MEDELLIN, Colombia – Robe’s new Colombian distributor, Codiscos SA, staged a hands-on technical demo of Robe products recently, then provided a glimpse of the gear in action when it was used to support a rock concert by Matute at the 400-seat Teatro de Barro in Medellín.
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LONDON – The Stone Roses reunited this summer, choosing to work with LD Paul Normandale of Lite Alternative to design their tour. Among other fixtures sharing the stage were Clay Paky Sharpys, with control on a grandMA2 full-size, programmed by Glen Johnson. It was the first time that Normandale had used the Sharpy, and he chose it specifically because he wanted a “bright, tight, narrow vertical beam.”
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MANCHESTER, UK – dbn designed and supplied a ground support system for the “Games Time” outdoor stage spectacular, which played its final performance recently at Derby. The show, produced by Walk The Plank and Déda, was a mixed-media performance combining music, dance, video, lighting and pyrotechnics. Four teams sporting carnival style costumes competed to win the ‘Games Time’ Finale.
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BERLIN – At this year’s InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, transportation company Bombardier integrated Martin Professional’s new VC-Dot 1 LED strings into an aluminum art structure used to simulate train traffic across the globe. The structure – designed by Ambion – used 2,000 of the individually controllable pixel dots and attracted visitors to their booth throughout the show.
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LEBANON, UAE – Middle East technical production company Sound on Stage wanted to expand its operation from audio to include lighting. So they invested in Robe’s Robin LEDWash 1200 and 600s, MMX Spots and LEDBeam 100s to kick start their lighting rental stock.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Resolution X took delivery of the first Martin MAC Viper Profiles in Australia, and gave them their debut appearance on the AFL Footy Show Grand Final Edition. The sports TV show was broadcast live from Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. The Vipers were positioned on moving trusses upstage and were LD Rohan Thornton’s primary profile light and source light on the stage from behind. “Optically and from an intensity point of view they cut through all the other fixtures that I was using so they had pride of place,” Thornton said.
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LONDON – Haydn Cruickshank of Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) designed and supplied lighting for a showcase celebrating the birthday of Tennessee whiskey Jack Daniels at a cavern called Devil’s Arse in the Peak District, UK. One of the many challenges facing the production team was the 600-meter (656-yard) push from the truck drop through the treacherous terrain of the Castleton Village pathways and up the hill into the first cave. Access to the second cavern entailed the lighting crew crawling on their bellies along a passage less than a meter (39 ft) high with all the kit, negotiating rocks, walls and dripping water and dank odors.
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BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbian lighting director Viktor Trifu recently used an ETC Ion console to run the lighting for “Time of the Gypsies” at Belgrade’s Sava Center. Described as “punk opera” or “how Monty Pyton would have imagined opera,” the show presented challenges for Trifu, but the Ion console made it easy to control, he says. I have used Ions before and am always impressed by how much fine control I have of intelligent fixtures.”
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