It has been another glorious panto season for HSL, supplying lighting for over 30 productions all across the UK predominately for premier panto producer, Qdos during the 2015 / 16 festive period, plus rigging and a Kinesys automation system for the largest show, Peter Pan at the 3000 seater Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow. Nineteen trucks packed with kit left HSL’s HQ in Blackburn, Lancashire – … [Read more...]
Renegade Smashes It with Lighting & Video Design for Kasabian Tour
2014 has been a full-tilt year for UK rock band Kasabian with a massive homecoming gig in Victoria Park, Leicester in the summer followed by their acclaimed Sunday night headliner slot at Glasto. The year ended with equal style and gusto with a sold out European and UK arena tour, complete with a daring and ambitious show design by Nick Gray from Renegade whose creative magic ensured something … [Read more...]
HSL Passes Grammar Test
Blackburn UK based lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting and a brand new LED product to the highly acclaimed and much anticipated first full production tour by super-hot trip hop trio London Grammar. On the tour, HSL supplied a new GoldPix 77 LED surface. This is a 500 X 500 mm panel populated with 7 x 7 warm white LEDs with very narrow beam optics, which is incredibly … [Read more...]
Entec Invests in Latest Clay Paky Technology for Mark Knopfler Tour
West London based rental company Entec is supplying lighting and rigging equipment and crew to the UK and European legs of legendary singer songwriter guitarist and music producer Mark Knopfler’s 2013 “Privateering” tour, with lighting designed by the also illustrious Simon Tutchener! Entec made a major investment in the latest Clay Paky moving lights – buying 38 Alpha Spot QWO 800s and 20 … [Read more...]
Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures Join Jay-Z and Kanye West
Hip hop kings Jay-Z and Kanye West have teamed on a second, eight-week leg of their Watch The Throne North American tour where Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures are playing a key role. The tour, which ends in Vancouver just before Christmas, supports the rappers’ joint LP released in August and features solo cuts from their own catalogs. Solotech, which is providing all the tour’s lighting, rigging … [Read more...]
