Lewis Capaldi is currently touring the States, having recently completed his biggest European tour to date, visiting arenas in 32 cities over two months. Having played one of the last concerts before lockdown in March 2020, the Scot was out with a lighting package provided by Neg Earth, and new conceptual stage scenography orchestrated by Cassius Creative. This was constructed largely around GLP...
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Crowds congregate annually at the base of ‘Smart Alex’ ski trail in Ontario to watch the state’s finest freestyle skiers and snowboarders perform choreographed flips and tricks off the 50ft Big Air Jump, accompanied by music, lights, fireworks and all manner of show sizzle. To provide this for the ‘The Big Air Show’, as the event is known, required the building of a technical infrastructure, with...
GLP lighting solutions have been no strangers to Post Malone’s stage scenography over the years, and his latest Twelve Carat tour – with Dan Norman (of Evolve Lights) now in charge of the visuals – is no exception. Introduced to the creative team in 2019 to help program new songs that were added to the Runway tour, he has subsequently worked consistently with the Posty Touring team, along with...
The German TV version of I Can See Your Voice ran under a new name, Show Us Your Voice ( Zeig Uns Deine Stimme), for its third season on RTL. The show format pits talented singers against full-playback vocal imposters, with a rating duo – aided by a rotating cast of celebrities – tasked with figuring out who can really sing and who’s just pretending. David Kreileman and Tim Franken, as cameraman...
Between the months of May and September, Berlin band SEEED were busy playing open-air and festival dates in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (including eight concerts in their home town alone). And wherever the 14-piece band performs, a good atmosphere is assured. LD Timo Martens has been with the band for 22 years, and both musicians and crew are like family to him. On the other hand, 16 GLP...
In 2020, we published a story about In Light Collective and their art installation In Light: of the time . The installation used projected art and poetry to express the impact that police violence continues to have in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community. In Light: of the time was co-curated and designed by Lighting Designers Brandon Stirling Baker and Alan Edwards, who had...
Created by the Olivier Award-winning Mischief Theatre, Groan Ups is a brand-new comedy that looks at just what it means to ‘grow up’. Following an unruly class of six-year-olds, the show asks how far we choose who we become, or whether our paths are already written. The show initially ran in London’s West End at the Vaudeville Theatre and has now embarked on a UK Tour. Having worked on previous...
ArtsEd is a world-renowned centre of excellence for training in the performing arts. As part of its diverse portfolio of training, it offers an MA acting course which focuses on building versatile performers by developing their voice and identity to become bold, brave and ready for the industry. As part of the programme, the students take part in what’s known as the MA Season; an opportunity for...
Inspired by the events of the past 18 months, Isolation is a digital performance piece which examines what happens when people from different backgrounds suddenly find themselves placed in bubbles. Commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre, it was created and directed by Lukas McFarlane and features a lighting design by Will Alder. With a strong reputation for supplying both theatre and broadcast...
Located in the heart of the Sussex countryside, Glyndebourne is one of the most renowned and celebrated opera houses in the world, delivering performances to over 150,000 people on an annual basis. Every Summer, it normally hosts the Glyndebourne Festival: a world-class opera season which plays to audiences in its state-of-the-art indoor auditorium. The technical team at Glyndebourne recently...