The UK’s Festive holidays ignited the zany and uniquely British performance phenomena of pantomime which came to theatre stages up and down the UK! This year lighting designer Andy Webb was delighted to be asked to design two high-profile panto shows.
The brand-new Chaparral High School in the central Texas city of Killeen opened its doors in August 2022 with a state-of-the-art performing arts wing designed to elevate student learning.
American rapper Pitbull’s Can’t Stop Us Now tour has been zigzagging its way around the US with a backdrop of energetic visuals displayed on three vertical LED screens driven by Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers.
Anolis ArcPar 150 Outdoor architectural luminaires have been installed for a ground-breaking urban lighting renovation scheme – halving the power consumption – in and around the vibrant Gerland Park district of Lyon, France.
A zactrack real-time tracking system was specified and used to control over 400 moving lights for the 51st United Arab Emirates National Day Ceremony which featured creative direction and design by Es Devlin and was produced by People Creative.
Theme park Toverland in Sevenum, The Netherlands, faced the challenge of opening its doors outside the standard theme park season for its immersive ‘Winter Feelings’ experience and successfully turned to Antari snow machines supplied by Highlite International BV to add to the wintery ambiance.
A stunning light art installation created by Ben Cisterne and comprising 450 Astera NYX Bulbs graces the ceiling of the newest Great Southern Land permanent gallery at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in Canberra.
Philadelphia’s HiJinx Festival transformed the Pennsylvania Convention Center into a massive two-night EDM New Year’s Eve party, bringing a stellar lineup of bass heavy DJs who played out amid mind-bending lighting that was designed to uplift and thrill.
Hugely successful Swedish pop supergroup GES (a nifty acronym derived from the surnames of three of the country’s biggest singing stars – Anders Glenmark, Orup (Thomas Eriksson) and Niklas Strömstedt – continued a rollercoaster tour that started in 2021, wrapping up 2022 with a 33-date sold-out residency at Stockholm’s famous Cirkus venue.
Spanish lighting designer Antonio Arrabal (AAI, Lighting Designers Association of Spain) used Astera NYX Bulbs to illuminate a series of scenic spheres that were an integral narrative element of the Índigo Teatro company’s latest production, Viaje al Planeta de Todo es Posible.
