Keith Urban’s 2018 world tour in support of his tenth studio album, Grafitti U, kicked off in North America in June 2018 and is currently touring Australia. The tour’s production design firm, FragmentNine, chose no less than 68 Ayrton MagicPanel-R fixtures to add depth, dynamism and texture throughout this thoroughly creative and dynamic show. Video…
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…
The National Theatre, situated on London’s South Bank, has been a revered national institution for over fifty years. Its three theatres, the 1110-seat Olivier, the 890-seat Lyttelton and the 400-seat Dorfman, play host to a wide range of theatre performances from bold new work to re-imagined modern classics. The NT technical department have the responsibility…
Elite Audio Visual Productions have recently added 12 x Claypaky Axcor Beam 300s and a whopping 56 x ShowPro LED FusionPARs to their hire inventory. EAVP’s Brock Preston is on a mission to ensure all of their lighting gear is LED based and as the demand for an LED beam fixture grew, the Claypaky Axcor…
ABC ushered in 2019 with a star-studded concert on the Boardwalk of the Sydney Opera House. Australians around the country and people around the world tuned into the ABC to celebrate the biggest night of the year, New Year’s Eve. 3.6 million viewers partied the night away, tuning in to The Night is Yours concert,…
London, England – The world was watching London on New Year’s Eve as the city’s biggest firework display welcomed in the New Year. Renowned lighting designer Durham Marenghi used 36 Claypaky Mythos 2 to provide energetic aerial effects, light the audience and to cut through the bright display. The annual event is hosted by the…
World – Claypaky Mythos 2 fixtures have accompanied British alternative rock band Nothing But Thieves (NBT) on their extensive tour around Europe and the United States. The band’s long-term lighting designer Steve Bewley specified the Mythos 2 for the fixture’s versatility to help him to deliver a dramatic and dynamic set. “I’ve used Claypaky on…
The Department of Theatre at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo has added 12 Claypaky Axcor Spot 300 moving LED fixtures to its inventory. The lights serve three theatres in the department’s complex as well as an additional performing space elsewhere on campus. The spots are making their debut during the 2018-19 theatre season. The Axcor…