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Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

It’s been a busy year so far for Lighting Designer Tim Routledge, including crafting a stunning production lighting design for Helene Fischer’s audacious new LIVE 2023 arena tour collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, which is playing to sold out audiences across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until the autumn, presenting an energetic collage of a 360° production, seat-edge acrobatics, and superlative musical performance. Cirque’s creative team led by Marie-Helen Delage approached Routledge to work alongside Show Director Genevieve Dorion-Coupal and Set Designer Bruce Rodgers on this ambitious production.Read More »Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

Bandit Brings the Lights to the Black Music Honors

Bandit Lites is proud to have illuminated the 8th Annual Black Music Honors, a star-studded showcase that celebrates Black excellence and trailblazers in music, ranging from gospel to R&B, Hip-Hop and more. This year’s honorees included music legend Missy Elliott, vocal trio SWV, disco and R&B star Evelyn “Champagne” King, R&B/soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, and gospel trailblazers The Hawkins Family. Hosted by singer and actress LeToya Luckett and actor DeRay Davis, the event was taped at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Friday, May 19.Read More »Bandit Brings the Lights to the Black Music Honors

Robe’s NRG in the Spotlight at ‘Eurovision’

The RoboSpot Control room at Liverpool Arena

Five Next Robe Generation (NRG) members, a networking community for lighting students, had the time of their lives at this years’ Eurovision as RoboSpot operators. NRG Manager Jane Monk said: “Lighting Designer Tim Routledge created this exclusive opportunity for local students to get involved. Working together, both LIPA and Cheshire colleges hosted NRG Introduction to RoboSpot training days – keeping the reason a secret!”Read More »Robe’s NRG in the Spotlight at ‘Eurovision’

Robe Ramps Up the Horsepower for Equitana Spectacle

Equitana is a four-day equine extravaganza staged every two years at Melbourne Showground in Australia celebrating the spirit and passion of Australian equestrians and the integral place that horses play in Australian hearts, minds, history, culture, and society. The last such event was in 2018 as the 2020 one was canned due to Covid, so this year, organizers GTR Events brought it back bigger, better, and more brilliant than before.Read More »Robe Ramps Up the Horsepower for Equitana Spectacle

The Darkness and Black Stone Cherry Co-Headliner Blasts Around the UK with Robe

A rock-tastic double bill of art house chaos from The Darkness and big-rock-show mayhem from Black Stone Cherry tore through the UK arenas like a whirlwind, delighting fans on a short but highly memorable co-headliner. This also united two lighting designers who were working together for the first time and 132 Robe moving lights plus three RoboSpot systems supplied by lighting vendor Zigzag Lighting.Read More »The Darkness and Black Stone Cherry Co-Headliner Blasts Around the UK with Robe

Copenhagen’s Det Ny Teater Boosts Robe Stock

Copenhagen’s Det Ny Teater (The New Theatre) has recently invested substantially in new Robe moving lights with the purchase of 16 Robe T1 Profiles that have joined the house rig together with an additional 20 Spiiders (bringing the total to 30). Also new are two RoboSpot systems with two T1 Profile FollowSpots, plus 11 Tetra2 moving LED battens and 18 LEDBeam 350s.Read More »Copenhagen’s Det Ny Teater Boosts Robe Stock

4Wall Provides Lighting to LD George Gountas for Trevor Noah’s Netflix Special, ‘I Wish You Would’

4Wall Entertainment provided a lighting rental package to LD George Gountas for Trevor Noah’s third comedy special on Netflix, I Wish You Would. The special was directed by Noah’s The Daily Show colleague, David Paul Meyer, and filmed at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.Read More »4Wall Provides Lighting to LD George Gountas for Trevor Noah’s Netflix Special, ‘I Wish You Would’