Hedon’s Head of Technical Martijn Deenan and his colleague Geoffrey Zehl produced the lighting spec for the new space. Their research included staging a shoot-out between all the major moving light brands to establish which would offer the best options for Hedon. The specification then went out to tender, and…
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wysiwyg Lighting Design Video Challenge 2014
The best three entries will be handpicked by an expert panel of judges assessing entries on creativity in lighting rigs, programming and overall lighting design. “As in previous years, we’re looking to discover the next lighting design talent through previsualization, but this year’s participants will be challenged by having a…
Osram to acquire entertainment lighting specialist Clay Paky
The profitable company from Northern Italy is privately owned and recently generated annual sales of more than €60 million. Its products include so-called moving heads, follow spots and projectors. They are used at live concerts, in theatres and studios as well as in the area of architainment. Both parties agreed…
Elation in action at Phoenix Comicon
Phoenix Comicon, which takes place at the Phoenix Convention Center, started as more of a comic book and science fiction/fantasy convention but has expanded over the years to include a larger range of pop culture elements with many events taking place at downtown hotels. The event is growing each year…
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts installs MA solutions
Rising behind the façade of the former San Antonio Municipal Auditorium along downtown’s famed River Walk, the 1,750-seat multi-purpose venue will be the home of the San Antonio Symphony and other resident companies. It also plans to offer a diverse array of entertainment from comedy legend Bill Cosby and radio…
Robe shines at Commonwealth ceremonies
The two-hour highly visual show, produced by global brand experience agency Jack Morton Worldwide (JMW) and directed by David Zolkwer featured a cast of 2,000 plus special guests including Rod Stewart and Susan Boyle, offering a snapshot of the history, character, culture, industry, quirkiness and innate humour of Scotland. It…
W-DMX and Visions Lighting take Coachella by storm
The festival featured many past and current legends of music including Muse, Motorhead, Pharrell Williams, The Cult, Pixies, Beck, and Fatboy Slim, just to name a few. The two-weekend festival hosted more than 500,000 attendees. Todd Roberts was on site as the overall production manager for Visions. Canin Campbell of Visions…
Robe in fast lane with Top Gear Live
Sinclair has been lighting the popular TGL show worldwide for some years. This tour featured a completely new design, and the decision to go only with moving lights was to help optimise it for the very tight production schedule required to tour the four cities in two weeks, staging two…
Elation Lighting captivates visitors to South Point casino showroom
Operating from the southwest Las Vegas valley, South Point is one of Las Vegas’s more unique resorts with amenities like an equestrian arena, 64-lane bowling center and the most convention center space off the Strip. South Point also operates a busy 400-seat Showroom facility that features headliner entertainment, live bands…
Robert Juliat Lancelot gallops into Lanxess Arena, Cologne
The 20,000-seat Lanxess Arena is one of Europe’s largest and most modern multi-functional indoor arenas and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology which, Robert Juliat is proud to announce, now includes their 4000W HTI Lancelot long-throw followspots. “We chose the RJ Lancelot products because we were not completely satisfied with the…