Cape Town, South Africa based C&S Audio is a busy rental operation run by Donald Clark who has recently invested in over 80 new Robe fixtures - a mix of ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E AT moving lights - and the first of the new LEDForce 18s - in the country. Delivered by Robe's South African distributor DWR, the new Robe moving lights - have replaced all C&S's previous mid range units … [Read more...]
PSI Lights Easter Sunday Mass
Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied rigging services and lighting equipment for the Easter Sunday Mass live broadcast from St Peter’s Cathedral in west Belfast. The event‘s lighting was designed by John Gallagher and the show broadcast on RTE1. Dedicated in 1866, St Peter's was the first Catholic Church in Belfast to be built in the Gothic ‘revival’ style. Its commanding position … [Read more...]
PSI’s big weekend
Leading Northern Irish lighting rental company Production Services Ireland enjoyed a massively busy Bank Holiday weekend, servicing three major events in the province. The first was a one-off gig by New York indie darlings the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in St George’s Market, Belfast; the second was the 3-day Belsonic Festival staged at Customs House Square, central Belfast; and the third was “Live at the … [Read more...]
Gearhouse SA supplies R Kelly shows
Gearhouse South Africa supplied lighting, sound and video production plus crew for triple Grammy Award winning US RnB/urban singer/songwriter R Kelly's first visit to South Africa. The 5 days of production rehearsals at Sun City Superbowl was followed by one show there and another at Cape Town's Grand West Casino. The project was managed for Gearhouse by Michael Lewis, and their teams worked … [Read more...]
HSL is a winner at O ond 1
HSL supplied moving and digital lights plus LED elements to the latest series of "0 ond 1", a Welsh language travel quiz show produced by Boomerang for S4C. The rig was specified by lighting designer Martyn Rourke and the 8 shows were recorded in a week at Omni Studios near Cardiff, Wales. Rourke's rig included 30 Robe ColorWash 700E AT and 4 Vari*Lite VL 3000 Spot moving lights, CK iColor … [Read more...]
