With eighteen months to go until Showlight 2017 takes place in the beautiful Italian city of Florence, the first exhibitors have already confirmed their attendance. Arri, German Light Products (GLP), Hawthorn and Robe are the first to sign up for the much-anticipated lighting quadrennial, scheduled for 20-23 May 2017, with several other companies already lined up to join them. This is the tenth...
USA – Country superstar Miranda Lambert is back on tour with Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20s lighting the way. Miranda Lambert’s “Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars” tour reprises the name of her first headlining tour in 2010. It follows her “Certified Platinum” tour earlier this year and features an all-female lineup. “This is a 13-city tour playing a lot of the markets that Miranda hasn’t been able to...
World – Folk rockers Mumford and Sons are currently traversing the globe in support of their latest number one album, with lighting designer Ed Warren employing the bold bright wash and LED effects of 16 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures to deliver “some of the most impressive moments of the set.” The ‘Wilder Mind’ tour has seen the British four-piece play sold-out dates across the USA, Canada...
Saudi Arabia – The opening ceremony of the top division of the Saudi Arabian football championship, the Saudi Professional League, was lit by Clay Paky. The multifaceted director Marco Boarino created a short intensive show at the King Fahd International Stadium. He has worked for many years with the lighting designer Emiliano Morgia and was entrusted with the lighting and visual aspects of the...
Beijing, China – Olivier Award winning lighting designer Paule Constable is using Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s to add drama to the Chinese production of the hugely successful stage play War Horse. Constable is lead lighting designer for the production, alongside associate Karen Spahn and programmer Blake Garner. The production is part of the 2015 UK-China Year of Cultural Exchange. National Theatre...
Italy - Gianna Nannini's most recent, long-awaited HITALIA.ROCKS tour started from Florence and will bring the star live to major sports arenas in Italy. This tour follows and celebrates the release of Gianna's latest album, HITALIA. The entire album is devoted to the most beautiful Italian popular music songs of the twentieth century, performed for the first time by Gianna Nannini with her unique...
Dubai, UAE: Protec was delighted to support its client – SNAP, with lighting, video and rigging for the event held at Dubai International Marine Club from the 10th – 12th September 2015. Games15 Middle East, the premier gaming event in the region hosted by ESL, saw more than 20,000 eager gaming fans brave soaring temperatures to watch global teams from ESL go head to head over 3 days, competing...
Italy - The fourth edition of the RadioItaliaLive concert took place in Piazza Duomo in Milan. The long-awaited musical event organized by Radio e Video Italia SoloMusicaItaliana went back on stage with a lavish line-up. The general event production team, led by Gaetano Notaro, started taking its first steps in December last year. Together with the publisher Mario Volanti, Notaro put the Lighting...
Austria - This year was the sixth Lake Festival, the biggest EDM event in Austria. More than one hundred artists performed on five different stages, including Avicii, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki, Alesso and Tiësto. Thirty six Clay Paky Sharpys, 34 Clay Paky Mythos units, 1 grandMA2 full-size e 1 grandMA2 light were used (along with other equipment) at the festival, which...
USA – Everlast Productions, Inc. in Miami, Florida has taken delivery of 12 Clay Paky Stormy fixtures, which were quickly dispatched to the dynamic Fitness-Concert at the 8th Annual Zumba Instructor Convention. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky products in North America. Everlast Productions provides creative and technical solutions for live event experiences worldwide...