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Robe Pointes to Naked Truth on Fey’s Desnuda Tour

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And this … is that lighting designer Pablo Gutierrez utilized 52 x of Robe’s popular Pointe multi-functional moving lights at the core of his fabulous looking lighting design for the launch of Mexican singer Fey’s new ‘Desnuda’ (Nude) tour! The tour kicked off in full-on style at the 18,000 capacity Arena Ciudad de México (Mexico City Arena) in the country’s vibrant metropolis. Fey is a … [Read more...]

S+H Helps Children in Need Telethon Shine

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S+H Technical - specialists for LED visual effects, drapes and starcloths - supplied around 350 square metres of its LED Animation cloth and 450 square metres of standard RGB starcloth drape for the BBC’s 2018 Children in Need telethon, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from Elstree’s Studio D, Hertfordshire, UK. The star-studded line-up included a diversity of artists, some … [Read more...]

On the Road with 5 Seconds of Summer

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Adlib was back on the road with pop rockers 5 Seconds of Summer - fresh from winning the 2018 ARIA Award for ‘Best Australian Live Act’ - supplying a CODA sound system, monitors and a top Adlib crew to work alongside the band’s engineers Phil Gornell (FOH) and Pavan Grewall (monitors). Richy Nicholson project managed for Adlib, Sam Proctor was the systems engineer on the road and he worked … [Read more...]

Kinesys on the Road

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We’ve caught a few acts on tour in the UK this autumn using Kinesys automation kit in many formats to accomplish a diversity of creative tasks … here’s a quick round up of some of the action. Prodigy “I wanted a bit of additional craziness going on behind the band” stated Prodigy lighting and set designerTim Fawkes … which is why he is utilising 8 x Kinesys Elevation motors to move four … [Read more...]

Robe Has a Good Laugh with Anders Matthesen

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Eleven trucks of production equipment is a lot for one stand-up comedian, but delivering the nuances of live comedy in an arena format is a fine art which needs a delicate balance of style and production values … and for Denmark’s leading comedian, Anders “Anden”(the Duck) Matthesen, this happened to be a 25th anniversary tour,so he wanted to make a BIG impact! Peter Fisker has been … [Read more...]