International News

LONDON — Adlib supplied lighting equipment and crew for lighting designer Ali Pike on the latest U.K. leg of the Bat For Lashes’ Two Suns 2009 world tour, which has been ongoing most of the year following the release of Natasha Khan’s second album.

LEIGH-ON-SEA, U.K. — SGM has extended its presence in Europe with its SGM UK office. The company’s U.K. director of sales, Phil Price, pledged that “our commitment will focus on providing the right pre- and after-sales assistance.

LONDON — Entec Sound & Light recently purchased and used the new Martin MAC 250 Beam on a House of Worship event at Wembley Arena, the “Word at Work Conference” hosted by Christ Embassy. The religious service was held five times at Wembley Arena over three days.

DURHAM, U.K. — HSL supplied over 100 Robe moving lights, including ColorWash 1200E ATs and ColorWash 2500E ATs, for a holiday TV special and DVD shoot staged by Sting in Durham Cathedral. The LD for the show was Manfred “Ollie” Olma.

JOHANNESBURG — In2Structures (part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group) launched two new Dome structures at the GHSA head office in Bezuidenhout Valley.

SYDNEY — For the 15th Annual Deadlys Awards at Sydney Opera House, Coastal Lighting’s rig included four of PR Lighting’s XL590 LED moving head washlights into the stage floor, as specified by LD, Aldo Fabrizio.

WISBECH, U.K. — 5 Star Cases has been chosen to supply flight cases for Global Design Solutions’ (GDS) LiteWare battery powered/Wireless DMX LED uplighters.

EPIDAURUS, Greece — Proving that there is a fixture for every scenario, Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1200 fixtures were used during a National Theatre production of Phèdre at the Epidaurus theatre in Greece as part of the Athens Festival.

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Gerriets provided all draperies and projection screens, the main curtain and a large custom Fence scissor track system for a new convention center here — working with only five weeks from order to delivery.

NAIROBI, Kenya — The 2009 MTV African Music Awards, staged at the Kasarani Gymnasium at the Moi International Sports Centre, required some 55,000 kgs (more than 60 tons) of gear — and not just from around the block. Gearhouse South Africa, which supplied lighting, LED screens, rigging, power distribution and audio, flew it all in from South Africa.

SINGAPORE — For the opening ceremony for the first Asian Youth Games (AYG) at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore, more than 170 chain hoists from ChainMaster were used for a spectacle involving 1,400 young athletes and 6,200 spectators.

LONDON — Steve Bewley, LD for post-hardcore U.K. band Enter Shikari, came up with a horseshoe-shaped truss design for the band’s current tour. This gives Bewley all the lighting positions he needs for the heavily back-lit show, yet also allows the rig to expand and contract to fit a variety of venues.