The 1975 headline Glastonbury with largest deployment ever of GLP JDC2 IP
Choosing the Glastonbury Festival for their only live performance of the year, Friday headline band The 1975 relied heavily on their long-standing production designer Tobias Rylander and ...
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Gearhouse Splitbeam keeps all options open with Robe
Johannesburg-based theatrical lighting rental specialist Splitbeam – part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group – has invested in new Robe ESPRITE Fresnels and Tetra2 moving lights to ...
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LD Alec Morris harnesses Obsidian NX2 for Steve Hackett DVD shoot at Royal Albert Hall
Lighting designer and operator Alec Morris of Anthrolight Productions turned to Obsidian Control Systems’ powerful NX2 lighting console for one of the most high-profile shows of his ...
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Andre’ Petrus comes full circle on John Legend Get Lifted 20th Anniversary Tour with CHAUVET Professional
“Getting the chance to design John Legend’s 20th Anniversary of Get Lifted was a full circle moment for me,” said Petrus, of Outrage Media Group. “I clearly ...
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PLASA Awards for Innovation 2025 open for entries
Celebrating some of the most forward-thinking technology across lighting, audio, AV, staging, rigging and beyond, the awards recognise products that bring something genuinely new to the table, ...
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LD Systems ramps up the Robe for Rodeo Houston
Lighting designer Nathan Brittain from Houston, Texas-based lighting rental specialist LD Systems oversaw a major lighting upgrade for the live concert element of this year’s Houston Livestock ...
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Ed Warren sets the mood for Mumford and Sons “Tour Before The Tour” with ChamSys
Stepping back from the whirlwind of one’s usual life isn’t just a chance to “get away from it all.” For some, most notably creative types, it’s also ...
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Robe ESPRITES for Singapore ballet production
Singapore-based lighting designer Adrian Tan of The Light Project recently utilised 32 Robe ESPRITE moving lights – 16 Profiles and 16 Fresnels – to light a production ...
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GLP X5 Series meets highest demands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
At the recent Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (JESC) in Madrid last November, the lighting design by Raphaël Demonthy (Sunrise Studios GmbH) was based around finely tuned ...
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Over 170 CHAUVET Professional fixtures light Chase & Status at Coachella
The “monarchs of the UK electronic music scene.” That is how one critic described Chase & Status. A lofty title to be sure, but anyone who’s ever ...
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CAPE CROSS invests in GLP impression S500
CAPE CROSS Entertainment Services GmbH is a technical full-service provider for film, TV, shows, events and sports based in Cologne. In 2025 it is celebrating its 25th ...
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Litecom puts Robe on the rig
Litecom, one of Denmark’s lighting, visual and rigging rental companies and a major supplier in all broadcast areas – music, games shows, entertainment plus multiple sports events ...
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GLP Impression X5 IP Bars play key role in Topdog/Underdog
When experienced theatre LD Jared Sayeg started planning the design for Topdog/Underdog – Suzan Lori-Parks’ darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity at the Pasadena ...
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Robe Tetras take the LEAD
Tel Aviv-based creative lighting design studio LEAD founded by Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner – produced an eye-popping, sculptural lighting design concept for the Israeli tech company ...
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Follow-Me brings ultimate performer tracking to Mamma Mia! The Party Rotterdam
The dynamic production of Mamma Mia! The Party in Rotterdam has set a new standard for live theatre, with the Follow-Me Track-iT system at the heart of ...
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Costa Cruises rocks Sanremo with iBOLT show
Aligning a special seven-night cruise with the finale of the world-famous Sanremo Music Festival – which chooses Italy’s Eurovision pick each year – Costa Cruises and Carnival ...
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Schaffelaar Theatre ‘PAINTES the town’
Schaffelaar Theatre in Barneveld, The Netherlands, is a popular and busy receiving house with a constant flow of shows – musicals, dance, cabaret, comedy and concerts of ...
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HOFtheater in the Netherlands welcomes a new era with Elation Lighting
The HOFtheater, a prominent cultural venue in the Dutch town of Raalte, has taken a major step towards the future by investing in cutting-edge LED lighting technology ...
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Robe adds nuance to Hikaru Utada’s Science Fiction tour design
Creative studio FragmentNine (F9) led by Jeremy Lechterman was asked by creative director/production designer Jason Ardizzone-West of JAW Studio to collaborate on the lighting elements of an ...
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Oliver! makes a triumphant return to the West End with help from White Light – a d&b solutions company
The much-loved musical Oliver! has made a triumphant return to the West End at the Gielgud Theatre. With Simon Lipkin as Fagin, Shanay Holmes as Nancy, and Aaron ...
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June 2025 issue
2025 A1 Buyers Guide
