Lighting designer Wouter Verbeke chose Robe fixtures to be at the core of his cool and interesting lighting design for a high impact gig by Belgian band Arsenal at Antwerp’s famous Lotto Arena. With their roots in electric dance, the band now embrace a lively mix of genres from African and Latin American rhythms to pop, hip hop, and indie rock. They are midway through a campaign for their sixth … [Read more...]

Amidst the thousands of celebrations happening world-wide for the 2018-2019 roll over…  the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) played a very special Great Gatsby themed party in the super-plush lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Dallas, which required diligent lighting to produce the correct ambience. Randy Cline of Time Matters Entertainment, based in Plano just north of Dallas, was the … [Read more...]

Ilfracombe, Devon UK based S+H Technical – specialists for LED visual effects, drapes and starcloths – supplied 550 square metres of its LED starcloth product to help realise designer Joshua Grace’s set for ITV’s Best Christmas Ever. The show, a one-off Christmas special, was hosted by Alexander Armstrong with a live audience on D Stage at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, and produced … [Read more...]

Penn Elcom, leading global manufacturer of 19-inch racking and flight case hardware, has expanded the Latch producing line its Washington, Tyne & Wear UK base, adding three new jobs, and 10 new machines as part of a £50,000 investment to update and expand its production of latching mechanisms. Nearly everything needs a latch of some sort, and multiple types and styles of Penn latches are … [Read more...]