International News

LONDON – When Colour Sound Experiment found itself bursting at the seams with equipment in its inventory, something had to give: the walls. The company expanded its current warehouse facility by acquiring the building next door and knocking down the walls. The expansion nearly doubles the previous available space. Another part of the new space is a dedicated storage and workshop area.

LONDON – Danish LD Benjamin la Cour has been using his own Jands Vista T2 lighting console, running the next generation Vista v2 software, on a busy schedule which includes a Danish production of  “Les Miserables.” The designer tried out three different consoles for a month each, deciding on the Jands Vista in the end because of its theatre-friendly features.

LONDON  – ‘Man in the Middle” is a fast-paced play through the key events of Julian Assange’s life. UK lighting designer Johanna Town used Philips Selecon PL1 LED luminaires on the Wiki play, staged at Theatre 503 in London.

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AARHUS, DENMARK – Phish LD Chris Kuroda has used Martin’s 1500-watt MAC III Profile on Phish shows since 2009. The second Phish tour using the fixture wrapped up in December. Kuroda had 45 MAC III Profiles placed liberally across the set as a spot fixture for beam looks and aerials, and for graphics and gobos onto scrims.

LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional is sponsoring a seminar, conducted by LD Dave Maxwell, on the fusion of lighting and video at Sound Check Xpo. The expo runs April 22-24 at the Mexico World Trade Center in Mexico City. Maxwell’s seminar is set for April 23.

Kingston, JAMAICA – For the 2012 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in January, LD, director and programmer John Dacosta specified two grandMA2 light consoles to control more than 140 Martin and VARI-LITE moving lights, two media servers and multiple LED-screens. Dacosta chose the grandMA2 consoles when he discovered that Celine Dion was on the bill, and his integration of lighting and video would need to be “larger than life.”

LONDON – Entec supplied lighting and all associated rigging equipment plus crew for a show featuring Malaysian Chinese Mandarin pop superstar Fish Leong. The date at the Hammersmith Apollo in London was part of her “Love Page” world tour. LD Mr. Wu (aka “Bevan”) flew in from Hong Kong for the sold-out gig.

BRISTOL, UK – Stage Electrics has been awarded the contract for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s new £89 million Milton Court site in the City of London.  The School will house a new concert hall, drama theatre, studio theatre, TV studio and rehearsal rooms. The project begins this month with the grand opening set for fall 2013.

LONDON – High House Production Park recently launched their display of a series of sculptures across the 14-acre site. White Light had its four lighting apprentices take charge of the lighting design, using a variety of the equipment in their inventory. The sculpture display is ongoing until March 19.