This year’s event at The Intercontinental Park Lane served up more sizzling glitz than ever
UK - The annual London Club and Bar Awards has been celebrating the city’s thriving hospitality industry since 1994. This year’s event, which was held at The Intercontinental Park Lane, served up more sizzling glitz than ever, thanks to a stunning lighting design by Halo, which featured eight Maverick MK2 Spots, eight Maverick MK2 Washes, four STRIKE 4s and 12 Rogue R1 FX-Bs from Chauvet Professional.
At the heart of the design was the main stage that was used for the awards ceremony. Yann Guenancia, Halo project manager, drew on the intense output, rapid movements and colours of the Maverick lights to create a compelling sense of on-stage excitement.
Positioned from ceiling truss above the stage, Guenancia made use of the 440W superior brightness of the Maverick Spot fixtures to ensure excellent illumination of the award presentations. “The Maverick Spots provided the kind of powerful spot lighting you’d expect from an awards dinner of this calibre,” he said. “We were able to create a variety of captivating looks with these spots.”
In addition, Guenancia positioned eight Maverick Wash fixtures to build a backdrop of saturated colours on stage and ambient lighting where necessary. “The wash fixtures performed especially well thanks to their saturated colours and pixel mapping capabilities,” he said. “The combination of the Maverick Wash and Spot fixtures provided a solid visual base upon which to build some more experimental and edgy visuals to appease and surprise the bar savvy crowd.”
One of the most well received lighting additions to Guenancia’s rig were 12 Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures, which were positioned at the back of the stage to deliver dazzling eye candy and interesting visuals to the awards ceremony.
“The strength of the STRIKE for audience blinding was incredible,” commented Guenancia. “I love the STRIKE’s four tungsten emulating light sources and dimming curve. They really added a classic feel to the event.”
(Jim Evans)

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