LONDON — Along with a change of venue — from Earls Court & Olympia, where it has been staged for 21 years, to ExCeL London, the annual PLASA exhibition is moving from September to October. The 2013 show is set to take place Oct. 6-9.
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LONDON – A ‘Rain of Poems’ fell from a helicopter as it hovered above Jubilee Gardens for 30 minutes, distributing 100,000 bookmark-shaped poems onto large crowds as they scrambled excitedly to catch and collect them all. Two Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W HTI followspots, supplied by White Light, illuminated the spell-binding rainfall of words that fell on London’s Jubilee Gardens in June, launching the Southbank Centre’s Poetry Parnassus festival.
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LONDON – UK band Placebo are using 90 Robe ROBIN 300 LEDWash fixtures in custom touring frames for their current European festival tour, specified by LD Jvan Morandi. Supplied by PRG EML Productions, the touring ‘specials package’ is designed for quick and easy install in festival situations ‘underneath’ the house rig at each event.
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SYDNEY – Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way Ball” concert tour features an assortment of lighting in the rig including a proliferation of Martin gear. Designed by LD Patrick Woodroffe, programmed by Patrick Dierson and on tour with lighting director Mac Mosier, the show features 23 songs split into five acts with a profusion of wild outfits and set pieces.
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SWISS ALPS – The train journey to the Jungfraujoch station in the Swiss Alps is one of the world’s most spectacular. And now, with the installation of ETC Selador Desire LED lighting fixtures, a large section of Alpine Sensation tunnel has been turned into even more compelling tourist experience. Among the challenges of the installation were the low air pressure at high sea level, and the Alpine weather – and the ETC fixtures accommodated both.
Read More »LONDON – The 2012 London Olympic Game Opening and Closing Ceremonies used eight kilometers (4 miles) of fiber optic cable to control and synchronize LED, lasers, lighting, projection, audio, motion control and pyro. A significant element of the network was a system of ProPlex GBS Gigabit Switches and Fiber Cable from TMB.
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LONDON – The historic London venue the Hippodrome has reopened after a £40million refurbishment. Theatre consultants Charcoalblue was appointed to assist London-based architects Cadmium Design & Architecture in the design and planning of the Matcham Room, the entertainment venue that will house ‘Live at the Hippodrome.’
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STRATFORD, UK – HSL supplied lighting equipment, LED screens, trussing and rigging for the 2012 Global Gathering event, staged at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford. The event attracted up to 50,000 dance music fans over two days. Even the sun participated in the fun over the two days – one of the few UK festivals this summer not to be plagued by erratic weather.
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