Renegade Lights London Fashion Week
LONDON — Nick Gray of London, UK based creative visual design practice Renegade designed lighting for the main British Fashion Council (BFC) Showspace at London Fashion Week SS14, along with a series of off-site shows featuring Roksanda, L’Wren Scott (pictured here in one of the Gagosian’s gallery spaces), Jasper Conran, Matthew Williamson and Osman.
Read More »Shortlist for 2013 Knight of Illumination Awards Announced
LONDON – The shortlists of lighting designers nominated for a 2013 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Award have been announced, culled from a record number of submissions in sectors ranging from Theatre, Television and Concert Touring and Events.
Read More »Naïf Club in Italy Installs RED Lighting Gear
PRATO, Italy — This Tuscany hotspot may be called Naïf which, in Italian, means “naïve,” but its lighting design is anything but unsophisticated. With a combination of LED moving head fixtures, LED bars, LED strobes and a RED MX desk, the lighting system helps the space transform for uses ranging from dining to disco.
Read More »Ramsbottom Festival Gets Lighting Gear, Crew from dbn
MANCHESTER, U.K. — dbn provided gear and crew for the Ramsbottom Festival 2013, which took place over three days in mid-September. The event, organized by The Met arts center in Bury, was staged in association with Bridgewater Hall at Ramsbottom Cricket Ground near Bury.
Read More »Procolor Adds 250+ Robe Fixtures for Alejandro Fernandez Tour
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Procolor, based here, purchased more than 250 new Robe moving light fixtures specified by Belgian LDs Alain Corthout and Ignace d’Haese for the world tour of Mexico’s Alejandro Fernandez. The fixtures include 95 Robe Robin Pointes, 52 LEDWash 600s, 40 LEDWash 300s, 12 LEDWash 1200s and 50 MMX Spots, sourced via Mexican distributor Vari Internacional.
Read More »South Africa’s Sun City Theatre Adds Robert Juliat Victors
Lightweight Truss Proves “Festival-Friendly” for British Rapper, Example
LONDON — LD Graham “Grum” Leesmith was looking to create a smaller, “festival friendly” version of his full-scale arena touring rig and truss design for British rapper and singer/songwriter Example. The lightweight rig, put to use at several U.K. festivals this summer, makes use of James Thomas Engineering’s new JT Truss.
Read More »U.K. Theatrical Productions Lit with D.T.S. Fixtures
Belgian Theatre Adds Robe Actor Fixtures
South Africa’s Sensation Innerspace Gets Technical Assist from Gearhouse
JOHANNESBURG — The Gearhouse Group of Companies recently provided comprehensive technical support, in the form of rigging, audio, lighting, trussing, structures and power, for a new electronic dance production, Sensation Innerspace. The event took place at the Coca Cola Dome in Northriding, a Johannesburg suburb, on Sept. 7, 2013.
Read More »LD Tom Sutherland’s Rig for X-Factor Auditions Included Robe Gear
LONDON — For the lighting rig used for the 2013 auditions for the British TV talent competition, The X-Factor, LD Tom Sutherland used 60 Robe LEDBeam 100s. The auditions were staged at London’s Wembley Arena.
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