LD Crt Birsa, who has worked with 2CELLOS since 2014, opted for a complete break with his previous designs for the duo of Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser. Instead of the full-on rock ‘n’ roll looks of the previous tour, Birsa takes a more architectural approach using Robe MegaPointes and Spiiders at the core of his design.
The first major live post pandemic corporate event staged in South Africa was organized by international services, trading and distribution company Bidvest for key clients,… Read More »Bidvest Back with Future Now Extravaganza
UK-based Designer Daniel Richardson, working for innovative international creative practice Sinclair Wilkinson (Rob Sinclair & Andrew Wilkinson) took the role of production designer for Craig… Read More »2022 The Time is Now for Robe and Craig David
Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theatre) in Oslo houses three stages in its main building in downtown Oslo, plus one more in another venue in the city run by the same team, all of which work on a busy repertory schedule. Together at least 25 original and cutting-edge productions are created annually, in the Norwegian language of Nynorsk, and host some guest works as well. Also known for high production values, the theater recently invested in 15 Robe ESPRITE moving lights for its 250-capacity Scene 2.Read More »Norwegian Theatre Invests in ESPRITES
Copenhagen’s Bellevue Theatre asked Lighting Designer Mark P Jones to create a practical and versatile lighting design to facilitate their recent touring version of A Column of Fire, a musical production based on Ken Follet’s gripping work encapsulating politics, passion, religious divisions, and other 16th century melodrama of that moment. It was initially staged at the theatre in 2019, directed by Mads M Nielsen with the set designed by Benjamin la Cour and lit by Mikael Sylvest. The show was a huge success, and so after Covid had effectively shut the industry down for two years, the theatre was keen to get it on the road once things started to properly re-open again.Read More »Ingenious Solution for ‘A Column of Fire’ Production in Copenhagen
Robe was a proud sponsor of the Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, stage of the 2022 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, where one of the toughest parts of the XCO (cross country) course was designated “Rock ‘n’ Robe. Robe’s new Show Truck concept – providing a fully mobile studio space / meeting hub / demo area / roof deck – was also a major success, attracting some of the weekend event’s buzz and excitement.Read More »Robe Supports UCI MTB XCO World Cup
Composer, producer and “rock star of film music” Hans Zimmer traveled through Europe this spring with his 19-piece band and an orchestra. Lightswitch LD John Featherstone and his team worked with an all-Robe moving light rig supplied by Satis & Fy.
Luke Bryan turned to Show Designer/Director Brian Burke and Lighting/Set Designer Tom Sutherland from DX7 Design to ensure maximum visual impact for his first Las Vegas residency shows at the Resorts World Theatre. Sutherland took full advantage of the Robe fixtures that Solotech had included in the new venue’s house rig.
A substantial Robe moving light rig – over 350 fixtures – was specified for the brand new 20,000 capacity MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary. The striking state-of-the-art sports facility designed by Hungarian architect Gyorgy Skardelli is Europe’s largest handball arena and will also be used for a diversity of concerts and entertainment shows.Read More »Large Robe Lighting Rig for MVM Arena in Budapest, Hungary
Robe hits the ground running at Prolight 2022, launching five brand new products – PAINTETM, TetraXTM, iBeam 250TM, Spikie+®, and the Anolis CalummaTM as well as showcasing five innovative products launched in 2021 – FORTETM, CUETETM, LEDBeam 350TM, T2, and T11 – which will be presented physically following their digital launches last year.Read More »Robe at Prolight + Sound 2022
Croatian pop superstar Petar Grašo’s four-word brief for Sven Kučinić, LD for Grašo’s return to the live stage after Covid, was to “make it absolutely awesome.” Kučinić opted for a lighting rig that included close to 200 Robe moving lights.
