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14 March 2016

Southampton based GLS took 24 and Bristol-based Fineline took 12 units in this initial delivery ... which was co-ordinated by Ian W Brown of Robe UK.

However Fineline's fixtures also went directly from Robe to GLS - and straight out on their first cross-hire - on European shows for the Flaming Lips, with lighting designed by Eric Cathcart.

After that, they finally found their way to Fineline where they went out again on the Eden Sessions staged at The Eden Project in Cornwall for which Fineline was contracted to supply lighting and rigging for the first year.

Fineline's Rob Sangwell comments, "We are delighted with the Pointes. They are small, bright and really versatile units that do a whole load more than the nearest competit

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14 March 2016

The Alex Followspot is a 2500w Tungsten unit and suitable for television studios and theatre productions. It contains a mechanical dimmer, which allows a constant colour temperature during dimming while additionally maintaining the flat beam which, as we know, is important when using sensitive camera equipment. Having a tungsten lamp allows for the units to be used with conventional theatre and television lighting, making sure no hot spots are visible.

With a G22 locking system exclusive to all Robert Juliat products, a localised on/off switch, and 7° to 14.5° zoom, the Alex Followspot is a product designed for big impact and ease of use.

Steve Wells, operations manager at RML said of the purchase, "Investing in Fol

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14 March 2016

Tom Lesh, house LD for The Other Stage chose to rig 28 SGM X-5 Strobes across three trusses as he explains: "We rigged 28 of them across three trusses - and kept two spare - to add some visual depth to the stage both for the audience and of course for the TV cameras. We also needed something that would cut through in the bright summer sunshine and these strobes were ideal. They were a big hit on the Other Stage during the festival, being used by LDs for the three high-profile headline acts, as well as many others further down the bill.

"For those bands that played in the daylight the SGM X-5s were also welcome additions. Bands included the Foals, Alt J, Tame Impala, Th

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14 March 2016

Directed by Sam Mendes - returning to theatre after directing Skyfall, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features an a-list creative team including Writers David Greig, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Choreographer Peter Darling, Designer Mark Thompson, Sound Designer Paul Arditti, Projection Designer Jon Driscoll and Lighting Designer Paul Pyant, who has collaborated with Mendes regularly during and since his time at the helm of London's Donmar Warehouse.

Lighting designer Paul Pyant, working with associate lighting designer, David Howe, specified a very modern lighting rig, using moving lights and LED l

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14 March 2016

Vector Lighting provides lighting and audio visual hire solutions for a range of uses including conferences, exhibitions, corporate and special events, and a range of professional services including lighting design, retail installations and exhibition management.

From Thursday 1 August to Friday 9 August, Vector Lighting will open their doors to show some of their latest LED video wall solutions, video mapping, LED gobo and high-output LED lighting hire stock. With 20 years experience hiring lighting fixtures and AV solutions, the company has a wealth of experience working in the UK and Europe for clients including Harvey Nicholls and Levis as well as partner production agencie

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14 March 2016

The Moscow-based Arlecchino Group, which supplies lighting to events across the region, provided the robust and lightweight Clay Paky A.Leda Wash K20s and the high output Sharpys for the launch of the restaurant on a boat, named Чaйka, or 'Seagull', which is moored in the centre of the city.

"The idea was to create an atmosphere of Las Vegas, beaming powerful light beams into the sky," says Sergey Kupriyanov, general director Arlecchino group. "To achieve this we used 39 Clay Paky Sharpys complemented by the A.leda Wash K20s, which were positioned around the roof of the boat. These pointed outwards and moved up and down from a horizontal beam to beams proj

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14 March 2016

"We were very pleased with the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to our Pro Service Day," said Roger Hamers, R&D director for Elation Europe. "As a company, Elation believes that maintaining the highest customer service standards is essential to our success. The extraordinary level of interest we saw in our Pro Service Day demonstrates that our customers share this philosophy."

