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Roland Greil Designs with Ayrton for the AFC Asian Cup Opening Ceremony in Qatar

On 12 January 2024, Qatar hosted the Opening Ceremony of the AFC Asian Cup at the 88,000-capacity Lusail Stadium, the largest stadium in the Middle East. Unusually for a football tournament, the ceremony was on an unprecedented scale, comprising a full-size stage in midfield with a set featuring sand dunes, colorful costumes, and stunning visuals around a central motif of giant mirrored petals. Simultaneously broadcast internationally across the Middle East, Asia and Australasia, the 21-minute visual extravaganza, Mirrors, The Lost Chapter from the Book of Kelileh Wa Demneh, was a triumph of theatrical story-telling.Read More »Roland Greil Designs with Ayrton for the AFC Asian Cup Opening Ceremony in Qatar

Robe Assists Kontrafakt to Enter New Era

Show Designer and Director Martin Hruska wanted to create an ambitious, breathtakingly visual and memorable performance space for Slovak rap group Kontrafakt to deliver their highly anticipated “New Era” concerts at Prague’s O2 Arena in the Czech capital, a challenge achieved with the assistance of nearly 200 Robe moving lights and a spectacular automated stage set. The Robe fixtures, a mix of 51 FORTES, 24 MegaPointes, 57 Pointes, 44 Tetra2 LED moving battens and 10 Tetra1s and three BMFL FollowSpots – were all supplied by leading Slovakian company Ministry Rental. Lighting was programmed and run for the show by lighting designer Lukáš Patzenhauer, who joined a highly talented team of creatives led by Martin.Read More »Robe Assists Kontrafakt to Enter New Era

‘Step Into the Light’ with Elation Proteus Mesmerizes at Valkea Art & Light Festival

In December, Särkänniemi Theme Park in Tampere, Finland, hosted the inaugural Valkea Light and Art Festival, filling the park with a myriad of captivating visual spectacles, one of which featured lighting effects from Elation’s pioneering and award-winning Proteus Hybrid IP65 moving head. The event transformed the park into an immersive art realm, engaging the senses with enchanting visual art installations, incorporating light, art, music, and live performances.Read More »‘Step Into the Light’ with Elation Proteus Mesmerizes at Valkea Art & Light Festival

Elation and Best Audio & Lighting Support CQLP Lighting Design Competition in France

Elation and French distributor Best Audio & Lighting were delighted and honored to have provided lighting for the final of this year’s CQLP (C’est Qui Le Patron) lighting design competition in France. A demanding yet exhilarating competition that showcases lighting designer talent, this was the first time the competition was held outdoors, this year at the magnificent Collégiale Notre-Dame de Mantes-la-Jolie outside of Paris. Here’s a video of this year’s final of the CQLP:

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New Possibilities for France 24 Studio with Help from CHAUVET Professional Ovation E-2 FC

Broadcasting 24/7, the international news channel France 24 reaches an impressively large audience of almost 500 million households around the world in French, Arabic, Spanish and English. However, as is the case all over Paris, space is quite limited, so France 24 has to make the best of its available capacities, with its largest studios being just under 100 square meters with a grill height of 3.5 meters.Read More »New Possibilities for France 24 Studio with Help from CHAUVET Professional Ovation E-2 FC

Claypaky Sharpy Plus Lights Up Fito Páez Anniversary Tour in Buenos Aires

Argentine rock and pop musician Fito Páez continued his “El amor 30 años después del amor” tour last year with a December 16 concert at the Estadio UNO – Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi in Buenos Aires where 54 Claypaky Sharpy Plus fixtures enhanced the energy on stage.Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Lights Up Fito Páez Anniversary Tour in Buenos Aires

Variable, Weatherproof Lighting for Sporting Events: GLP ArenaLED1 Touring Highlights the Love of Soccer

Back on 15 November, the German sporting goods manufacturer Adidas presented the official match ball for UEFA EURO 2024 for the first time. The presentation was followed by a five-day event, which took place directly in front of the Berlin Olympic Stadium. In order to put the new ball into immediate use, a temporary round playing field was created in the middle of a specially raised ‘crater’ – this was used both as part of an official program while at the same time being made accessible to members of the public. PRG Germany acted as general technical service provider for the event and used a total of 48 GLP ArenaLED1 Touring systems to illuminate the playing area, with 12 fixtures mounted on each of four arrays.Read More »Variable, Weatherproof Lighting for Sporting Events: GLP ArenaLED1 Touring Highlights the Love of Soccer

Robe Imbibes the ISE Vibes

Robe lighting enjoyed the great vibes, brisk business, lively atmosphere, and fantastic visitor numbers checking out the 2024 Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) expo at FIRA Barcelona, Spain. The 20th anniversary of this constantly expanding show broke all previous records with over 73,000 verified attendees, up 27% on the 2023 edition, cementing its place as a prime entertainment technology showcase in Europe. For the first time there was a dedicated lighting / staging sector hall, and Robe was happy to be there at the heart of all the action, presenting some of its latest technologies.Read More »Robe Imbibes the ISE Vibes

Back to the Roots – Chris Glatthor with Cameo on Rea Garvey’s Club Tour

Rea Garvey is one of the best-known musicians in Germany and is a guest on the biggest stages and festivals year after year. An arena tour for his new album “Halo” has already been announced for 2024. Prior to this, the likeable Irishman took the opportunity to feel the intimate audience proximity of smaller clubs again with the “Roots” tour – a very special live environment that requires a lot of flexibility on the ground. Chris “Rocketchris” Glatthor, who has accompanied Garvey as a production designer since 2014, was also on board. Rocketchris relied on the Cameo PIXBAR G2, AZOR and ZENIT Series – among others – for the minimalist stage designs.

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Harpa Invests in Robe FORTES

Harpa – Iceland’s premier concert hall and conference centre, located in capital city Reykjavik – has invested in 48 x new Robe FORTE moving lights which will be utilised in their 1600-capacity Grand Hall, home of the Icelandic Opera and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Harpa is the highest profile concert and conference venue in the country and stages numerous high visibility world-class productions and events as well as hosting meetings and high-rolling summits. Karl Sigurðsson, managing director of Robe’s Iceland distributor, Luxor, was delighted to win the tender and supply the project with FORTES.

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Ed Warren & CHAUVET Professional Bring Flower Power to The Lottery Winners

It is close to impossible to improve on the power a flower to give rise to warm feelings and good thoughts, but Ed Warren managed to do just that when he lit The Lottery Winners’ recent homecoming show.  The “flowers” that this well-known lighting designer planted on stage at the iconic 02 Apollo Manchester might not have been as  delicately beautiful as the red and yellow blooms that dot nearby Ardwick Green every spring (nor were they anywhere near as fragrant!), but they did inspire the sellout crowd at this show, while also reflecting the freewheeling spirit of the local band, who reach the top of the UK charts for the first time last spring.Read More »Ed Warren & CHAUVET Professional Bring Flower Power to The Lottery Winners

Callum Beattie Rocks With ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console

Chart-topping Scottish singer-songwriter Callum Beattie was supported on his tour note-for-intense-note with some fiercely bold visuals was a power-packed light show by Steve Mccraken of Mac-Events, who programmed the show and ran it throughout the tour on his ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console. Working with a kit supplied by Limelight Event Services, Mccracken busked some manual flashes, strobes, and other looks, but most of his show was cue stacked.

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