USA – Philadelphia-based lighting designer Michael Korsch selected Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 and Alpha Profile 800 ST moving lights as part of the rig for the world premiere of “Don Quixote” at the Pennsylvania Ballet. A lighting and scenic designer who frequently works in dance, Korsch has many years experience using Clay Paky products. A big fan of the Alpha Spot HPE 1500, he incorporated...
USA – It’s an even-numbered year so it was time for rock band 311 to celebrate their biennial 311 Day with two arena shows in New Orleans on March 11 and 12. Lighting designer Joe Paradise of House Lights Go Inc. and assistant designer/programmer Bobby Grey selected Clay Paky fixtures for the event, which drew 15,000 fans representing every US state and 17 countries. Paradise was charged with...
As from May 2016, three new agents have joined Clay Paky's staff. They will provide valuable support to the sales department, managed and coordinated by Italy sales manager Paolo Dozzo. Stefano Di Martino is a well-known expert in the professional lighting world. He will follow the Lazio, Campania and Umbria areas. Marco Medica, from the company Audio Effetti, will follow Piedmont, Val d'Aosta...
Chile – Clay Paky’s Chilean distributor, Valook, showcased more than 80 units of the company’s latest fixtures as part of an Open Day event for local rental and production companies, theatres, lighting designers and TV representatives. Organised by Valook – which has been a Clay Paky distributor since 2014 - the event was held on the rooftop of Santiago’s 64-storey Costanera Center Tower, which...
Sweden – Award-winning lighting designer Fredrik Jönsson applied a vast number of Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash 330 and brand new Scenius to create the broadcast-ready, glittering extravaganza that was the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Now in its 61 st year and themed ‘Come Together’, Eurovision was sponsored by OSRAM and hosted by last year’s victor Sweden at Stockholm’s Globe Arena and...
Europe – English alt rock band-of-the-moment The 1975 are touring the UK and Europe with an inspired video screen and light staging concept created by show director Tobias Rylander and augmented by Clay Paky Sharpy Wash 330, Mythos and Alpha Profile 1500 fixtures. In a nod to the light artist James Turrell, the staging is intended to look like ‘art pieces’ in which the band perform. Four...
UK – A symphony of Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash, Alpha Spot HPE 1500 and Alpha Spot HPE 700 fixtures created a dynamic lighting show designed by Durham Marenghi for the annual Classical Spectacular at London’s Royal Albert Hall in March. Billed as ‘the UK’s most popular classic music show’, the performance features not only the aural beauty of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted...
Italy - Vacanze Romane (Roman Holiday) is back, twelve years after its debut at the Teatro Sistina in Rome. The opening of the 2015-2016 theatre season was entrusted to the notes of this musical, lit by Clay Paky. It was written by Armando Trovajoli and Pietro Garinei, and again starred Serena Autieri and Paolo Conticini. The play is a musical depiction of a generous, dreamy, post-WWII Rome...
USA – The inaugural KAABOO Festival launched in Del Mar, California this September with Clay Paky Sharpys and A.leda B-EYE K20s. KAABOO was held at the Del Mar Racetrack & Fairgrounds over a three-day period. Performances by more than 100 musical acts filled seven indoor and outdoor stages; one stage was dedicated to comedy. Celebrity and local chefs, California wines and craft brews were on hand...
USA – American jam band moe. wrapped its winter tour with a rig featuring Clay Paky fixtures. A lighting designer with Nashville-based Pulse Lighting, Justin Casey has been working with the band since last July. Moe. tours year-round; their winter tour recently concluded in Manhattan. “The band celebrated its 25th anniversary year in 2015, and the winter tour wrapped in New York City on St...