In addition to holding training events like Pro Service Day, Elation helps its customers deliver superior servic

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14 March 2016

The free outdoor concert marked its fortieth anniversary. The event draws over 500,000 people each year to the Boston and Cambridge sides of the Charles River. Audiences wait with anticipation to hear the Boston Pops' now classic rendition of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture with real cannons, church bells and fireworks, The Stars and Stripes Forever with ceremonial American flag drop and confetti shot; and watch a final explosive fireworks array. This year musical guests included Susan Tedeschi, Ellis Hall, Howie Day, Ayla Brown, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Keith Lockhart conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra.

"The event was a lot of fun

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DVD director Joana Mazzucchelli, and lighting designer / DoP Marcos Olivio, were assisted by an MA system consisting of two grandMA2 light, 1 x MA onPC command wing, one MA onPC fader wing, two MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) and four MA 2Port Nodes onPC PRO. This setup was used to control around 488 fixtures including loads of LED sources.

Marcos Olivio commented, "First of all the MA system is the most reliable on the market which was key to us. Second we used grandMA 3D for preprogramming which gave us many benefits in

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14 March 2016

Simon James, director at Essential Supplies comments, "Uplighters are the backbone for lighting most marquee venues, they need to be low tech, no DMX data cables to go wrong, or flickering colour changes, just a simple plug and go uplighter. At Essential Supplies we have been looking into making an LED version of our traditional uplighter which has been a market leading product for over 15 years. Now with the right LEDs and driver, we have matched, and exceeded, the quality and warmth of light output offered with traditional tungsten with a new LE

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14 March 2016

The reality TV show visited four locations across the UK - London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Dublin - with over 2,000 entrants battling out to win the title. The winner will see their work displayed in the National Portrait Gallery and awarded a £10,000 commission to produce a portrait of award-winning author Hilary Mantel.

After whittling the entrants down based on the portrait they submitted, 21 finalists per region were invited to each city and given four hours to paint a famous celebrity, who posed live. Called in by Papilo Production Management's Kate Wright and Lisa Shenton, Blackout was tasked with turning TV producers StoryVault Films' brief into reality.

A cost-effective, easy-to-inst

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Taking care of the festival house rig was head of lighting, Andy 'Fraggle' Porter, who chose Clay Paky's extremely bright, effects-rich Alpha Profile 1500s and Alpha Wash 1500s to deliver dynamic beam shaping, vibrant colour and super bright effects to the long-running event.

2013's headlining acts included: The Rolling Stones lit by Patrick Woodroffe, Arctic Monkeys lit by Andy Watson and Mumford and Sons lit by Ed Warren. Each put Fraggle's house rig through its paces and all made dramatic and creative use of the Alpha 1500 Profiles and Washes. In addition each designer specified his own additional requirements for Clay Paky fixtures.

For the main ri

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The company, headed by Richard Colegate and Chris Caton, has been providing rental and turnkey production solutions since 1996 and specialises in the high end corporate events market - including conferences and awards shows - the company also provides technical support for a lively mix of live performance events including dance shows, rock 'n' roll and outdoor classical concerts.

CPS is currently expanding steadily and the decision to purchase new moving lights followed careful assessment of all the options as part of a planned upgrade and replacement programme with their existing intelligent lighting stock.

It's CPS's first purchase of Robe products, which were delivered b

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14 March 2016

Until now only green light was generated via laser with laser-based projectors - LEDs were responsible for the blue and red primary colours. With phaser technology, where 'phaser' stands for phosphor and laser, Osram for the first time presents a process which achieves outstanding image quality with projection by the use of laser, made possible by blue laser diodes. The beams of the diodes are focused directly onto a wheel coated with red, yellow and green phosphor. When the wheel rotates the colours are generated in sequence,

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14 March 2016

Setting the visual creativity bar this high could be perilous for some, but not for developer/partners Cirque du Soleil and The Light Group, or for John Lyons Systems (Hollywood, CA), which provided the lighting design for this new nightspot at Mandalay Bay Hotel.

Part Cirque show and part dance club with 38,000sq.ft of space and a 35' high ceiling, Light features acrobats spinning overhead and world-famous EDM DJs spinning up front. To add to the multi-layered sensory experience, video is everywhere; 6mm video panels line the club's massive walls, its ceiling and cascade downward to the DJ booth.

