World firsts are always exciting and invigorating, so when French artist and music producer Michael Canitrot collaborated with show director Romain Pissenem from High Scream and became the first DJ ever to perform at the Statue of Liberty in Upper New York Bay with “Liberty Lights” … Robe lighting was also super-proud to be part of the art! This was another unique performance inspired by Michael’s...
Vienna, Austria-based technical and production company Concept Solutions this year won the tender to deliver full technical production for the STARnacht series of concerts – three popular music ‘spectacular’ events broadcast live on national TV and staged in exquisite locations nationwide, all in close proximity to water. Enjoyed by live audiences of around 9,000 a night all up for a great evening...
Halo – a leading London-based event production company founded and run by Yann Guenancia – has a long relationship with Robe lighting, going back to the early 2000s, when the company first invested in a set of 20 x Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs. Back then, event lighting was only just starting to embrace the flexibility offered by moving lights and these Robe products were a bold move by Halo, based on...
The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee final week whittled nearly 250 genius spellers from across the USA and around the world down to 10 super spellers who spelled off a thrilling live televised finale to the famous contest. The event was staged for the first time in a new venue, the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington DC. Lighting ‘Bee Week’ – also for the first time – was John Viesta, invited...
The Maatea (main) Stage at the 2026 Moorea Festival in France featured an impressive array of international electronic and EDM artists and an equally dazzling lighting design by Loic Esparraga – of Paris-based design studio MIND – with 48 x Robe GigaPointe moving lights at the core of the aesthetic. The festival, which started in 2024 and is growing and developing each year, was staged in the...
Robe lighting was proud to be a technical partner for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), staged with all the glamour, glitz, energy, sparkle, sheer Eurovision joy and superlative production values you would expect … last weekend at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. The 70th edition of the world’s best-known international pop extravaganza was organised by the European Broadcasting...
The 154-metre-high Berlin Radio Tower in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany, was illuminated in a spectacular lightshow featuring 32 x Robe iBOLT high-powered moving lights and 36 x Robe iESPRITE LTL luminaires on March 20th to mark its 100th anniversary year. The event planning and implementation were carried out by TSE AG, Berlin, on behalf of their client, Messe Berlin GmbH, which...
BravoCon Live with Andy Cohen is a supersized, five-episode televised event in the spirit of Andy’s nightly talk show WWHL (Watch What Happens Live). The show is a joyous, upbeat celebration of the world of Bravo’s most popular reality shows and series, featuring the stars and celebrities (Bravolebrities) who make them rock. The late-night style event comes complete with panel discussions, games...
Australian technical and event production specialist Harry the Hirer Productions used all 80 of their new Robe iFORTE moving lights on a major leadership conference for Telstra – Australia’s largest telecommunications and technology company – staged in the Grand Pavilion of the Melbourne Showgrounds. The scope of a highly dynamic and flexible production lighting design included illuminating a...
As our industry slowly returns to work, AAPTLE members are eager to make theatre again and to collaborate with our fellow artists and theatre workers. Let’s work together to share best practice and create vibrant, inclusive, accessible and representative theatre and live entertainment of which we can all be proud.