Entertaining Children with Mad Science – with Ian Hoffer
From the PLSN Podcast archives, with Ian Hoffer – Technical Consultant operating as Aurora Sound & Light Design
From the PLSN Podcast archives, with Ian Hoffer – Technical Consultant operating as Aurora Sound & Light Design
GATESHEAD, U.K. — For Goldfrapp’s recent U.K. and European shows in support of the electronic music duo’s latest album, Tales of Us, LD Rob Sinclair picks up on the album’s film noire imagery. He credited Philips Showline SL Nitro 510 strobe luminaires for delivering some of the looks he was after. Lighting director Louisa Smurthwaite also credited the gear, which was provided by Neg Earth.
LONDON — Diversity, a team of breakdancers that won the Britain’s Got Talent competition, have been touring U.K. arenas with a lighting design by Neil Trenell. HSL-supplied Showline SL NITRO 510 fixtures from Philips Entertainment Lighting complement the pyro with bursts of intense light.
RIGA, Latvia — LD Normunds Blasans specified Philips Vari-Lite’s VL3015LT Spots, VL3500 and VL3000 Washes for an open-air event featuring music from 20,000 performers celebrating Latvian culture here recently. NA Stage & Light supplied 20 VL3015LT Spot luminaires, 16 VL3000 Washes, and 24 VL3500 Wash fixtures for the 25th Latvian Song and Dance Festival, which drew an audience of more than 40,000.
LIVERPOOL, U.K. — LD Nick Richings specified Showline’s SL PAR 150 Zoom luminaires for the current musical tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. White Light is supplying the gear for the tour, with stops at theatres across the U.K. including Glasgow’s King’s Theatre, the Bristol Hippodrome and the Liverpool Empire. The tour will continue through May 2014.