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Simple Minds Goes Global with Robe

Simple Minds, iconic Scottish rock band of the 1980s and 90s whose string of anthemic hits include “Don’t You Forget About Me”, “Waterfront”, “I Promised You A Miracle”, and many, many more, are back on the road for their 2024 Global Tour, playing arenas and proving perennially popular to both old and new generations of music fans. The production has also been growing and developing in size and dynamics with Robe iFORTE and BMFL moving lights assisting Show and Lighting Designer Mark Wynn-Edwards to produce a colorful, eye-catching, and emotionally charged show supporting the band’s powerful up-tempo set which is thrilling the crowds.Read More »Simple Minds Goes Global with Robe

Claypaky Lighting at Festivities for Qatar-UAE Super Cup Football Tournament

Marking a new chapter in regional sports, the inaugural Qatar-UAE Super Cup football tournament kicked off in Doha, Qatar on April 12, 2024, showcasing the best talent from both nations, then continued the next day with the UAE-Qatar Super Cup Shield match in Dubai. Qvision (Qatar Vision), the Doha-based event production and management company, was charged with bringing the organizing committee’s vision to life in spectacular opening ceremonies featuring a large complement of Claypaky lighting fixtures. Read More »Claypaky Lighting at Festivities for Qatar-UAE Super Cup Football Tournament

Christie Pandoras Box Power New Immersive Experiences at Wonderland Science Fiction Exploration Hall

The “Space Rescue” themed experience features realistic visuals of deep space powered by Christie Pandoras Box (Photo credit: Wonderland Science Fiction Exploration Hall)

Christie® Pandoras Box® and Widget Designer power the exciting visuals of a cutting-edge immersive entertainment experience targeted at teenagers and young adults. Located at the ZGC Science Fiction Industry Innovation Center in Beijing, this new attraction promises to engage guests through an interactive adventure.Read More »Christie Pandoras Box Power New Immersive Experiences at Wonderland Science Fiction Exploration Hall

Curve Light with Ayrton as it Launches Kyalami

Ayrton announces the official launch of Kyalami, its first IP65-rated laser source luminaire in its Creative Solution series. Kyalami is inspired by the multiple award-winning MagicDot. First released in 2015, MagicDot sold by the thousands within months, and still inspires creativity. Nine years later it has given birth to Kyalami. Here’s a video overview of the Kyalami:

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Alon Shnaiderman Powers Eden Hason with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console

At times during his performances on his recent arena tour of the US/Israeli superstar Eden Hason seemed to be elevated in space as if he were seeking to connect himself and the audience to some higher, more hopeful meaning. It was an apt metaphor for these times, which is exactly what the singer and his Lighting Designer, Alon Shnaiderman hoped to create when they worked on the vision for this show together.Read More »Alon Shnaiderman Powers Eden Hason with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console

Gaffer Tim Goodacre Talks Astera

Tim Goodacre is a busy and in-demand freelance Gaffer and Lighting Specialist based in Sydney and working all over Australia, primarily on TV dramas. He has invested steadily in Astera to help drive his business over the last two years, most recently purchasing one of the new LeoFresnel products from Astera’s Australian and New Zealand distributor—ULA Group, which is added to his existing stock of AX3 Lightdrop and NYX Bulb kits and workhorse Astera Titan and Helios Tubes. Read More »Gaffer Tim Goodacre Talks Astera

Robe Catches the Action for Nina Pušlar Show

Talented Slovenian singer-songwriter Nina Pušlar played a major sold-out show in Ljubljana’s 14,400-capacity Stožice Arena which was recorded for broadcast on national TV and celebrated the dropping of some exciting new music from Pušlar, for which her team including Creative Director Anže Škrube wanted a spectacular production. Lighting Designer Amadej Šuperger from design studio Blackout specified large quantities of Robe moving lights which made up 75% of the lighting. The positions were facilitated by an angled triangular truss in the center with four bracing trusses flanked by raked grids of crisscrossing trusses in the roof above the stage, which brought a structural look and industrial tone to the performance area. It also amplified the depth of the performance space.Read More »Robe Catches the Action for Nina Pušlar Show

Claypaky Plays Host to the Polytechnic University of Milan at the Picturesque Teatro Sociale in Bergamo

Again, this year, Claypaky played host to the students enrolled in the Master in Lighting Design and LED Technology, organized by the Polytechnic University of Milan. This course has long been devoted to nurturing the talents of aspiring young lighting professionals. The Master aims to equip them with the skills they need for diverse applications such as entertainment venues, interior architecture, urban landscapes, museum exhibitions and temporary installations and residential spaces. The curriculum focuses on the analysis and synthesis of lighting design methods, covering conception, organization, and rigging.Read More »Claypaky Plays Host to the Polytechnic University of Milan at the Picturesque Teatro Sociale in Bergamo

Hippotizer Unmasks Magical Visuals for ‘The Masked Singer’ South Africa

Hit TV series The Masked Singer kicked off its second season in South Africa in April with 16 celebrities battling it out in flamboyant costumes to hide their identities. The production team ramped up the staging, lighting, and visuals for the 2024 contest using tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 media servers alongside a grandMA3 console to create epic projections and LED screen animations.Read More »Hippotizer Unmasks Magical Visuals for ‘The Masked Singer’ South Africa

PROLIGHTS Products Shine at Kostrena Seamen’s House in Croatia

PROLIGHTS products illuminated the new interpretive center The Sailors’ House in Kostrena, conceived as a cultural and tourist hub dedicated to promoting and disseminating maritime traditions in the area. The interpretive center was designed as a journey through sea, land, and sky, organized within The Sailors’ House across four thematic units: the ground floor, representing the sea; the first floor, representing the land; the attic as the sky; and the stairs as the journey that visitors undertake between these three elements.
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Ed Warren Powers Collaboration on Johnny Marr Tour with ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M Stadium

Johnny Marr had some very definite ideas about the kinds of looks he wanted on stage for his Greatest Hits tour, which kicked off at Newcastle’s O2 City Hall on April 2.  The rock legend, who first gained fame for his jangly guitar as a member of The Smiths, found an ideal collaborator to help him create the production he had in mind – and he didn’t even need to look very far.

4Wall Supported High Scream for FISHER’s Weekend at the Cow Palace

High Scream for FISHER’s Weekend at the Cow Palace (Photo: Rafael Deprost)

4Wall Entertainment recently supplied extensive lighting, rigging, & video equipment and technical support to help design firm High Scream fully orchestrate FISHER’s mesmerizing two-night spectacle at the Cow Palace in the Bay Area. High Scream, led by Founder and Show Producer Romain Pissenem, aimed to create a visually striking show featuring iconic shapes and dynamic lighting effects, ensuring that attendees would have a truly memorable experience.Read More »4Wall Supported High Scream for FISHER’s Weekend at the Cow Palace