Since the launch of the last White Light website in 2006, the company has grown dramatically. The company is now the UK, European or exclusive distributor for 20 of the world's finest lighting manufacturers, and offer products from many other manufacturers besides, says the company.
"Our last website served us well," notes Bryan Raven, White Light's managing director
HSL was again working for the event's overall technical production suppliers The Design Group from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in an operation co-ordinated by event technical director Eyal Lavee and technical production manager Elad Mainz from Stage Design, and project managed for HSL by Mike Oates.
Lighting for the stunni
Speirs' career as an architectural lighting designer spanned almost 30 years and included projects across the world including Madrid's Barajas Airport, Gateshead's Millennium Bridge, Dubai's Burj Al Arab Tower, the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, The Copenhagen Opera House, the interior of St Paul's Cathedral, London and the Beijing Capital International Airport
"Fly Piggy Fly is a young, vibrant production company based in Port Elizabeth," commented Dave Whitehouse from DWR Distribution. "This is their first lighting purchase. They always rented in gear and with P.E. not being very central, they would have to hire from outside areas." DWR Distribution supplied the order.
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"I chose the RevEAL LED Profile for the keylighting of the judges since the light provided me with a beautiful, flat field and for the fact that I could choose any colour temperature that I wanted-and maintain that balance," e
A timely debut - the ABTT Show followed closely behind the Theatres Trust Conference on Delivering Sustainable Theatres. Graham Eales, general manager for Philips Selecon discusses, "The prototype LED Fresnel is built around the same engine as the popular Selecon PLCyc1 , PL1 and PL3 LED luminaires. Not only does it look and beh
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Martin Tarpy comes to Northern Light from leading installer TMC, where he had worked for more than 20 years. Tarpy will be a project manager for Northern Light and will be involved in the design and installation of lighting, sound, AV, media and stage systems across a range of Northern Light projects - beginning with a raft of schools in the Birmingham area.
Tarpy said, "After 20 years of working with TMC, I'm sure working anywhere else will be a shock to the s
The world premiere was staged in the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio, Covent Garden. Set inside a specially built room the audience and performers were arranged on four sides of a centrally located sunken orchestra pit. The room, comprising four high walls each of which feature a built in video screen, are washed throughout with various colours to denote the changing
Lighting equipment was supplied by Knoxville, Tennessee based TERI Productions and co-ordinated for them by Brad White. Blagg has worked with AKUS for around ten years, and his creative starting point for this design was the fact that Krauss likes a very intimate atmosphere onstage which is conducive to her music an
Six grandMA2 consoles and over 200 Clay Paky moving lights were utilised in programming and lighting this part of the event, which included a stellar line up of UK artists and performers.
Marenghi specified Clay Paky moving lights for the stage, while his associate LD and lead programmer Tim Routledge chose two
The two companies guarantee the full compatibility of their devices to simplify virtual show creation and reduce programming times.
Thanks to this collaboration between Lightconverse and Coemar, the virtual lighting effects of Coemar products can be simulated at the design stage and important information can be obtained from the light designers even before the product is available on the market.
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Martin Kubánka was once again the lighting designer - his fourteenth year of Miss Universe SK! The lighting equipment included a substantial Robe moving light rig - supplied by Q-99, Slovakia's leading technical production and rental operation.
Kubánka was given an open brief as to how to light the show.
As well as a new vision switcher, production area and studio floor upgrade, the studi
Paule's prolific design portfolio includes creating lit environments for the highest profile international theatre and opera productions, and her work is renowned worldwide for its experimentation, invention and creativity.
She had not used Color Force products before, but sought a powerful, well sized lightsource that could be utilised as an even spre
Hunt is a founding director of Pharos and his appointment as managing director reflects his current responsibility for the management of the growing international sales team and the day-to-day operation of the company.
Hicks joined the company in 2006 as a software developer, quickly progressing to technical product manager. As technical
The system is based on the successful MTC- BATTEN2 and uses 18x8W quadcolour LEDs combined with a specially coated barn door reflector to give an even wash of light up to 5m plus. It is designed for lighting cycloramas and large flats, making it suitable for use in theatres and corporate presentations.
The CycWash system has already been specified for installations by some of the leading installation and consultancy companies, having seen it in operation at the show.
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Since the open house will be held in Elation's new showroom, visitors will have the opportunity to see the company's lighting and video products in real
The venue regularly reinvents itself in order to keep on top of the city's club scene and the latest transformation saw a new Martin lighting system installed courtesy of Josh Frey Productions, the club's preferred lighting installer.
Production manager David Fairless received an all Martin lighting pack
Audioscène supplied the lighting and the W-DMX for this event and managed by Paris-based W-DMX distributor CSI-France.
The client wished not to impinge on and distort the scene but highlight each relief and ornament of the palace and Audioscène co-manager Vincent Cognard was asked to provide discreet and quiet products. Two Wireless Solution W-DMX BlackBox F-1 transmitters were used to send
The series is recorded at Fountain TV Studios in Wembley, London, and broadcast on ITV 1.
Presented by Philip Schofield, contestants can win up to £250,000 of prize money by completing straightforward tasks within a 4 x 4m perspex cube, which becomes extremely challenging with the addition of disorientating visuals and sonic ef
Set designer Brian Thomson's minimal but striking stage design was dominated by a giant chandelier, measuring 9m x 9m, which sparkled with thousands of Swarovski crystals symbolising the world of Verdi's much-loved opera with its glittering Parisian salons. The chandelier was suspended from a 26m crane, blackened out so that it is invisible against the night sky.
The La Traviata chandelier
The new 100 million euro development in the Czech Republic's third largest city is one of the largest inner-city development projects in the country and part of one of central Europe's largest urban revitalisations .
The spacious multi-level environment was designed by architect Har Hollands from Dutch company T+T Design, working with Czech architects K4 from Brno.
It includes hundreds of
The band's show visuals were designed by Andy Hurst. As it was also the band's only UK festival appearance this summer Hurst wanted to do something on an epic and grand scale.
HSL's Mike Oates project managed with HSL's Tim Fawkes working as system and console tech on-site,
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