International News

SOUTHSEA, Portsmouth, U.K. – For venerable Kings Theatre here, technical manager Nick Benjamin noted that the house followspots had failed to keep up with the intensity levels made possible by the theatre’s updated lighting rig. The theatre found Robert Juliat’s Victor followspot model to be the best fit with the venue’s needs. Pictured here from left are Nick Benjamin, and Sam Crook, London Light Technical Director, with one of the newly purchased Robert Juliat Victor followspots.

LONDON – LD Nick Gray decided to also take a different approach in lighting the London Collections Men (LCM) main showspace by using 34 of Panalux’s Flobank units along the runway.

LONDON – Avolites Media Ai Media Servers formed the video delivery system for the elaborate £10million UK arena tour of Peter Pan: The Never Ending Story. Patrick Bellens of The Creative Factory used the media servers to bring a series of intricately designed videoscapes to life. The setup also helped the crew adjust and reposition virtual projectors from venue to venue without the need to re-render content.

LONDON – The UK and Ireland touring production of Wicked recently re-tooled its scenic and technical elements to keep the touring troupe’s production values as high as the West End version but its shipping volume low. To do that, the design team opted to eliminate the cables that fed moving scenic elements and replace them with wireless DMX products from RC4 Wireless, including RC4 LumenDim4 4-channel low voltage dimmers, RC4 LumenData receivers (both of which use LumenRadio CRMX rf technology) and SuperNova software from Lumen Radio. The production scenic lighting electrician on Wicked, Mike Ward, credited the setup as “totally stable from day one.”

AARHUS, Denmark — Up-and-coming young lighting designers are invited to submit their best work to the Design The Ultimate Show contest for a chance to attend the Prolight+Sound convention in Frankfurt, Germany. The contest is sponsored by Harman’s Martin lighting business division.

LONDON – Stephen Ward the Musical, which began previews at the Aldwych Theatre here in early December, pairs the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with the real-life 1960s political scandal in England known as the Profumo affair. LD Peter Mumford included a large number of Source Four LED luminaires in the rig.