings Eagles Series and King of Kings World Grand Prix kickboxing tournaments held Dec. 20 at Manej Sports Arena here in this northern Balkan Peninsula republic, LD Serghei Mosin with Elation dealer Eventica Grup SRL relied on the company’s Platinum SBX.

SHANGHAI, China – The 135-year-old Shanghai Symphony Orchestra now has a new home in the Shanghai Symphony Hall, which celebrated its long-awaited grand opening in September 2014. The venue was equipped with a full complement of ETC equipment, including a Sensor3 Power Control system with ThruPower modules, Source Four PAR fixtures and an Eos-family lighting control system.

EDINBURGH, Scotland – Blue Parrot, a lighting rental and production company, added 12 Martin Quantum Profiles to their rental inventory recently. Blue Parrot credited the 475W white LED engine as the “first real alternative to a more traditional 700/800 watt discharge moving head.”

LONDON – d3 Technologies will be presenting their d3 products during ISE 2015 as part of the Panasonic display, in a unique collaboration between Panasonic Europe, Tesla Motors and The Projection Studio.