LES EPESSES, France — Historical French theme park Puy du Fou, based here, wows its crowds with a live nighttime spectacle, Cinéscénie. LD Koert Vermuelen has been relying on Clay Paky gear in the rig for the shows, including Alpha Beam 1500s and Sharpys. The historical theme park celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
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DURBAN, South Africa — The 2013 Crown Gospel Awards, staged at the International Conference Centre (ICC) here and seen for the first time via South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), was lit with an LED-dominated rig that included 24 Robe Pointes 18 DLF Wash fixtures, six DLS Profiles, 30 LEDWash 600s and 70 LEDForce PRs, all supplied by Gearhouse South Africa.
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WALLDORF, Germany — For a recent opening ceremony at the Walldorf Ärztezentrum (Medical Center) here, Session Pro provided LD/programmer Benjamin Schleger with Clay Paky fixtures including 32 Sharpys, 48 Alpha Spot QWO 800s, 24 A.leda Wash K20s and 24 A.leda Wash K10s.
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MEXICO CITY — For a sold-out show at 10,000-capacity Auditorio Nacional here recently, Colombian-born singer Margarita, La Diosa de la Cumbia, was lit by LD Ángel Alvarado, who used a rig featuring Robe Robin MMX Spots, LEDWash 1200s, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100s along with ColorWash 2500E ATs. Tama Producciones provided the gear.
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VERONA, Italy — The arch-and-star sculpture that seems to streak from Verona Arena to Piazza Bra here got extra visual impact this holiday season with an installation of LED light fixtures from Slovakia-based Leader Light.
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RIGA, Latvia — LD Normunds Blasans specified Philips Vari-Lite’s VL3015LT Spots, VL3500 and VL3000 Washes for an open-air event featuring music from 20,000 performers celebrating Latvian culture here recently. NA Stage & Light supplied 20 VL3015LT Spot luminaires, 16 VL3000 Washes, and 24 VL3500 Wash fixtures for the 25th Latvian Song and Dance Festival, which drew an audience of more than 40,000.
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LONDON — For m¡longa, a recent work by Belgian-born choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui performed by the Sadler’s Wells dance company, XL Video’s Ed Cooper served as project manager, collaborating on the visual design with Adam Carrée, the dance company’s production manager and LD.
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BERKHAMSTED, Hertfordshire U.K. — The Pepper Rock Event Show, a concert in support of the Pepper Foundation, has passed the 25-year mark in 2013. Through its U.K. distributor Ambersphere, the event also received an assist from Clay Paky.
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LONDON — Mood, drama, invention and Robe moving lights were at the heart of the elegant, intricate lighting design created by Rich George from 3DL&S for jazz-pop singer and songwriter Jamie Cullum’s Momentum tour, which recently completed its first U.K. leg before heading to Europe. Leeds, U.K.-based Zig Zag Lighting is providing the gear.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. — LD Nick Richings specified Showline’s SL PAR 150 Zoom luminaires for the current musical tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. White Light is supplying the gear for the tour, with stops at theatres across the U.K. including Glasgow’s King’s Theatre, the Bristol Hippodrome and the Liverpool Empire. The tour will continue through May 2014.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — dbn Lighting, based here, once again supplied lighting and LED screens to the Warehouse Project (WHP), a series of EDM events founded by Sacha Lord-Marchionne and Sam Kandel. WHP operates for two regular nights each week from September to New Year’s Eve on a timeline coinciding with university and college schedules. It attracts international EDM DJs and live acts and sells out months in advance. This was the second year the club has operating out of the Victoria Warehouse venue in Trafford Park. dbn’s Pete Robinson has been involved with WHP from the start. This year he created the production and lighting design for all three rooms in the space.
Read More »HAMBURG, Germany — Rasta Thomas and Adrienne Canterna, the husband-and-wife team behind the Bad Boys of Dance company (BBD) and its Rock the Ballet productions, are taking a new rock ballet, and update on William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, on the road in Germany. LDs Patrick Woodroffe and Roland Griel included 16 Clay Paky Sharpy Wash fixtures in the production’s lighting design. Showconcept supplied the gear.
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