The Elton John-Lee Hall coming of age musical Billy Elliot is the stuff of dreams, not just how they uplift, inspire and define an individual, but also how they run up against (and sometimes prevail over) harsh realities.
Even during the toughest times, those who look forward to the future give those around them reasons to hope for better days ahead. The team involved in the restoration of Teatro León demonstrated that in convincing fashion during the pandemic.
The 2021 MTV VMAs (Video Music Awards) was back in-person, in style and with a live audience at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City and making it extra special this year the event celebrated its 40th, so the pressure was on for lighting designer Tom Sutherland of DX7 Design to smash it in terms of visual flair for the occasion.
The management of Little Tijuana in Newark, New Jersey have invested in a significant quantity of ADJ lighting fixtures to enhance the atmosphere throughout the venue. These include LED pars in the indoor restaurant, IP-rated wash fixtures for the patio and rooftop spaces, as well as high impact dancefloor lighting for the after-hours lounge area.
Every summer since 2004, the world-famous Vienna Philharmonic has presented a large open-air concert in the park at Schönbrunn Palace. An indispensable part of the staging for some years now has been the impression of the S350 series from GLP.
Lighting designer Bas van der Poel from design practice Light Image used Robe’s brand new LEDBeam 350 moving light fixtures for the recording of a new series of German games show “99 - Eine:r schlägt sie alle!” (99 - One Beats Them All!).
Coinciding with Denmark’s “Freedom Day” – the lifting of all the current coronavirus restrictions – in September, an innovative and popular production of Jesus Christ Superstar featuring the Danish Chamber Orchestra (Danmarks Underholdningsorkester).
Measuring 88-metres long and 132-metres wide, with a roof 11,600 m2, the Sportpaleis is an impressive structure by any standard. But, for one weekend this September the big building and the neighboring Lotto Arena melted into intimate spaces of sound and light for Reverze, the internationally renowned hardstyle festival produced by Bass Events.
A grandMA3 control system was chosen to run a spectacular show with over 4,000 lighting fixtures – 3,000 of which were moving lights – and approximately 90,000 parameters at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, in a massive, live televised event with a cast of thousands that was one part of events commemorating 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Deutsches Theater in Berlin is one of Germany’s foremost producing houses, highly acclaimed for its cutting-edge work.
