International News

BERLIN, Germany — Robe moving lights were right at the heart of the lighting action on the main stage in front of Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate, one of the largest public New Year’s Eve celebrations worldwide. Robe Pointes were also used to illuminate elements of the ‘Fan Mile’ covering five major roads in and around the event site as part of a lighting design by Lars Murasch, and were supplied together with other lighting equipment for the event by rental company TLT Event AG.

SYDNEY — The International Fleet Review, which commemorated the arrival of the original Royal Australian Navy fleet in Sydney Harbour a century ago, involved close to 40 warships, 16 tall ships, more than 60 aircraft, 10 military bands, and 8,000 sailors from 17 nations around the world. Lighting designer Mark Hammer specified 132 Clay Paky Sharpy and 108 Sharpy Wash 330s, which he positioned around the harbor and on the ships themselves

DUBAI — Three years after it first took to the road, Jamiroquai wrapped its world tour on Nov. 15 at the Sundance Festival in Dubai. LD Mark Wynn-Edwards had included Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Spots and Washes in the rig.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Rhythm Media Production, based here, organized two shows in the Taif theatre tent here, the first for the Souq Okaze cultural festival and the second for Saudi Arabia’s National Day, attended by his Highness Prince Mishaal bin Majid Al Saud, Governor of Jeddah.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — To honor the memory of Nelson Mandela, the anti-Apartheid activist who emerged from more than 27 years of incarceration to serve as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the Western Cape Government hired LaserX to beam imagery and messages on the side of Table Mountain near Cape Town from Dec. 8-16. The laser show began three days after Mandela, winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, died (on Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95).

SCHWANEWEDE, Germany — AVM Event GmbH, based here, recently added 60 Clay Paky A.leda Wash K10 fixtures to its rental inventory, along with various products made by other companies. These lights were used for the first time for a variety of events staged in Bremen, Germany  last fall (one such event pictured here.)

LONDON — The Prodigy rocked London’s sold-out O2 Arena on New Year’s Eve with visual support from HSL’s lighting and video gear, provided to meet the specifications of LD/production designer Andy Hurst.

MADRID — The jukebox musical Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar (HNMPL – Today I Can’t Get Up), featuring songs from Spanish supergroup Mecano, has returned to Spain’s capital city. To meet the production’s needs for a wide range of theatrical moments along with rock music looks, LD Carlos Torrijos included 24 Robe Pointe fixtures in the rig.