GLP Bars and Atoms Set the Mood Inside Blues in the Night’s Run-Down Hotel Live by Thomas Richard - August 21, 2019 The Olivier and Tony award nominated Blues In The Night has undergone its first revival in 30 years at London’s Kiln Theatre. Running until 7 September, and originally conceived by Sheldon Epps, Robert Jones’ hotel-based set design, steeped in Chicago 1930’s depression, is brought to life by eminent lighting designer, Neil
Elation for latest tour by renowned Mexican singers Emmanuel & Mijares Live by Thomas Richard - August 21, 2019 Two of the greatest figures in Latin pop history, Emmanuel and Mijares, are again delighting audiences across Mexico, Central America and the U.S., performing their popular ballads and pop songs beneath a large rig of Elation Professional fixtures with lighting design by Hector Valencia and Axel Rebollo. The beloved Mexican singers
Jerry Appelt Turns to GLP for Summer Night Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Live by Thomas Richard - August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 It is one of the major cultural highlights of the city of Vienna: the Summer Night Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic. Since 2004, the Klassik-Open-Air has attracted tens of thousands of music lovers each year to the Schönbrunn Palace Gardens. This year's concert, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, took place on June
Ayrton MagicDot-R is a dream for Billie Eilish World Tour Live by Thomas Richard - August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 Dreams and nightmares are the main themes of the Billie Eilish When We Fall Asleep world tour – the first major tour for this young internet sensation whose career is experiencing a meteoric rise. Helping this seventeen-year-old, Indie pop phenomenon to dizzying heights is the tour’s wonderfully creative set design, the
Robe Jazzes it Up in Ghent Live by Thomas Richard - August 12, 2019 Mainstage artists at the 2019 Ghent Jazz Festival were illuminated by 86 Robe moving lights – including 35 brand-new T1s – in a slick production lighting design created by Bart Weyts of L&L Stage Services, the company providing technical production - lightning, audio and video - for that stage. The event
A Summer Story Festival Goes Spectacular with Claypaky Fixtures Live by Thomas Richard - August 11, 2019 “A Summer Story” has become one of the epicentres of electronic music in Spain. This year’s festival, the 5th annual, featured performances by more than 70 artists and was produced by Disorder Events. It showcased gigantic screens and spectacular lighting combining tungsten and LED technologies and required the most powerful
Claypaky Helps Bigflo & Oli Close France’s Top 14 Rugby Finals Live by Thomas Richard - August 5, 2019 All eyes were on the pitch at the Stade de France even after the finals of the French National Rugby League’s Top 14 concluded on June 15. French hip-hop brother duo Bigflo & Oli closed the event playing to packed stands as a large complement of Claypaky fixtures illuminated their
VL2600 Profile provides essential answers for Jack the Ripper musical Live by Thomas Richard - August 1, 2019 In lighting Musical Theatre’s Jack the Ripper musical (watch) at Copenhagen’s intimate Folketeatret (People’s Theater), lighting designer Mikkel Bedsted faced some major lighting challenges. He found his solutions in the new VL2600 Profile, the versatile, feature-rich LED stage luminaire from Vari-Lite. Bedsted’s main challenge was the venue’s limited weight loading. With
GLP KNVs Burst onto Sweden’s Largest EDM Festival Live by Thomas Richard - July 27, 2019 Summerburst is the biggest EDM festival in Sweden. The inaugural event was held in Stockholm back in 2011, and by the following year had also opened its doors in Gothenburg. Since then it has remained a two-city festival, both with a capacity of around 25,000. Daniel Hellsten has worked closely with
Elation Paladin at high altitude Live by Thomas Richard - July 27, 2019 The harmonizing elements of light and water came magically together at Toce Falls by Lake Maggiore in the Alps of northern Italy (Cascata del Toce) during an evocative light and music show designed by Pierre Gèlil. For a special event held June 28th and 29th, the designer turned to colour-changing Elation