Claypaky lights Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party
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Unique Assembly produced Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2023/24 for Edinburgh Council and Event Scotland. The four-day programme ushering in the New Year included Björn Again, headlining the Night Afore Disco Party and an all-night cèilidh and live band party. Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens hosted some 50,000 party-goers at the Street Party and Concert in the Gardens, where everyone looked to the hilltop Castle as midnight approached.
Lighting designer Ben Terry was tasked with enhancing the crucial moment and showcasing Edinburgh Castle as the centrepiece of Hogmanay. To achieve this, he aligned 10 Claypaky Skylos laser-source searchlights and 16 Xtylos Aqua IP66-rated laser-source moving heads along the Argyll Battery, the main artillery defence on the north side of the Castle in days gone by.
“I hoped the Skylos would have the punch to fill the sky and be seen through the firework smoke. They definitely delivered and were incredibly eye-catching,” Terry reports. “The Xtylos Aqua were tried and tested from their use in last year’s Hogmanay, and once again, they proved to be bright, colourful, and versatile.”
Terry found that the complement of Skylos and Xtylos Aquas fixtures “were visible from all over the city in both white and colour with a good range of beam versatility with the zoom and prisms.” He was also “super impressed at how punchy they were when zoomed out into the fatter beam.”
Programmer Martin McLachlan joined Terry for the event. CP Wave is the UK and Ireland’s official partner for Claypaky providing on-the-ground sales, service and support.
