Robe T1s for every day of the Aus LICHT Week Live by Thomas Richard - July 25, 2019 One hundred and forty Robe T1 Profile LED moving lights were specified by the Dutch National Opera and Ballet’s lighting department for three performances of “aus LICHT” directed by Pierre Audi and staged in the Gashouder venue in Amsterdam as part of the 2019 Holland Festival. The epic performances each took
GLP Part of Essential Package for Dermot Kennedy Live by Thomas Richard - July 19, 2019 Last autumn, Production Designer Owen Pritchard-Smith (of Spirit Design) joined up with fast-emerging Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy for a European tour, having previously worked with the artist’s management on other projects. Though he was largely playing through house rigs on that initial tour, a UK stint quickly followed, enabling him to
Squeek Lights and Elation Team Up for Chon Summer Tour Live by Thomas Richard - July 15, 2019 Squeek Lights has had their busiest summer ever supplying state-of-the-art lighting packages for tours across the U.S. An especially busy June had the New York-based rental house hopping as they supplied and serviced several acts, including an outing by rock instrumentalists Chon, who toured with a rig of Elation DARTZ
Vari-Lite Profiles impress at Cleveland Orchestra Live by Thomas Richard - July 15, 2019 The compact, feature-rich VL2600 Profile luminaire from Vari-Lite, a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, met some crucial needs for lighting designer Alexander V. Nichols in his design for a production of Richard Strauss’s comic opera, Ariadne auf Naxos, by the renowned Cleveland Orchestra. As one of the USA’s older concert
Elation DARTZ Fulfill Kelly Clarkson’s “Meaning of Life” Tour Live by Thomas Richard - July 9, 2019 Kelly Clarkson has proved to be a multi-talented star since winning the inaugural season of "American Idol" in 2002. Besides charting consistently ever since, she has been a regular coach on “The Voice” and is set to host “The Kelly Clarkson Show” in September. Before that though, she hit the
Sam Parker Lends Galactic Touch To Passion Pit Tour With CHAUVET Professional Live by Thomas Richard - July 9, 2019 Sam Parker described the look he devised for Passion Pit’s Manners 10th Anniversary Tour as resembling a “space station command pit.” Like an inter-galactical craft, which turns reality on its head as it approaches the speed of light and enters the darker realm of quantum physics, Parker’s rig expanded creative
ZDF Hitparade Reaches 50 with GLP Setting the Old Show in a New Light Live by Thomas Richard - July 9, 2019 Like many people, lighting designer Thomas Gerdon delighted in sitting on the couch with his parents in Germany, watching ZDF Hitparade on a tube TV. Remembering the great TV format he was overjoyed when the offer was presented to him to design the lighting for the show to celebrate the 50th
Dutch Theater Complex Adds Claypaky Axcor Spot 400s Install by Thomas Richard - July 9, 2019 The Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland (KAF) in Almere, the Netherlands, recently installed 16 x Claypaky Axcor Spot 400 fixtures in its theatre. Claypaky distributor AED Nederland provided the compact, bright LED moving spotlights. KAF is a theatre and exhibition centre in Almere, which opened in 2007 and was renovated and took its
Vari-Lite meets the LED screen challenge with hip-hop star AJ Tracey Live by Thomas Richard - July 6, 2019 Lighting designer James Scott used the feature-rich VLZ Profile from Vari-Lite, a Signify entertainment lighting brand, on the recent UK tour by hip-hop artist AJ Tracey. The LED fixtures had the power Scott required to deliver a visual complement to the bright LED screens on the Brixton Academy showcase gig that closed
Robe Enjoys the Blue Hour at PQ19 Live by Thomas Richard - July 6, 2019 Robe embraced the vitality and essence of visual and aural collaboration in supporting “Blue Hour”, a large scale multifaceted immersive installation staged in the Small Sports Hall venue at the Prague Exhibition Grounds for the 2019 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ19). This complex work was developed from an