International News

BATUMI, Georgia — Lighting providers Sound Design Studio and Adjarganateba used Chauvet lighting fixtures to illuminate one of the historical buildings in Era Square here. The design and install companies used 121 COLORado 3p IP and 33 COLORado 1 IP fixtures to uplight the former national bank’s exterior. The fixtures, which are programmed start shining at twilight, were chosen in part for their ability to withstand wet weather..

LONDON – UK based Presentation Rentals (PR) supplied technical production equipment to two high profile events on the same day in London, both featuring keynote speeches by Microsoft billionaire philanthropist and global anti-poverty campaigner, Bill Gates. The first was the BBC’s live broadcast from Deptford Green School with a satellite link to Uganda. Later that day, Gates took part in a live webcast from the London School of Economics addressing the 2012 Global Poverty Ambassadors and students.

DOHA, Qatar – Event company Auditoire designed the three-day WISE Summit event, with TechnoPro providing the lighting equipment.  TechnoPro rigged the stage with PR Lighting fixtures including a combination of 14 PR XL1200 Spot, 20 XL1200 Wash and four PR XL700 Wash.

HITCHIN, HERTS, UK – Rammstein’s touring set centers around an industrial theme with a Mega Fan capturing major attention. Production/lighting designer Roy Bennett worked with Peter Aquinde to create the urban set. Brilliant Stages designed and fabricated four main staging elements for the tour.

Milton Keynes, UK – Impact Production Services (IPS) has added the new Prolyte H40R Truss to its extensive rental inventory and took it out on its first job, an awards event, produced by AV Network. The truss combines the compact dimensions of Prolyte H30V Truss, with the loading capacity of the larger H40V truss.

AARHUS, Denmark – The all-female musical ensemble Celtic Woman’s current tour sees the Irish musicians playing beneath a rig that includes Martin Professional’s new MAC Aura LED wash light. Tom Kenny, longtime LD for Celtic, worked with lighting supplier Upstaging for the first time on this production.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – LD Mauritz Jacobs from Johannesburg-based Dream Sets lit the Miss South Africa 2011 pageant using 50 Robe moving lights at the core of his lighting rig. The event was held at Sun City’s Superbowl venue. A day earlier, Jacobs lit the Miss Teen 2011 pageant on the same stage.

AARHUS, Denmark – Martin Professional product developer Simon Allan has created an updated library of Vectorworks lighting instrument symbols and has made them freely available for users to download from the Martin Professional website. The symbols are available for Vectorworks Spotlight 2008-2012.