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Ziggy Jacobs Joins the UK Team at 3LR Design
Experiencing tremendous growth, 3LR Design, a lighting and controls systems design, consulting, and experiential services announces the addition of Consultant Ziggy Jacobs to the team.Read More »Ziggy Jacobs Joins the UK Team at 3LR Design
Robe Up All Night with Black Coffee at Zamna Festival
The beauty, magic, and history of Mexican Caribbean indigenous cultures blended with superlative dance beats as the rhythm and free spirit of rave sent a rush of positive energy and human experience coursing through the 2023 Zamna Festival in Tulum. The stunning eye-catching jungle venue surrounded by nature reserves and sacred cenotes, provided a perfect setting for this iconic Mecca-of-music event, and into this dreamscape reality stepped Lighting Designer Eran Klein, working with artist Black Coffee on the Island Stage.Read More »Robe Up All Night with Black Coffee at Zamna Festival
SES Boosts its Lighting Inventory with Commitment to Ayrton Product Line
Special Event Services (SES) has significantly expanded its Ayrton lighting inventory with additional purchases of Domino LT, Bora S, and Khamsin fixtures and further committed to the product line with large first-time investments in Perseo Beams, Diablos, and Zonda 9 FX lights. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America.Read More »SES Boosts its Lighting Inventory with Commitment to Ayrton Product Line
MDG ATMe Haze Generators Transform the Experience in London’s Royal Albert Hall
Situated on the edge of London’s Kensington Gardens, the Royal Albert Hall—that internationally respected bastion of music—continues to mark its 150th anniversary through special events to the end of 2023. The truly iconic venue, which hosts over 390 shows a year including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, awards ceremonies, charity performances, and banquets, many of which are televised, is now fully equipped with 4 MDG ATMe haze generators, supplied by TSL.Read More »MDG ATMe Haze Generators Transform the Experience in London’s Royal Albert Hall
Lighting Rig for La Bohème at RAH Includes Philips Vari-Lite Fixtures
LONDON — LD Andy Bridge used a range of Philips Vari-Lite luminaires, including VL3000Q Spot, VL3500Q Spot and VL3500 Wash luminaires, for a production of La Bohème at London’s Royal Albert Hall (RAH). The fixtures helped Bridge overcome some lighting design challenges posed by the nature of the in-the-round production.
PRG Lights Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall
LONDON — For 2014’s Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) at the Royal Albert Hall, which ran from March 24-30, the roster of performers included Ed Sheeran, The Cure, OneRepublic, Suede and Paolo Nutini along with Jason Manford and other comedians. PRG worked with LD Tom Kenny and provided lighting and rigging gear and crew.
Mountbatten Festival of Music 2014 Lit with Clay Paky Fixtures
LONDON — LD Richard Rhys Thomas of the Royal Albert Hall (RAH) used Clay Paky fixtures for the Mountbatten Military Festival of Music March 13-15. He used 36 Alpha Wash Halo 1200s, 16 Stage Line fixtures and a half-dozen Alpha Wash 1200, Alpha Wash 575, Alpha Spot HPE 575 and Stage Scan fixtures, all supplied by the RAH.