The Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland (KAF) in Almere, the Netherlands, recently installed 16 Claypaky Axcor Spot 400 fixtures in its theatre. Claypaky distributor AED Nederland provided the compact, bright LED moving spotlights. KAF is a theatre and exhibition center in Almere, which opened in 2007 and was renovated and took its current name in 2016. The complex features three performance spaces …
Robert Juliat Dalis provides a green answer for RTL TVI
RTL-TVI, a Belgian television station owned by the RTL Group, is the most popular television channel within French-speaking Belgium. Amongst its highlights is its coverage of Champions League football which it delivers from an exciting, versatile virtual studio in Brussels, filmed against a green screen background created by Zero Density (www.zerodensity.tv). For the successful creation of this virtual studio, director …
Eurovision Song Contest ruled Tel Aviv: Huge MA system
MA Lighting was once again the control solution of choice for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest staged at the Tel Aviv Expo Centre, Israel, which featured a stunning lighting design created by Ronen Najar and Dakar Azulay. Twenty-six countries battled out the final whittled down from 41 original entries, watched live by a worldwide audience of around 200 million enthusiastic …
“Dare to Dream” with Claypaky at Eurovision Song Contest 2019
ABSTRACT:“Dare to Dream” was the slogan of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, won by the Netherlands’ Duncan Laurence and with lighting design by Ronen Najar and Dakar Azulay. Within the lighting rig were an unmissable 406 Claypaky fixtures, including the brand new Axcor 600 and Sharpy Plus, along with the timeless Sharpy Wash and Scenius Unico. Osram was once again …
Tel Aviv 2019 Eurovision Song Contest
FUN FACT FRIDAY: 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Tel Aviv• 2,100 Lighting fixtures in Eurovision• A total of 17 lighting desks to run lighting• 120,000 control parameters• 250 active DMX universes• The back wall has 527x Ayrton Magic Blades• 24 days of pre-programming for the lighting designer and their operators• 30 people to run lighting operations in show mode• 80,024 meters …
Robert Juliat still shines in The House of Dancing Water
Six Robert Juliat 600W LED Oz followspots have been installed as part of the recent upgrade of the spectacular Franco Dragone show, The House of Dancing Water in Macau’s City of Dreams. The powerful, long-throw LED models were supplied with push-pull, 6-way colour changers and heavy-duty adjustable yokes in anticipation of the show’s extremely busy schedule. The House of Dancing …
Eurovision – Australia Decides votes for grandMA3: “grandMA3 hardware has breathed new life into the established grandMA2 platform”
On 14 October 2018 the Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service SBS announced that for the first time, they would hold a national final to select the Australian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, to be staged in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Eurovision – Australia Decides national final recently took place at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. The …
Snow Patrol with Claypaky
London, England – Northern-Irish power pop band Snow Patrol embarked on a UK tour to support new album, Wilderness, which concluded with a spectacular show at London’s SSE Wembley Arena in February. Lighting and Show Designer Davy Sherwin selected Claypaky Scenius Unico as the only moving lights of the production. Sherwin has worked with the band since 2002 and describes …
Claypaky Packs a Punch for Davido at London’s O2 Arena
England, London – Nigerian music star Davido wowed 20,000 adoring fans with his epic production at London’s O2 Arena, lit by show designer Anthony Hazelden using Claypaky’s Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K10 fixtures. Briefed with creating a production on the same scale as a Nicki Minaj or Drake concert, Hazelden took to WYSIWYG to plan a show for the artist, …
Claypaky’s Axcor Profile 600 débuts in Italy in the wings of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Italy – The “Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” hosted the return of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story one hundred years after his birth (from 13 to 22 December). This musical theatre masterpiece is one of the most loved shows still performed today. The Florentine edition was directed by Federico Bellone and produced by WEC (World Entertainment Company), thanks to an …










