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Everyman Theatre reopened after a massive $47 million refurbishment with a 20-minute lighting and pyro display supported by dbn. Photo by Pete Carr.

Everyman Theatre Reopens with Lighting and Pyro Spectacle

LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Everyman Theatre reopened after a $47 million refurbishment with an illuminated procession staged by Liverpool’s Lantern Company. The event, which got an assist from Walk the Plank, included lantern puppets and a 20-minute lighting and pyro extravaganza. dbn Lighting supplied lighting gear including SGM Palco LED wash fixtures, LED PARs on specially designed brackets, Studio Due CityColor LED washes and Clay Paky Sharpys and Sharpy Wash fixtures, with a Jands Vista S2 for control.

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LD Martin Kubanka used 150 Robe moving light fixtures for the 2014 Miss Slovakia beauty pageant. The show, staged at the Incheba Exhibition Centre in Bratislava, was broadcast live on JOJ. The rig included 72 Robe Robin Pointes, 16 LEDWash 600s, 10 LEDWash 1200s, 10 MMX Spots and 44 LEDBeam 100s.

Miss Slovakia 2014 Lit with Robe Gear

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — LD Martin Kubanka used 150 Robe moving light fixtures for the 2014 Miss Slovakia beauty pageant. The show, staged at the Incheba Exhibition Centre here, was broadcast live on JOJ. The rig included 72 Robe Robin Pointes, 16 LEDWash 600s, 10 LEDWash 1200s, 10 MMX Spots and 44 LEDBeam 100s.

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JIM TV Awards

Phlippo in Belgium Invests in Hippotizer GrassHoppers

LIER, Belgium — Phlippo, a live event production and rental company serving the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) region, recently purchased two Hippotizer GrassHopper media servers to meet the needs of their clients. The units supported visuals for the JIM TV Awards. The taped show is due to air on JIM TV, which serves Flemish viewers, May 26-27.

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For the 2014 Bruce Lynton Charity Golf Day and Charity Ball held at RACV Royal Pines Resort in Benowa, Australia, May 9-10, sponsor ULA Group teamed with Jesse Radatti from Digital Lighting Solutions to light Australia’s hard-rocking Choirboys with fixtures from Robe.

The Choirboys Rock Aussie Charity Event; ULA Group Provides Robe Gear

BENOWA, Australia — For the 2014 Bruce Lynton Charity Golf Day and Charity Ball held at RACV Royal Pines Resort here May 9-10, sponsor ULA Group teamed with Jesse Radatti from Digital Lighting Solutions to light Australia’s hard-rocking Choirboys with fixtures from Robe. The lighting rig for the event included 20 Robin Pointes, 28 Robin 600 LEDWashes, 12 Robin 100 LEDBeams and two Robin CycFX 8 fixtures, all controlled with a grandMA lighting console.

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LD for U.K.’s Celebrity Big Brother Uses Sharpys for “Catwalk of Shame”

LONDON — For the “catwalk of shame” on this year’s edition of the popular British TV series, Celebrity Big Brother, evicted participants had to face the piercing, bright beams of Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, specified by LD Gurdip Mahal. He used 32 Clay Paky Sharpys, encased in watertight Clay Paky ‘IGLOO’ domes and positioned them in various locations outside and on top of the Big Brother House.

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2014 Eurovision photo by Jakob Boserup courtesy SGM

Eurovision Song Contest Draws 180 Million Viewers

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Eurovision Song Contest, with semi-finals and finals staged at B&W Halls here May 6, 8 and 10, drew close to 180 million viewers by the time Austria’s Conchita Wurst was proclaimed the winner. PRG and Martin were official suppliers to the event. Other lighting manufacturers represented in the PRG-supplied rig included GLP, Clay Paky, Philips Vari-Lite and Showtec. SGM, Barco, Mediatec Solutions and d3 also issued news releases noting their support of the event’s visuals. (SGM provided the image of the event included here).

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