A new Anolis LED lighting scheme is illuminating the famous exterior façade of the Rosary Basilica at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes (Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de Lourdes), an ultimate destination calling pilgrims and worshipers from worldwide to the south of France.Read More »New Anolis Lighting Installation Uplifts Rosary Basilica Façade in Lourdes, France
Venues Ōtautahi manages five busy venues in Christchurch, New Zealand including the city’s premier sporting, convention, and entertainment hubs, among them Christchurch Town Hall of the Performing Arts which has recently invested in Robe ESPRITE moving lights.Read More »Venues Ōtautahi Invests in Robe
Metallica marked 40 years with mid-December concerts for fans at San Francisco’s Chase Center arena. LD Rob Koenig and Production Designer Dan Braun relied on Robe BMFL WashBeams and RoboSpot systems to light the in-the-round shows, which also featured 45 large multi-layered and overlapping video surfaces.
The grace and fluidity of dancer’s movements were enhanced by an equally elegant lighting design by Koen De Clerck for Cogétama a specially choreographed ballet work created and produced by Glen Lambrecht Productions, commissioned by the Municipality of Aalter. It was staged at the City Hall Auditorium of Aalter in Belgium and played 12 completely sold-out performances.Read More »Robe Helps the Cogétama Ballet Story Unfold
DJ Black Coffee, who hails from South Africa, performed at Drumsheds in north London in late 2021 with a lighting design from LD Eran Klein that included Robe fixtures. “It was a giant rave, like a volcano, rumbling and exploding with molten energy,” Klein noted.
The Monumental Tour, a series of streamed EDM projects staged at monuments around France, wrapped up with a spectacular show in late November at the Chateau de Pierrefonds northeast of Paris. LD Mikael “Mika” Trochu used more than 100 Robe moving lights supplied by MDL Event.
The UK panto season is back with a big bang after waiting in the wings during 2020 as the country squared up to Covid-19, reigniting all things panto like slapstick comedy, low-brow innuendo, gawdy sets, psychedelic vibrance, and total craziness for which it’s known and appreciated, with lighting designers around the country delighted to be back working on this peculiarly English—and highly expressive genre of performance.Read More »Robe Adds Magic to Cinderella Panto Production
The Vienna State Opera House in Austria—also home to the Vienna State Ballet—has invested in new Robe FORTE HCF LED moving lights and FORTE HCF Followspots, selecting the high CRI LED engine option for these powerful fixtures which utilize Robe’s unique TE (Transferable Engine) technology. TE is a powerful, intelligent, and eco-friendly lighting solution enabling different engines—high powered, high CRI, ‘tungsten’ etc., —to be used in the same fixtures. They can be changed quickly and easily in 5 – 7 minutes. Read More »Vienna State Opera Invests in Robe FORTE HCF Moving Lights
Pentatonix (PTX) wrapped their 18-date Evergreen Christmas Tour 2021 the night before Christmas Eve with lighting from Bandit Lites. Named for their latest album release, Evergreen, the three-time Grammy award winning group brought their yuletide vocals to their fans with distinctive looks crafted by LD Travis Shirley.
Hull, UK-based rental and production company HPSS Ltd invested in more Robe MegaPointes. Sixteen of these bright, multifunctional fixtures were used to further enhance the city’s 2021-22 festive illuminations. HPSS’s Graham Roberts arranged for the MegaPointes to be deployed on the rooftops of three landmark city center buildings.
UK–Rental company Production Light & Sound in Leeds, UK made a large purchase of Robe RoboSpots–four systems, complete with motion cameras–and like so many enterprises,… Read More »Production Light & Sound Looks Forward with RoboSpots
Miami-based lighting and creative director Yamil Charif, who heads up design company YC3, delivered a high impact stage production for Pitbull’s recent I Feel Good tour. Charif used 100 Robe moving lights supplied by LPS Production for the 32-city tour across the U.S.