LONDON – PRG teamed up with Harvey Goldsmith promotions at Twickenham in June to supply the rigging and lighting for the Chime For Change concert headlined by Beyonce and Madonna. Dubbed a ‘feminist Live Aid,’ the production featured a ine up of big name stars and a 50,000-strong audience to campaign for improved education, health and justice for women around the world.
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MOSCOW – Moscow’s Teresa Durova Teatrium na Serpukhovke performance venue has invested in Philips Selecon’s PLCyc1 luminaires in a major upgrade to its lighting equipment, replacing a dozen 1250W asymmetric tungsten cyc floods. The Theatre’s head of lighting, Vladimir Evstifeyev, invested in the PLCyc1s after testing them in the venue in early 2013.
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NORMANDY, France – The nuclear blast at Hiroshima in 1945 is often described in Japanese as a flash (pika) followed by a bang (don). Last year, a performance lit with ETC Source Four LED Lustr+ fixtures aimed to represent the unexpected terror of the pika don through the medium of dance. Un Coup de Don, by dance company Ariadone and led by Carlotta Ikeda and Ko Morobushi (Japan), was part of the Festival Automne in Normandy, France.
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BRAZIL – Paul McCartney’s ‘Out There’ world tour kicked off with three shows in Brazil with lighting looks from LD Roy Bennett. Bennett supervised the shows, while Lighting Director Wally Lees operated. Lighting equipment was supplied by leading Brazilian rental company LPL Professional Lighting and included Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash luminaires, together with other moving lights and generics.
Read More »PHUKET CITY, Thailand — A stage structure set up for performances accompanying the Phuket Prison Fair at the Saphan Hin public park here killed one person and injured another after collapsing in high winds at about 7:40 pm on June 17. Winds from the same storm were also fierce enough to rip the roofs off more than a dozen homes in the Phang Nga area, according to a report posted by Phuketwan, a local news source.
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LONDON – The First Night Riders are gearing up for their annual motorcycle charity ride that raises money for The Theatrical Guild. This year’s ride… Read More »First Night Riders Hit the Road This Week for Charity
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LONDON – Nick Gray of London-based creative visual design practice Renegade worked his lighting magic on the latest Eddie Izzard “Force Majeure” arena tour, which has just finished a three month tour around the UK and Europe. It’s the first time that Gray – well known for his work in the fashion world and as LD for rockers Kasabian – has designed lighting for the ‘surrealist’ funny-man, a task on which he collaborated closely with Izzard’s Artistic Director, Sarah Townsend.
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BASEL, Switzerland – Within five months of taking on the distribution of SGM in Switzerland, the long-serving ASL Electronic has already introduced another stalwart company, Winkler Multi Media Events, who have made a major investment in the Danish company’s LED portfolio.
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LONDON -White Light supplied lighting equipment and solutions for the Journey and Whitesnake 2013 UK Arena Tour. The popular bill featured the two bands, along with musical guest Thunder, together in concert for the first time in the UK. For the tour, which opened in Belfast and finished in London, White Light worked closely with Production Manager Rob Kern and LD Kevin “Deuce” Christopher, supplying a full production service including lighting fixtures, cabling, rigging and power distribution.
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PUNE, Maharashtra, India – South Indian rental company Nitin Speakers & Electrical has invested in Robe moving lights to upgrade their lighting inventory. Known for many years as a high quality audio rental company and also for building large portable venue superstructures, Nitin Speaker’s & Electrical opened its intelligent lighting division a year ago.
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TARTU, Estonia – Robe’s Estonian distributor E&T Ltd has completed the largest supply to date of Robe moving lights for a theatre installation. More than 200 fixtures have been delivered to the Vanemuine Teater in Tartu, Estonia’s lively second city and the country’s cultural and intellectual hub. The deal – part of a much wider program in which Robe luminaires have been supplied to all eight of Estonia’s state-supported theatres as part of a major national lighting upgrade – involves a mix of LEDWash 1200, 600 and 300s, MMX Spots, DLX Spots and Robin 600 and 300E Spot and Washes.
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ESSEX, UK – International lighting distributor, MGC Lighting, has supplied Impact Waterproof Flexistrip lighting for an unusual project involving 2.5 meter (8 ft.) high giraffe sculptures, which are being used to mark the 50th anniversary of Colchester Zoo in Essex. The giraffes have been positioned in various locations around Colchester, as part of the Stand Tall project.
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