Designer Malcolm Rippeth praises versatility of discreet, award-winning fixture Opened in 1997, Shakespeare’s Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan Playhouse in London where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed. Shakespeare’s Globe is dedicated to experimentation, with its mission to ground itself in research and exploration, pushing the boundaries of its artistic [...
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LED battens also provide intense rain curtain in West End theatre productionWith a work roster ranging from pure theatre to lighting the dreamy, ethereal post-rock music of Icelandic cult band Sigur Rós, Bruno Poet’s skill-set embraces many disciplines.And in GLP’s award-winning impression X4 Bars he has found an LED batten with a versatility for all […]
Hamburg production / hire company relies on German Light ProductsEvent technology service provider Nordlite has expanded its rental fleet to include 60 X4 Bar 20. “You can no longer avoid the X4 Bars,” says managing director Wolfgang Frahm. “They are being increasingly requested by our customers and it was time to reinvest again in GLP […]
GLP has celebrated its third major product award in two months, with rAVe Publications naming the new GLP GT-1 as the Best New Lighting Fixture on show at this year’s massive InfoComm AV integration show in Las Vegas.This astonishing award comes right on the back of the twin success of the X4 Bar 20 batten, […]
Winkler chooses 140 of the fixtures for grand opening ceremonyThe company, Winkler Multi Media Events, in Canton Aargau is one of the leading Swiss event solution providers for multimedia and three-dimensional live communication. They were recently entrusted with providing the equipment for the opening ceremony of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.With a construction period of almost […]
With LA BS, GLP welcomes a distribution partner as the exclusive distributor for the French market.French wholesaler LA BS, who has been supplying professionals and end users for 25 years, has signed an exclusive distribution partnership with GLP for its lighting fixture solutions in France.“It was important for us to find a strategic partner in […]
LD Günter Jäckle brings No Panic tour to life with X4 Bar 10Self-styled ‘Panic Rocker’ Udo Lindenberg is showing no sign of letting up. During his Keine Panik (No Panic) tour, the rock legend celebrated his 70th birthday, but there was no sign of him quietening down; and that was a good thing for all […]
When award-winning German pop and R&B singer, Sarah Connor, started gearing up last autumn for her Muttersprache tour in the DACH countries, experienced LD and production designer, Bertil Mark, was entrusted with lighting design duties.“We first played a theatre tour and really liked the intimate feel,” he said. “So when we moved up to arenas […]
Much is written of large arena and stadia production tours, but how does the LD manage with a small 300-800 capacity club tour, with limited budget, limited infrastructure, limited space in the van … but still with the expectation to deliver plenty of “bang for the buck”?Simply ask Berlin-based freelance LD Rick Kay, who recently […]
Best Lighting Product’ win at ABTT follows similar success in New YorkThe stellar success of GLP’s impression X4 Bars was recognized for the second time in a month — by major industry bodies on both sides of the Atlantic.Following its Live Design Award in New York the product picked up a similar ‘Lighting Product of […]