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It’s A Beautiful Thing for Robe
A substantial Robe moving light rig was used for the final of the 2013 Miss Universe Slovak Republic event, a high profile co-production between the In Agency and the Miss Universe Organisation, staged at the Aegon Arena National Tennis Centre in Bratislava and broadcast live on national TV channel RTVS 1. Lighting was designed by [...]
CPL Supplies Projection and Lighting for new ARC Festival in Bristol
Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) supplied projection and lighting equipment plus design and programming services for the brand new ARC Festival, an innovative one day event celebrating electronic music and digital arts, staged in three domed and two tented structures in Eastville Park, Bristol, UK. CPL’s client was festival organisers ARC AP. The Festival’s directors are [...]
Lighting Hospital Expands and Moves to Larger Premises
The Lighting Hospital – the UK and Europe’s only independent Electronic Service Department for the professional lighting industry – has recently moved to new expanded premises in Bristol. This has enabled further streamlining of its processes to offer an even faster and slicker service for damaged lighting kit needing urgent treatment! The success of the [...]
‘Read all About It’ – HSL Lights Emeli Sandé Tour
Blackburn UK based lighting and visuals company HSL supplied Lighting Designer Neil Carson with full lighting production for chart topping, Brit Award winning singer songwriter Emeli Sandé’s most recent UK tour, together with a ‘specials’ package for the European section. Carson – who has worked with HSL on several previous projects including Chase & Status [...]
Robe Celebrates Wine at 2013 Festival Nacional de la Vendimia, Argentina
Lighting and set designer Eli Sirlin utilized over 120 Robe moving lights in his lighting scheme for the 2013 Festival Nacional de la Vendimia (National Grape Harvest Festival), a high profile world-renowned celebration of wine and the wine-making industry held in Mendoza, Argentina. The 2013 event, staged at the Frank Romero Day Greek Theatre, celebrated [...]
XL Video Supplies Video Package for the 2013 Olivier Awards
The Olivier Awards are a glittering celebration of the very best of British Theatre, recognising actors and productions alike for stunning performances across a range of genres. For the 3rd consecutive year, XL Video sponsored the Award for Best Set Design (won by Bunny Christie and Finn Ross for ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog [...]
Pro Audio Stash Launches ‘The Nuts’ Product
Threaded Rack Rail Clip Nuts to be precise! Pro Audio Stash (PAS), leading UK professional audio and AV suppliers and 19 inch racking specialists launches an innovative new captive nut design – the Threaded Rack Rail Clip Nut! This is set to become the much-anticipated alternative to traditional cage nuts The PAS Clip Nuts contain [...]
South African State Theatre Invests in More Robe LED Fixtures
The South African State Theatre in Pretoria has added more Robe LED fixtures to its lighting inventory … specified by Head of Lighting Simon King. The latest purchase includes 12 x MMX Spots, four DLX Spots and four ROBIN 300 LEDWashes and follows quickly on the heels of 40 x Robe LEDForce 18 PARs and [...]
Cirkus Cirkör at Peace with Robe
Scandinavia’s leading contemporary circus company Cirkus Cirkör from Stockholm, Sweden have purchased Robe MMX Spots and LEDWash moving lights for their current touring schedule, which presents their latest breath-taking work, “Knitting Peace”. Renowned for their original, intimate, exciting and thought-provoking work, Cirkus Cirkör was Sweden’s first circus groups of the genre. Under the artistic direction [...]
5 Star Sponsors Jack Goff Racing
Leading European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases launches its first season of motorsport sponsorship in sponsoring British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) racing driver Jack Goff. 5 Star join a number of other high profile professional entertainment industry players including Robe, HSL, AC Entertainment Technologies, Green Hippo, J&C Joel and LS Live, who are enthusiastically supporting [...]
Colour Sound Makes Massive Investment in More LED Screen
London, UK based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) has made a substantial new investment in LED screen with the purchase of 100 square metres of BT6 6mm pitch high resolution surface. The product has been manufactured specially for CSE to their specifications and will join the company’s existing stock of BT12 [...]
Penn Elcom Continues Steady Expansion with Acquisition of Flightware BV
Penn Elcom GmbH has acquired Netherlands based flightcase manufacturer Flightware BV in a very amicable agreement which will strengthen and diversify The Penn Elcom Group’s flight case product design capabilities and ranges yet further. The agreement was reached between Thomas Mostert CEO of Penn Elcom GmbH, the distribution arm of the Penn Elcom Group in [...]
