USA – Panic! At The Disco just finished the last leg of their “Death of a Bachelor” tour with Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpy fixtures along for the ride. The two-month run, which began in Connecticut and wrapped in Florida, concluded an extensive arena tour supporting the band’s eponymous fifth studio album released last year. Panic! At The Disco previously played gigs in Europe, Asia and...
London, UK – The Claypaky Mythos2 luminaire was selected for its advanced optical features and expert colour mixing by lighting designer Steven Bewley to support his high-impact lighting design for record-breaking British Grime artist Stormzy in his recent UK tour. Bewley, who has worked with rap artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah, was head-hunted by Stormzy after the rapper saw the...
UK - For nearly thirty years, Durham Marenghi has been lighting Raymond Gubbay’s Classical Spectacular show. Marenghi is one of those few designers who really do not need any introduction to the reader. His designs for this production have enthralled audiences at the Royal Albert Hall for decades as he describes, “Classical Spectacular has developed from an all Parcan rig with me operating on a...
USA – Music legend Tom Petty marks four decades as an audience favorite with the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour, which commenced in Oklahoma City in April and will conclude at the Hollywood Bowl in September. Lighting Designer Stanley A. Green selected Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Mythos fixtures to accompany Petty on the road. Tom Petty has sold more than 80 million...
The 2017 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards has announced this year's shortlist of lighting and video designers recognised for their creative work in Television. The winners will be announced at the 10th anniversary KOI Awards ceremony, to be held at London's Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, on 17 September. The KOI Awards was established to publicly celebrate the achievements of lighting and video...
UK – After much deliberation, the Theatre judging panel for the 2017 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards has announced this year’s shortlist of lighting and video designers, recognised for their creative work in Theatre. The winners will be announced at the tenth anniversary KOI Awards ceremony, to be held at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, on 17 September. The KOI Awards was established to...
London, UK – Jeremy Lechterman and Jackson Gallagher of production design and creative direction partnership FragmentNine selected the dense light beams of the Claypaky Mythos2 to add texture to their lighting design for Mercury Prize-winning indie rock band alt-J in their first arena show of 2017, held at The O2 Arena in London. FragmentNine’s design has since been nominated for a prestigious...
Almaty, Kazakhstan- More than 400 Claypaky fixtures were selected to play a key role in the large-scale lighting designs for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Universiade (winter games) 2017 at the Palace of the Republic in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The ceremonies were attended by 12,000 visitors and broadcast live across 100 television channels worldwide. The ceremonies' lighting was...
UK – The Claypaky Scenius Unico and Claypaky Mythos2 have been selected by award-winning lighting and production designer Mark Cunniffe and lighting director Matt Jones as the workhorse fixtures for multi-award-winning artist Ed Sheeran in his current record-breaking worldwide new album tour. Cunniffe has been working with Ed since the artist began touring in 2011, developing a close creative...
Groningen, Netherlands – Dutch cultural centre De Oosterpoort in Groningen has purchased 26 x Claypaky Scenius Spot, 26 x Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10 and 16 x Claypaky B-EYE K10CC as part of a major technical upgrade to the centre’s lighting and audio departments. De Oosterpoort’s long-term lighting rental and sales partner Lichtpunt Theatertechnieks recommended and supplied the 68 Claypaky fixtures...