Lighting a space a huge as this, where beams need to highlight performers on a vertical plane

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With huge technical advances being made in LED lighting and control in recent years, more and more theatres are taking advantage of the latest generation of LED solutions when upgrading their lighting systems.

The LED for Theatres workshop has been organised in response to customer interest and follows a number of high-profile theatres and touring productions utilising LED technologies supplied by AC-ET.

The informal event will enable attendees to get 'hands-on' with the very latest in LED solutions designed for theatres - chosen from AC-ET's impressive portfolio of over 200 technology

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Now widely regarded within the industry as the 'Vogue' of hairdressing award ceremonies, lighting designer David Miller needs to provide a rig that caters for an exceptionally broad range of venues and stage set-ups. "This tour is organised by Fisher Productions who are renowned for their high end production values. I went to Point Source Productions for control and lighting fixtures for this show as they could provide the q

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14 March 2016

"The week we installed the M6, we had a guest artist playing and I was able to use it in a concert-style environment here at our venue," Eguizabal stated. "The console's encoder knobs made programming much easier and faster than I have experienced on any other console. M6's touch screens feel great and the amount of playback faders, combined with the play pairs and Submaster module, plus the amount of user-definable buttons, allows me to custom

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14 March 2016

Olma has lit the show for the last ten years, all the time keeping it looking fresh, inventive and visually relevant. He also frequently uses Robe for his work, which embraces many disciplines including television, concert touring and music shows, special events and architectural illumination.

Initially six of Robe's new Pointe fixtures were delivered to the studio by Robe's German distributor LMP. It was the very first time that Olma had road-tested the Pointe ... he did not know what to expect ... and he was so impressed that he asked for more.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Citylight lighting designer Julián Perez's lighting design includes an abundance of Martin products including MAC III Profile, MAC 2000 Profile and Wash, MAC TW1, MAC 600 NT, MAC 550, MAC 250 Krypton, MAC 250 Wash and MAC 250 Beam luminaires, as well as Martin Stagebar 54 L battens and Atomic 3000 strobes. The upcoming 2013 season will also incorporate more than 30 of Martin's new Rush Strobe 1 5x5 effect lights.

Perez has been espec

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14 March 2016

Students from schools across the UAE participated in the event directed by a team of Emirati professionals. This enabled them to showcase their talents in front of an invitation-only audience comprising high ranking government officials and locals.

The Robe lights - along with the complete technical production - were all supplied by Dubai based Lighthouse Productions of which Miranda is also a founder / director. Lighthouse has a large rental stock of Robe, and Miranda is one of the leading LDs in the country, working on a diverse selection of productions.

The stage design was based on a futuristic theme, with video projec

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14 March 2016

Light artists, lighting projection designers, companies and manufacturers, architects, students, graduates, creative industry companies and practitioners from around the world are being called on to put forward their innovative lighting and projection designs and installations for inclusion in Vivid Light 2014.

Vivid Light is the centrepiece and crowd favourite of Vivid Sydney, with more than 800,000 visitors flocking to Sydney's harbour and surrounds over 18 nights in 2013 to see the city transformed into a colourful after-dark playground of interact

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14 March 2016

Says lighting designer Hans Henrik Schmidt, "This is the first such use of LED lighting in a museum in Denmark, and exhibition reviews that we've seen which mention the lighting have been overwhelmingly positive."

Schmidt worked with ETC dealer Bico Professionel and the museum's head of AV, Michael Bj°rn, to come up with the exciting lighting scheme that would highlight the ship and surr

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14 March 2016

Down in Sussex, the Chichester Festival Theatre is closed for refurbishment - but the company has created a temporary home for itself in a giant tent pitched in the surrounding parkland. The first performance in the tent is, appropriately, a new production of the circus musical Barnum, presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh. Directed by Timothy Sheader and designed by Scott Pask, the show features lighting by Paule Constable, continuing her regular collaboration with White Light. Constable's rig makes full use of the comprehensive range of equipment available from White Light's rental stock, including the powerful y