This time – with a re-working of the original rig design to make it practical for the venues and the touring schedule –there were 20 x Pointes …. and 47 x BMFLs Spots, all supplied by lighting contractors, Satis & Fy. Once again Gunther worked closely with Marc Lorenz as his lighting director and technology integration specialist, and together they brought innovation and imagination to the stage...
Arlo’s brief from Miranda Lambert herself and her production and management teams was to help create a show focused on her powerful music and great connection with her fans, rather than relying on gags, ego ramps, confetti blasts and wizzy effects. This was a great starting point that automatically evoked a thoughtful and intelligent approach to the visuals. She wanted a clean stage look with a...
The set was designed by Michael Gill from MGD and based on a collection of different sized LED screens, shaped into a multi-media environment giving everyone, wherever they happened to be seated in the auditorium, a clear and three dimensional view of the stage. Robert’s challenge was to light all these different sections of stage separately so they could work as stand-alone elements and punctuate...
The three main entertainment stages this year were equipped with Robe moving lights provided by rental company Lystek, headed by the charismatic Kristoffer Neilsen, one of the country’s well known theatre LDs. Kristoffer delivers and co-ordinates full technical production for the event, and his lighting rental company Lystek supplies lighting to the entire festival apart from one area, an exercise...
Mike, who has been a lighting professional for over 30 years, has lit the hugely successful chart topping singer-songwriter’s shows since his first headline tour in 2001. In that time he’s seen the whole visual concept for the live show evolve and change, with the main objective now being to create big impressive yet simple and straightforward looks, “It’s more about the music than a load of...
Lighting for the tour has been designed by Cory FitzGerald with the rig including Robe Pointes plus two BMFL Spots which are being utilized as rear follow spots. It’s Cory’s first work for Bieber. When he came on-board, the production design created by production manager Chris Gratton and creative director Nick DeMoura was already evolving, together with video content produced by Michael Figge of...
Meeuwis plays multiple shows at the 34,000 stadium around about the same time each year. It is home to the Philips Sport Vereniging (PSV) football team of which he’s a keen supporter, and there is a completely unique look and feel to the stage year-on-year, originated by set designer Ronald van den Bersselaar of BEEO. This years’ theme featured a carnavalesque appearance based on the famous orange...
This is used for Sunday worship sessions and also available for conferences, seminars and other events related to the Ministry and its activities. The move to LED underlines a commitment to carbon consciousness as well as being substantially more cost-effective in running costs with no bulb replacements or other disposables. The decision on which brand moving lights to purchase was made after a...
Robe partnered with leading Slovakian rental company Q-99 for the 2016 Championships to supply over 100 of the latest Robe moving lights - Squares, BMFL Blades and BMFL WashBeams, Pointes and ColorStrobes - to the event’s entertainment stage which was used for the Opening Ceremony, nightly concerts, featuring some of the most popular Czech artists, as well as for medal ceremonies throughout the...
The Ghoema Awards recognises exceptional achievement in the SA Afrikaans Music Industry. Chris was appointed by Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier to light and programme the 2016 awards for their client, creative production company, Idea Candy. The .show was recorded for Afrikaans TV channel KykNET so Chris also worked closely with stage director Barry Pretorius and camera director Eugene Naidoo. The...