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McFly Makes a Robe Pointe of Celebrating 10 Years at the Royal Albert Hall

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Chart topping, award winning and enduringly popular UK pop rockers McFly celebrated 10 years at the forefront of the music industry with great panache and some help from Robe’s latest technology … in four sold-out shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The RAH’s Lighting department were appointed as lighting contractors and Senior Technical Manager Ollie Jeffery contacted  award winning … [Read more...]

Robe Enjoys Super Busy Award Winning PLASA 2013

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Robe lighting enjoyed a super busy 2013 PLASA lighting & sound exhibition at its new location of ExCeL London, where they showcased nine exciting new products and won their third PLASA Innovation Award. Robe’s CEO Josef Valchar comments, “We are really happy. There was a constant stream of people to the booth, interest in all the latest products and of course, we are delighted to win … [Read more...]

HSL Lights Massive Attack v Adam Curtis

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HSL supplied lighting for the UK and German performances of ‘Massive Attack v Adam Curtis’ a mind-blowing mixed-media installation created by incendiary filmmaker Adam Curtis and activist band Massive Attack taking the semantics of image-music-text into a new dimension. The show was world premiered at the Mayfield Depot in Manchester as part of the 2013 Manchester International Festival … [Read more...]

Søren Storm Joins Robe as International Business Development Manager

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Søren Storm has joined Robe lighting’s energetic and lively executive management team … as International Business Development Manager. Søren’s experience includes 16 years of working in top management for a leading lighting manufacturer, during which time he’s built up an awesome amount of contacts worldwide and an impeccable reputation for integrity, in the process becoming one of the best … [Read more...]

ETC introduces Cobalt Consoles

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ETC have introduced the Cobalt family of consoles to their ever expanding range of lighting desks. ETC claim that Cobalt is designed from the ground up to get you from thought to reality as quickly as possible. Using short commands coupled with direct-access touchscreen tools makes it easier to do what you want faster than ever. There are three options announced: Cobolt 20 Cobalt 20 … [Read more...]