International News

LONDON, UK – Core Lighting and Interactive Technologies have joined the family of exclusive manufacturers distributed by entertainment lighting specialist White Light. Core Lighting manufactures battery-powered, wirelessly controllable LED uplighters designed to remove the need to run cables to fixtures. Interactive Technologies manufactures a range of lighting control devices for markets ranging from architectural to entertainment.
Pictured: Core Lighting photo: from left to right – Nick Letheren (Core Lighting) John Simpson (White Light), Bryan Raven (White Light), Phil Ion (Core Lighting)

SERIATE, Italy – Czech metal band Kabat continues it association with Clay Paky by bringing its lights on tour. Longime LD Petr “Panki” Volek, with the band for 12 years, specified on this tour the Alpha Beam 1500 and Alpha Spot HPE 1200 to light the 360-degree circular stage with thick beams resembling the spokes of a wheel hub.

BONN, Germany – Theatre Bonn has installed 50 of ETC’s newest LED fixture – Selador Desire – and 10 Selador Classic Lustr LED units as part of a massive refurbishment project. The LED fixtures are mixed with conventional technology and moving lights and will be used for the venue’s Opera House, although plans are in place for them to light other stages under the Theatre Bonn roof in the future.

PRAGUE – A popular live music production, “What is My Hit,” is broadcast live on TV every Monday night from Prague, with Robe moving lights making up the main fixtures in the rig. Rental company Q-99 supplied all the show’s lighting, scenic LED and video elements.

LONDON, UK – A performance on the Rainbow Warrior III, Greenpeace’s new flagship vessel, required a “green” lighting solution not only because of who the vessel belonged to, but also because of the difficulty in powering lots of lighting fixtures on the ship deck. Entec supplied a low powered, high impact LED lighting system for a special performance by Damon Albarn’s supergroup, The Good The Bad and the Queen (GBQ).

UDDEVALLA, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden lent sponsor support – and a wireless solution – to Scenofest 2011, held this year in Prague. One of the theatrical workshops required a performance in the large Franciscan Garden. As the artistic director did not want DMX cabling across the seven locations within the garden to link with one central lighting console, W-DMX helped provide connectivity.

SERIATE, Italy – BBC Television presenters Sam and Mark are back with a new entertainment show for Children’s BBC, Sam and Mark’s Big Friday Wind Up. LD Dave Gibson’s design incuded Clay Paky fixtures, provided by Richard Martin Lighting (RML).

PADERBORN, Germany – The popular German TV music show, “Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel,” recently celebrated its 50th show with a production set up on two stages, all controlled with High End Systems’ Road Hog Full Boar consoles. LD Manfred Voss designed the show, while ARCUS Lighting supplied the gear.

PARIS – Medialon’s Show Control System is in command of China’s multimedia aquatic show, “Mangrove Groove.” The 60,278 sq. ft. aquatic stage entertains up to 5,000 spectators nightly with an event representing the forces of nature created with today’s technology.

LISBON, Portugal — The Teatro da Trindade theatre needed a lighting upgrade, and posed the challenge to ETC’s Portuguese dealer Luzeiro: how to fit new dimmer racks into a small available space. ETC’s Sensor+ Dimming solved the solution.

BEMMEL, Netherlands – Fairlight invests in its customers by opening three new showrooms at its offices to showcase Martin’s line of lighting products. The new facilities include an entertainment-focused showroom, an LED Application Center and a space dedicated to more in-depth product demonstrations. Training and workshops are scheduled as well.