BRIGHTON, U.K. — Amber Lites (Scotland) Ltd is providing Chroma-Q Color Web 125 LED panels for scenic elements for the Elaine Paige 40th Anniversary UK tour. Paige, dubbed “the First Lady of British Musical Theatre,” is marking 40 years since she made her West End debut and started on a career that has garnered eight gold albums.
Read More »LONDON — Goboland UK, a newly-formed company that reunites Wyatt Enever and Vicky Fairall, was launched at the ABTT show. Enever, founding member and former managing director of DHA Lighting, is a longtime gobo developer. Fairall, former graphics manager and CSM for DHA Lighting, also worked as Head of UK Operations at Goboland’s head office in Belgium.
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LONDON —Lionel Richie recently completed his European tour in support of Just Go, which included shows in major arenas and smaller theatres. Lars Brogaard, who had worked previously with Richie back in the early 1980s, took on overall production management duties for the tour.
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TOKYO — The first ETC Eos lighting control system to be sold in Japan just hit the road with singer-songwriter and pianist Angela Aki. It is the first time that an ETC console has been selected as the main console to control moving lights and LED fixtures in Japan.
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ANTALYA, Turkey — The Mardan Palace hotel opened recently with visuals designed through a collaboration of Belgium-based LSE and Tara W Smith, creative director of Stargrace Ltd.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — LD Martin Kubanka used a rig with over 100 Robe lighting fixtures to light the 2009 Slovakian Miss Universe Pageant. The show was staged and televised live by STV1 at the Sibamac Arena before a live audience of 4,500.
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SYDNEY — The refurbished 230-seat theatre at the Bondi Pavilion near Bondi Beach is using a new lighting control system from LSC Lighting Systems, including a maXim XL lighting desk plus four 12-channel iPro dimmers. Herkes Professional Lighting supplied the gear.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Clifton Projections used Robe moving lights for many of the 340 cars on display at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show, including models from Toyota, Holden, Mazda, Lotus, Honda and Nissan.
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CARDIFF, U.K. — HSL supplied moving and digital lights plus LED elements for the latest series of 0 and 1, a Welsh language travel quiz show produced by Boomerang for S4C. Lighting designer Martyn Rourke specified the rig and the eight shows were recorded in a week at Omni Studios.
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MOSCOW —Staging specialist JSA Company provided a combination of Layher and Prolyte equipment for the green room serving the largest Eurovision production to date in mid-May.
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SYDNEY — Clifton Productions provided over 200 Robe moving lights for Australia’s Future Music Festival 2009 tour, headlined by Basement Jaxx, N.E.R.D, CSS, Paul Oakenfold and Grandmaster Flash and featuring local DJs on up to nine themed stages.
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JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse South Africa supplied stage and set design plus all technical production, including staging, lighting, audio, video and power, to the 2009 Africa Day Concert staged in Mary Fitzgerald Square.
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