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Robe Sponsors MotoGP Star Karel Abraham

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Robe lighting is sponsoring Czech MotoGP racer Karel Abraham for the 2013 Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix – the premier championship in the world of motorcycle road racing. Karel, aged 23 and born in Brno, Czech Republic, is competing as part of the Cardion AB team for the 2013 season, riding a super-charged new cutting-edge Aprilia ART (Aprilia Racing Technology) bike. Grand Prix … [Read more...]

Ranger Son Éclairage Invests in Robe

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Longueuil, Quebec based rental specialist Ranger Son Éclairage has invested in Robe moving lights, initially buying 16 ROBIN MMX Spots and then following up with 24 x LEDBeam 100s. The company was founded 15 years ago by François Ranger and is focused on servicing corporate events and presentations of all types, and providing design services and full turnkey solutions to the very highest … [Read more...]

Robe Takes A Candide Approach

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Lighting Designer Luke Harnett knew exactly which Robe moving lights he needed to specify to give a range of creative options needed to light the recent stage production of Bernstein’s comic operetta, Candide (based on the original powerful satire by Voltaire) at the Amey Theatre, Abingdon School, Oxfordshire, UK. He specified six Robe ROBIN DLX Spots and six LEDWash 300s for the … [Read more...]

Robe Shines “Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfe” Gala Benefit Events in Vienna & Munich

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Lighting designer Tino Weinhardt from Dessauer based rental company i:TECS Germany recently lit two high profile gala fundraiser events - in Munich and Vienna - for the "Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfe". Together, these raised nearly 2 million Euros for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. The events – staged at the Albert Schultz Ice Hall in Vienna and the Postpalast in Munich - were … [Read more...]

Painting with Light Goes Wild with Madagascar Live

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Luc Peumans from Genk, Belgium based creative visual design practice, Painting With Light, has designed stage and set lighting for the first arena touring production of Dreamworks’ ‘Madagascar LIVE!” Brought on-board by Netherlands based producers, Stage Entertainment Touring Productions, Peumans’ joined a seriously talented and acclaimed creative team on a show high in production values … [Read more...]