Creative Technology Middle East (CTME) has made a huge investment in new lighting equipment. This follows another substantial Robe purchase earlier in 2024.
The thirteenth edition of ParkCity Live took place on the last weekend of June in Heerlen’s Bekkerveld park (The Netherlands). Infinity and Showtec lighting products played a prominent role this year, bringing both the main stage and the dance tent to life.
Physicists define time and distance in terms of light for a reason: it seems to be everywhere at once, making it the ideal medium to show the passage of time in extraordinary journeys.
Lighting designer Christina Thanasoula of Athens, Greece-based creative design studio, Creative Lighting, has a penchant for invention and thinking out-of-the-box while crafting her art, and was recently a keynote speaker at the 2025 Showlight symposium in Dijon, France.
“We never do anything traditional. We never go through the front door. It's always the back door, or an open window or something”. That’s how Steve Harwell, the late lead singer of Smash Mouth, described the band’s unconventional approach to making music, in an interview with CNN.
Gearhouse Splitbeam of Johannesburg, part of South Africa’s Gearhouse Group, has updated and expanded its followspot inventory with the addition of 3 Robert Juliat Arthur LT 800W LED 4°-10° (Long Throw) followspots, supplied by Robert Juliat’s exclusive distributor for South Africa, DWR Distribution.
The Circlassica show returned to Madrid for the 2024-2025 season staged in the iconic IFEMA Madrid big white tent, with a new edition, Circlassica, la historia mundial continúa, produced by Productores de Sonrisas and lit by Juanjo Llorens who once again sprinkled some of his illuminative magic on the action.
Mottos are quite easy to make up, but living up to their grandiose claims? Well…that’s often another story, unless you are talking about Circus Knie 2025. This year, the iconic circus presented itself as offering “a mixture of fantasy, poetry and magic”. An idle claim? Hardly.
The largest beach party in Northern Europe has once again exceeded expectations. The Palmesus festival, held by the sea in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand, has delivered a large-scale show where music, the natural environment, and visual production merged into an unforgettable experience.
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 help service its busy, vibrant, and varied client base.
