LOS ANGELES – Four full-size grandMA consoles accompanied Prince on his recent Welcome 2 Australia Tour. Prince performed on a 360-degree stage in the shape of his signature symbol. Tour director and production designer Demfis Fyssicopulos, a longtime grandMA user, specified the systems for their versatility and reliability.
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SURREY, UK – The staff at multi-purpose venue Dorking Halls wanted to replace the existing rig of 1,000W Fresnels and PARs. The aim was to build a lighting rig with the same high light output but with more versatility – all while being more energy-efficient than the previous set-up. The final rig chosen consisted of a core fixed-focus rig from Prism Projection: eight Prism RevEAL Color Wash fixtures and six Prism RevEAL Studio Fresnel fixtures, supplied by UK lighting specialists White Light.
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VANCOUVER – Twenty-five years to the day that Rick Hansen and his “Man in Motion World Tour” returned to Vancouver, a journey in which he circled the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness and money for spinal cord injuries, the Canadian Paralympian held a special anniversary show to inspire a new generation of activists. Lighting Designer Robert Sondergaard of Electric Aura Projects lit the show using a large Martin MAC rig supplied by Christie Lites.
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PARIS – More than 65 WILDSUN 500C automated LED luminaires from lighting manufacturer Ayrton are being used on Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band’s “Wrecking Ball” world tour. LD Jeff Ravitz and Morpheus Lights were involved in the specification.
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MOSCOW – Martin Professional’s representative office in Russia and the CIS, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt RUS, held a lighting designer contest as part of the Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia exhibition in Moscow. A special area was constructed in a lighting pavilion at the exhibition and outfitted with MAC Auras, MAC 101s, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC 2000 Washes. Contest participants prepared and demonstrated a four-minute light show with music in real time using a Martin M1 lighting console.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A new era in South Africa has brought a new era for the stage with the opening of the Soweto Theatre in Johannesburg. The $18-million theater opened May 25 with more than 200 ETC Source Four lighting fixtures, including 72 of the new ETC Source Four Fresnels.
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – European pop girl group K3 is touring Europe with an army of Clay Paky fixtures supplied by PRG. LD Luc Peumans employed more than 90 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 1500s and 24 Clay Paky Sharpys to shine the light on this tour.
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LONDON – LD Durham Marenghi specified five Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W HTI followspots as the main stage key lights for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert June 4 outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. The Lancelots cut through the quantity of light on stage and behind the performers to ensure the audience, both in the arena and watching on television, didn’t miss a moment of the action. Neg Earth supplied the gear.
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VIENNA – LD Helmut Krammer specified around 135 Robe moving lights and LED fixtures to illuminate the 2012 Summer Night Concert, staged by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at Schönbrunn Palace. The Robe fixtures were used to light key areas of Schönbrunn Palace’s extensive gardens including the main and ballet stages, the Gloriette structure which stands prominently on the hill above the Palace and behind where the stage was located, and the magical Neptunbrunnen Fountains.
Read More »SAN GIOVANNI in MARIGNANO, Italy — RED Lighting, based here, announced the first sale of its lighting fixtures in the Americas. They will be used in television studios operated by Canal 13 and TVN in Chile.
Read More »LONDON – Londoners were surprised July 15 with “One Extraordinary Day,” an event featuring aerial performances over various sites around the city. Sapsis Rigging played a role by supplying design consultation and rigging for choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her “Action Hero” troupe at the Millennium Bridge, City Hall, Trafalgar and Paternoster Squares, the National Theatre and the London Eye.
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South Kirkby, UK – Nick Howard has joined stage, set and studio specialist company LS-Live as Head of Sales. Howard will focus on the company’s staging equipment rental operation. Howard was previously Marketing Manager at international sports event management company Byrom Plc.
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