(NETHERLANDS) – More dreams are coming true in the fabulous world of Painting with Light as Luc Peumans has created another memorable lighting design for the current Albert Verlinde Entertainment production of “Dreamgirls” – a lively, action-packed musical story full of Motown rhythms and legends based on the rise and phenomenal success of The Supremes during the 1960s and 1970s.
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MADRID, Spain – Before Pequeños Gigantes (Little Giants), a Spanish language TV singing and dancing competition that has moved from Mexico to several other countries, was presented by Mediaset España Comunicación to viewers in Spain starting Sept. 7, the producers turned to Cinelux for a lighting rig that included Clay Paky’s A.leda B-EYE K20, Sharpy and Alpha Profile 1500 fixtures.
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WINDHOEK, Namibia — Mikel-Jes Productions, a leading rental company in this southern African nation, recently invested in Robe Pointe, LEDWash 300 and LEDBeam 100 fixtures. The company, led by Michael Verrmulen and Johann Swart, has been operating since 2006 and has built up a substantial reputation for providing complete technical solutions including design and lighting, sound, video, staging and rigging.
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LONDON – Lighting designer Tom Campbell used Avolites’ Sapphire Touch to program and control his nightclub-vibe lighting design for Katy B’s recent U.K. tour. Campbell used the console to control a floor package including Philips Showline NITRO 510Cs, Clay Paky Stormy CCs, Clay Paky B-EYE K10 and K20s and a number of 14W OPSL Lasers.
Read More »LONDON – For the past several months the Tower of London, part of the Historic Royal Palaces, and its ambitious sculptural commission, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, have been a central symbol of the UK’s WWI Centenary observations. The display, which grew in size over time, marked each commonwealth casualty of WWI – 888,246 in total – with a hand-made red ceramic poppy “planted” by volunteers around the venue’s exterior. Entertainment and event production supplier White Light has been closely involved in the event, providing lighting, sound, and video support services for the opening ceremony on Aug. 5 and closing ceremony on Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day), as well as providing lighting for the entire poppy display throughout its three-month installation.
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LONDON – For Katy B’s recent U.K. tour, LD Tom Campbell specified a rig that included Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes. The fixtures helped blend the artist’s signature dubstep/garage sound with a lighting design evocative of nightclub looks.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — The brief for designing the lighting at Next nightclub in the Ramada Paramaribo Princess Hotel in Suriname near South America’s Atlantic coast was to make it funky, fun and classy, noted Michael Pereira from Streamline Systems. That is why he chose Robe and Anolis for the main elements of the lighting installation.
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TOKYO – ETC’s Selador Desire D60 Daylight luminaires helped the technical crew of Fuji Television Network Inc. (Fuji TV) and Fuji Media Technology Inc. (fmt) overcome the challenge of finding the right fixture to light a set built in the globe-shaped observation room located on the 24th floor of their building in Japan.
Read More »LONDON – Behind the Scenes UK, the newly launched charity that aims to provide financial support to entertainment technology professionals when they are ill or injured, is calling on companies and individuals to send their annual Christmas cards via Card Aid this year. Card Aid has been helping charities increase their funds from the sale of their Christmas cards for over 30 years and John Simpson, Chair of Behind the Scenes UK, believes proceeds from the sale of Christmas Cards via the Card Aid Website will really make a difference to Behind the Scenes, which only launched in the UK in October.
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BIELEFELD, Germany – For Bielefeld, Germany’s 800-year celebration, the city arranged for a spectacle called the Zeitsprung – Bi-Motion (Time Warp – Bi-Motion) project. It included performances from 800 residents active in the city’s various cultural and educational organizations.
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COLOGNE, Germany – Since songwriter Wolfgang Niedecken formed BAP in the late 1970s, the band has released 16 studio albums and the band members have performed around the world. The band’s latest tour, “BAP zieht den Stecker,” may translate to “BAP pulls the plug,” but LD Peter Seifertur (Cue Design) saw to it that the band was still well-lit. For their open-air concert at Salzkotten, near Paderborn, Seifertur specified a rig that included a variety of Clay Paky fixtures.
LONDON – UK indie-electronic band Goldfrapp recently completed a European festival tour with a lighting rig that included 21 Clay Paky Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures. Show and lighting designer Rob Sinclair, who worked alongside lighting director Louisa Smurthwaite, specified the fixtures for the festival leg of the band’s Tales of Us tour. Neg Earth supplied the gear.
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