Germany - Sido's hugely successful "SIDO VI" tour recently ended with a spectacular closing concert. Günter Jäckle and Friederike Krauch dealt with the stage and lighting design. On the tour, they used 24 Clay Paky Mythos units, two full-size grandMA2s and one VPU plus MK2 (video processing unit), provided by MA Lighting. Jäckle and Krauch designed the tour right down to the smallest detail at...
Germany - Every year, during Marburg b(u)y Night, Marburg city centre lights up: more than sixty public and private buildings become the stars of the show, and the shops stay open until midnight. The centrepiece of the event this year was the "Blickpunkt Schloss" project: the medieval landgraves' castle was lit up on the hour and half hour starting from 6 pm with a timecoded light and music show...
ITALY - The Teatro del Casinò in Sanremo was literally taken by storm for the famous Vasco Rossi tribute band La Combriccola del Blasco's concert. The band was led by charismatic Kikko Sauda and - for the occasion - starred Maurizio Solieri, Vasco Rossi's long-standing guitarist and co-author of several of the famous Italian singer's songs. The show initially took place inside the theatre, and...
USA – “La Banda,” the new contest to find singers for the next Latino boy band, just wrapped its first season on Univision wowing audiences with the talent of young competitors from across Latin America. Clay Paky Mythos and Sharpy lighting fixtures amped up the excitement of the live show. “La Banda” was created by Simon Cowell and produced by Ricky Martin. Contestants hailed from South America...
WORLD – Mexican rock pop band Mana recently concluded its Cama Incendiada World Tour with a large complement of Clay Paky Mythos, A.leda B-EYE K10 and K20, and Stormy lighting fixtures adding color and punch to the global production. The Cama Incendiada World Tour was the eighth concert tour by the band, which hails from Guadalajara. It was in support of Mana’s latest studio album, Cama Incendiada...
USA – NBC continued to own the live theatrical TV franchise with its latest production, “The Wiz Live!,” which drew 11.5 million viewers and critical acclaim for its debut. The visually stunning show, with lighting design by Allen Branton, featured Clay Paky Alpha 800 Profile and Sharpy fixtures in the rig. Directed by Kenny Leon and Matthew Diamond, “The Wiz Live!” followed “Peter Pan” and “The...
Ireland – Clay Paky SuperSharpys have transformed Dublin’s iconic city-centre sculpture, the Spire, into a 398-foot lightsaber to celebrate the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As the film opened in Ireland’s capital, the SuperSharpys’ intensely precise beams, which are three times brighter than the previous Sharpy, illuminated the entire length of the O’Connell Street structure in...
Showlight is now inviting lighting designers and directors, associates, programmers, scenographers, equipment manufacturers and others to submit their ideas for conference papers for the 2017 programme. Now is your chance to be part of this prestigious event! About Showlight The Showlight Quadrennial is one of the few international events organised specifically for lighting professionals by...
Australia – Indoor ‘hardstyle’ festival Knockout Circuz returned to iconic Sydney venue The Hordern Pavilion at the end of last year, with lighting designer Arian Yeganeh creating a spectacular 8-hour light show using Clay Paky Mythos, Stormy and Sharpy fixtures. Promoted by organisers Hard Styles United (HSU) as “one of the most spectacular and intense indoor rave arenas [we] have ever created”...
Qatar Marine Festival, Doha. This annual event is built around the history of Qatar, which has grown at an extraordinary rate since the discovery of the country’s oil and natural gas. The Emirate devotes these resources to its economic development, the promotion of its marine resources, the cultural identity of the country, and the education of the new generations, thanks to the organizational...