BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s first public television network Télé Liban and pan-Arabist satellite television channel Al Mayadeen have upgraded their studio lighting rigs with gear from Philips Selecon and Philips Strand Lighting.
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LONDON – For One Direction’s global tour which visited South America before heading to some of the largest-capacity stadiums and arenas in the U.K. and Europe, Paul Normandale provided a lighting design that includes Robert Juliat fixtures.
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AMSTERDAM — LD Rob Sinclair included Clay Paky fixtures in the tour rig for Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz world tour. The rig includes Clay Paky Sharpy and Sharpy Wash 330 colored beams.
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TURKU, Finland — Mein Schiff 3 (My Ship), a cruise ship recently built at the STX Finland shipyard here for Germany based TUI Cruises, features Robe moving lights within its entertainment venues, including the main theatre and nightclub venues. Chris Moylan of Berlin based Optikalusion designed the lighting systems.
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MECHELEN, Belgium — When Studio 100, producers of the WWI-themed 14-18 Spektakel musical, were looking to move a 2,000-seat audience tribune up and down a 150 meter-long performance space throughout the show, they turned to Hans Willems of Wicreations. The show was staged at the Nekkerhal here.
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LONDON — For Robbie Williams’ Swings Both Ways tour, which features visual and set elements designed by show directors Lee Lodge and Willie Williams and LD Mark Cunniffe, automation is being handled by a Kinesys Vector system controlled by Gareth Williams (no relation to the headliner).
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LONDON – Digital Insanity used Hippotizers to map eight huge LED screens with the letters G.O.D.Z.I.L.L.A. at the film’s London premiere. The letters were masked onto the front, creating an impressive light box effect, and were programmed with lighting chases and movie footage.
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LONDON – LD Jamie Thompson turned to GLP’s LED Impression series to help create dramatic stage impact for this year’s world tour by Bastille. The production concept highlighted the triangle symbol which replaces the ‘A” in Bastille — and the impressions are used to line the upstage triangle and mid-stage diagonals. They are also rigged overhead for use as mid-air effects and to wash the stage.
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JOHANNESBURG – Responsible for creating a one-night-only EDM spectacular, the Gearhouse Group supplied all the technical production for DJ Armin van Buuren’s Armin Only Intense World Tour stop in Johannesburg. A total of 460 DuoLED 18” panels were configured into a 21 meter wide screen backdrop, with LED accents on the side stages and front stage cladding.
SOMERSET, UK – Bristol-based lighting and visuals rental company, Fineline Lighting supplied lighting and rigging including ground support systems to five stages at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. This included the Acoustic, Cabaret, Circus, Astrolabe Stages and HMS WOW at the festival, staged here June 25-29.
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