LONDON – For the second year in a row, entertainment lighting specialist White Light was chosen to supply lighting equipment and production services for the Prince’s Trust Invest in Futures gala dinner, held on Feb. 6 in Central London. The event welcomed about 200 guests including HRH The Prince of Wales, Joanna Lumley OBE, Rob Brydon, Jerry Hall and Tom Hardy to the Savoy Hotel for a dinner reception and performance from Bryan Ferry.
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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.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic – LD Martin Kubanka lit a 22-minute game-opening preshow spectacle for the East vs West KHL All Stars hockey game at the Ondrej Nepela Arena (a.k.a. Slovnaft Arena) here with a lighting rig that included 100 Robe Robin Pointe fixtures. The preshow lighting design complemented video highlighting Slovakian folklore and history while also celebrating the first time that Bratislava has hosted a KHL All Stars event.
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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.”
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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.
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ASUNCIÓN, PARAGUAY – Robe lighting fixtures are helping Iglesia Centro Familiar de Adoración here reach thousands with a lighting installation that brings the church’s productions to a new level of impact.
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BERLIN, Germany – Robe moving lights were once again specified by LD Manuel da Costa for the most recent series of the TV singing contest, The Voice of Germany (VOG). The series was recorded at Studio Berlin and produced jointly by a Dutch German collaboration between Taipa and Schwartzkopff TV. It was broadcast on Pro7 and Sat 1 channels. A total of 188 Robes were supplied by Magic Lighting & Sound from Cologne.
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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.
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BREMEN, Germany and PARIS, France – The latest Holiday on Ice spectacular, Platinum, is touring Germany and France this winter with a lighting and video design provided by Luc Peumans of Belgium-based Painting With Light. The use of digital scenery supports the show’s recreation of complex scenic and locational settings without the need for bulky sets.
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LONDON – The Australia House consulate in London was lit in cool blues and white hues to evoke the Antarctica mood for the 2014 Australia Day celebrations.
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JERUSALEM – LD Dakar Azulay chose Robe Lighting for the new reality TV series, Chef Games.
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