Lighting

Clay Paky breathes light into resurrected Manchester's Albert Hall

Manchester's Albert Hall is host to a large number of touring acts (photo: Jack Kirwin)

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Manchester-based lighting specialists dbn Lighting specified Clay Paky fixtures when designing a lightweight and versatile rig for the renovation of the city's Grade II listed, multi-purpose Albert Hall.

The early 20th century gothic chapel underwent major renovation to convert it into one of the city's most happening music venues. Stephen Page of dbn Lighting was called upon to design a lightweight and versatile lighting solution that could take care of all genres of entertainment lighting.

"The weight capacity of the Albert Hall's roof is limited so we couldn't use anything too heavy," explains Page. "I also wanted the equipment to be as discreet as possible so size of fixture was also important. The reliability and compact build of the Clay Paky fixtures w

The walls of historic Fort St Angelo, were lit up with a stunning light display

W-DMX helps Malta celebrate 10 Years in the EU

Details: 14 March 2016

Malta - W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden once again helped pull off the impossible at Malta's 10 year anniversary celebration of joining the European Union. Malta's accession to the EU in May 2004 began a new chapter in the island's history and it was a common goal to make the anniversary a truly spectacular event.

The celebration would not have gone on as planned without Wireless Solution delivering a system setup of 8 W-DMX universes to span Malta's Grand Harbour to four points with up to 1000m distance - and all delivered within three days.

The main focal point, the walls of his

Katy Perry's tour will continue to play North American dates through October

PRG Nocturne on Katy Perry's Prismatic World Tour

Details: 14 March 2016

USA / UK - Having completed the first European leg of her Prismatic World Tour and now starting dates throughout North America, Katy Perry invites her audiences into a visually stunning concert experience. "Everything with Katy is larger than life so the design needed to reflect that. The stage itself is a statement," points out show director and designer Baz Halpin. Helping Halpin and Perry make that strong visual statement is PRG Nocturne.

Supporting her album, Prism and calling the tour the Prismatic World Tour, Perry had a vision of where to start in

AC-ET's UK sales director, Jonathan Walters and Amanda Thompson, MD of Blackpool Pleasure Beach and president of Stageworks Worldwide Productions

Jands Vista L5 controls Blackpool's Hot Ice Show

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Top UK amusement park, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, are using Jands' flagship Vista L5 console to control the lighting on their latest production of the world-famous Hot Ice Show ice skating spectacular.

One of the UK's most popular attractions, with nearly 20,000 visitors per week, skaters travel from across the globe to take to the ice in Blackpool for what has become the world's longest running ice show. Included in the impressive line-up are stars from ITV's Dancing On Ice, as well as Olympic and professional skaters.

Hot Ice Show is created, produced and

The technology was scaled up for this year's Awards

PR Lighting out in force for Ghana music industry

Details: 14 March 2016

Ghana - PR Lighting's comprehensive portfolio of discharge and LED automated lighting were in full evidence at the recent 15th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), organised by Charterhouse Ghana.

The company's subsidiary, Charterhouse Production, also masterminded the technical infrastructure at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) for an event that seeks to foster the development of the Ghanaian music industry and reward the artistes, producers, recording labels and other industry professionals. They handled all aspects of the event, provision of lights, stage and set des

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