MDG is very happy that its ICE FOG Q HP low fog generator has been chosen by Philip Marfleet of Marfleet Events to tour with Il Divo and provide the atmosphere for a very special moment during the show. Il Divo, the multi-national vocal quartet,have had the same line up for the past 18 years until, sadly, founder member, Carlos Marín, passed away from Covid last December. The group had been part...
Spike is an absurdly funny new play that delves into the inner workings of one of Britain’s most unique and brilliantly irreverent comedy minds. Set in the booming fifties, while the UK was in the clutches of Goon mania, it tells the story of one particular Goon, Spike Milligan, whose obsession with finding the funny sees him push the boundaries of comedy, as well as test the patience of everyone...
Adapted from John Milton’s epic poem, which charts the fall of Satan from heaven and Adam and Eve’s subsequent fall from Eden, Paradise Lost was recently adapted into a brand-new contemporary opera. Starring English National Opera’s Ella Taylor , it was performed outdoors at The Shipwright, in the garden of The Master Shipwright’s House in Deptford. The show featured a lighting design by Catja...
We recently supplied the world-premiere of the brand-new play Mad House, which ran at the Ambassadors’ Theatre in London’s West End. Starring David Harbour and Bill Pullman, it tells the story of a man who returns to his childhood home to look after his dying father. However, his siblings soon arrive, determined to work out how much money their father has left and how they’re able to get their...
Phoenix Arts Club, London’s home of cabaret, live music, musical theatre, burlesque and LGBTQ+ entertainment; has upgraded its technological offering thanks to Music Venue Trust (MVT)’s Sound + Vision initiative. As collaborative MVT partner and long-standing supporter of Phoenix Arts Club, technical solutions specialist White Light (WL), facilitated and managed the project. The scheme enabled...
Following on from the return of the recent critically-acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac, The Jamie Lloyd Company is now back in London’s West End with The Seagull; a brand new adaptation of Chekhov’s iconic tale of love and loneliness. This latest production is written by Anya Reiss and stars Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke making her highly-anticipated West End debut. It also...
Originally performed in 1900, The Dance of Death is playwright August Strindberg’s landmark drama about a long marriage that is pushed to its absolute limits. Having been revived hundreds of times over the past century, it has recently been adapted by Oscar-winning playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz and embarked on a UK tour before a full run at the Arcola Theatre in London. The lighting designer for...
Having first been performed on Broadway in 1956, My Fair Lady is widely regarded as one of the most iconic musicals of all time. Featuring a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, it tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a working-class flower girl who takes elocution lessons from the snobbish professor Henry Higgins in order to pass as a lady… The musical was recently...
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical tells the story of the life of singer-songwriter Carole King, who wrote some of the biggest hits of all time for some of the greatest artists, ranging from The Drifters to The Shirlees to Aretha Franklin, as well as became a superstar in her own right. The show originally ran on Broadway in 2014, followed by a West End run a year later; with both productions...
Having first played to international audiences back in 2019, Naomi Wallace’s powerful drama The Breach recently had its UK premiere at the Hampstead Theatre in London. Set in Kentucky, it’s an absorbing drama which focuses on a group of teenage friends and explores the consequences of what happens when trust and loyalty is put on the line. The lighting designer for the show is the Olivier and Tony...