KENT, UK – Lighting rental specialist RML has recently made a large investment in Robe moving lights to service its busy ongoing schedule, which includes a wide selection of shows, events and high profile TV series and programs. RML’s diverse clients are involved in all aspects of the entertainment industry and are embrace the latest designs and innovations from all manufacturers. “Keeping our doors open is the key to keeping our finger on the pulse,” says RML’s Operations Manager Steve Wells.

BERLIN – More than 200 Robe moving lights helped rock the house and showcase the Berlin’s emerging DJs and Techno, House, Electro and Minimal talent who made serious summer noise in four aircraft hangars at the Templehof Airport site for A&P’s 2013 ‘Berlin Summer Rave.’ A capacity audience of 20,000 enjoyed Martin Kuhn’s production lighting design. The Robe fixtures were central to the night of action in the Ostfunk, Planet Bass and House Floor arenas.

VALASSKE MEZIRICI, Czech Republic – Robe lighting’s CEO Josef Valchar and staff at the company’s headquarters here have mobilized to help contribute to humanitarian aid relief in the wake of the worst floods to hit the country in a decade. The floods, which affected vast swaths of the Czech Republic and other central European countries including Germany and Austria, claimed several lives and caused chaos as tens of thousands were evacuated from their homes.

BRAZIL – Paul McCartney’s ‘Out There’ world tour kicked off with three shows in Brazil with lighting looks from LD Roy Bennett. Bennett supervised the shows, while Lighting Director Wally Lees operated. Lighting equipment was supplied by leading Brazilian rental company LPL Professional Lighting and included Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash luminaires, together with other moving lights and generics.

PUNE, Maharashtra, India – South Indian rental company Nitin Speakers & Electrical has invested in Robe moving lights to upgrade their lighting inventory. Known for many years as a high quality audio rental company and also for building large portable venue superstructures, Nitin Speaker’s & Electrical opened its intelligent lighting division a year ago.

DERRY LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland – A substantial lighting rig featuring more than 150 Robe fixtures was used by ‘house’ LD and TV Lighting Director Tim Routledge to create a production design for the 1xtra / In New Music We Trust Arena at BBC Radio One’s 2013 ‘Big Weekend’ event. The high-profile three day musical extravaganza staged in Ebrington Square, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, kicked off the UK festival season in style.

TARTU, Estonia – Estonia’s Vanemuine Teater launches its new production of “Grease” with more than 100 Robe moving lights. The installation is part of a much wider upgrade program which has seen all eight Estonian state supported arts and culture venues receive a major lighting refit – with Robe moving lights deployed across all sites.

DURBAN, South Africa – LD François van der Merwe of Wizardry Group chose Robe moving lights as the central fixtures of his design for the 2013 Metro FM Music Awards. The event was staged at the Durban International Conference Centre Arena in South Africa.

MENDOZA, Argentina – Lighting/set designer Eli Sirlin used more than 120 Robe moving lights in his lighting design for the 2013 Festival Nacional de la Vendimia (National Grape Harvest Festival), a celebration of wine and the wine-making industry in Argentina. One design challenge was the huge space and the distances and angles that the lighting needed to cover.

STOCKHOLM – Scandinavia’s leading contemporary circus company Cirkus Cirkör has purchased Robe MMX Spots and LEDWash moving lights for their current touring schedule, which presents their latest work, “Knitting Peace.” The Robes are currently the only lights on the show. They are rigged onto the custom trussing structure which is also used by the performers and for various props, with some units placed in the floor.

PRETORIA, South Africa – The South African State Theatre in Pretoria has added more Robe LED fixtures to its lighting inventory, specified by Head of Lighting Simon King. The State Theatre’s lighting crew appreciate the new Robes because they are light in weight and easy to handle. The new Robes are distributed around the theatre’s different spaces – the majority on the two main stages.