Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Bringing the world of technical theatre to you.
Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production for the Closing Ceremony of the 2009 FIFA Confederation Cup at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The spectacular show took place ahead of the Brazil vs USA final, with 53,000 fans watching in the stadium, joined by several million viewers of the live broadcast on SABC 1 and [...]
In 1980, when a little known Irish Band called U2 released its first album “Boy”, hardly anyone noticed. Even the first gigs were played in front of only a handful of guests. Today this is completely beyond belief. After hits like “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “New Year’s Day”, “Where The Streets Have No Name”, “One”, “Discotheque” [...]
For the fifth time, German Pop Idol (Deutschland sucht den Superstar or DSDS) featured MA lighting and video control. Staged at the MMC studios in Cologne, the multi-screen video control was a huge challenge. mo2 design GmbH, was responsible for the lighting design, represented by Manuel da Costa and Manfred “Ollie” Olma, and they chose [...]
Since the beginning of this year, Monty Python’s Spamalot has been staged in Cologne. This musical version of the landmark anarchical film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is playing in Germany after performances in New York, London and Las Vegas. Hugh Vanstone, who was responsible for the lighting design in London, also delivered the [...]
For his recent DVD shoot, popular Brazilian singer Leonardo was lit with a design created by Danny Nolan. The show in the Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil was controlled by 1 x grandMA full-size, 1 x grandMA light as well as 3 x media PC´s with grandMA video software and 1 x MA NSP [...]
grandMA lighting consoles continue to make their mark in the UK theatre world, with a grandMA touring on the new version of the hugely popular musical “We Will Rock You”. The show, written by UK comedian Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor features 24 of rock legends Queen’s greatest hits, [...]
When Kaohsiung, the second largest town in Taiwan, won the hosting of the World Games 2009, nobody yet knew about the scale of this project. Works started immediately and two years later, in January 2009, the first tests were conducted to open the new Kaohsiung Stadium. Once testing was completed, planning for the stadium’s opening [...]
