FEDUK, a young Russian hip-hop singer, recently wowed fans at Moscow’s Adrenaline Stadium, presenting his new concert programme, ‘One Love’, (in support of the artist’s new album). FEDUK prepared a number of surprises, including a completely new visual show that was developed and implemented by Alexey Zhuravlev and Anton Orlov, lighting designers from gst.moscow, who took full advantage of the...
Regular users of GLP solutions, 30 Seconds to Mars, spent last summer playing festivals and indoor arenas across Europe, including two special ‘Mars Island’ shows on a private Croatian Island. Piloting their lighting and unique visual show was production designer Tom Campbell of MIRRAD, himself a regular user of GLP’s award-winning fixtures over the years. “The original impression series was one...
From 14 November to 19 December 2019, the TV network ProSieben broadcast the first season of the talent show ‘Queen of Drags’, moderated by Heidi Klum, Bill Kaulitz and gay icon Conchita Wurst, in which drag queens from Germany, Austria and Switzerland compete against each other. Building on this, the production company RedSeven Entertainment developed the idea of a live show, which finally took...
In April 2019, the German singer / songwriter Lena Meyer-Landrut released her fifth, critically acclaimed studio album, ‘ Only Love, L’. In June, the ‘ Only Love’ tour of 12 dates took the band through small to medium-sized halls in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Designer JoJo Tillmann developed a reduced set with a scalable lighting design for single-trailer transportation. Although there were...
Lighting designer James Scott (of Suluko) specified 96 impression X4 Bar 20 battens from GLP when London-based rapper / producer AJ Tracey played two shows at Alexandra Palace recently. The gigs were the culmination of a long year in which Scott had been an essential part of the artist’s creative team, headed by Tawbox, as he toured first the UK academy circuit followed by the festival season...
For the 14th year in succession, dbnAudile have installed the technical infrastructure for the Sacha Lord/Sam Kandel promoted Warehouse Project pop-up, through its various venues in Manchester. Originally working under separate guises, before dbn Lighting merged with Audile, the technology specialists recently put in infrastructure at the Project’s latest home, the 10,000 capacity Mayfield Depot,...
This summer, Nashville’s legendary Grand Ole Opry unveiled a new daytime backstage tour based around the new, purpose-built Circle Room theatre. Hosted by Opry members Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, a 14-minute long immersive media experience takes fans on a journey through nearly 100 years of Opry history, seen through the eyes of the musicians who played on the world-famous stage, and...
One of the accepted technical challenges of London’s outdoor theatre season are the major productions at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, which run right through the summer. Working within the existing stage infrastructure, theatre lighting specialist Jon Clark helped interpret director Jamie Lloyd’s stripped back production of Evita, juxtaposing GLP’s new generation LED moving lights with...
Dry hire specialists, HELi Showequipment GmbH supply technology for events of all types and sizes. The company, based in Bodenheim near Mainz, continually invests in new equipment from leading brand manufacturers, as well as offering full service back-up. HELi is currently expanding its inventory of LED moving lights with a three digit quantity of impression S350 Spot and impression S350 wash from...
Port Lighting Systems based out of New Hampshire recently completed the design and install for the new front of house lighting rig of the Capitol Center for the Arts’ Bank of New Hampshire Stage (BNH Stage). “The customer wanted a unique, one of a kind piece over the center of the room.” recalls VP of Permanent Systems and designer, Ron Kuszmar. “The BNH Stage needed a rig that could act as a...