On 16 January 2020, the grand finale of Riyadh Season, Leila, The Land Of Imagination took place at the King Fahd Stadium. Created by Marco Balich and his all-female creative team from BWS, the spectacular event captured the essence of Saudi Arabia through an adventurous 10-year-old lead character, Leila, symbolising the next generation of Saudis who will experience the realities of the changing kingdom, established by Vision 2030. Balich Worldwide Shows commissioned CT to provide site-wide projection for the large scale production. CT used 89 Panasonic RZ-31k and 21K projectors and Epson EB-L1755U laser projectors with ultra-short throw lenses to span…
Author: Peter Iantorno
Johannesburg-based MGG enjoyed a hectic end-of-year season, supplying several high-profile shows and events with technical production packages. The projects ranged from large outdoor festival stages, to parties, to corporate events and awards shows. December started with the end of a two-week run of Afrikaans is Groot (AIG) shows staged at the Sun International Time Square Sun Arena in Pretoria, which MGG is also the house technical services provider for. Now in its eighth consecutive year of involvement with the production, AIG is a flagship for MGG, which once again supplied lighting, video, audio, rigging and staging for organisers, Coleske Artists.…
The very first edition of the MDL Beast held from 19 to 21 December, 2019 in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, was an immediate hit. The stellar line-up included 28 international music acts, including Tiesto, Steve Aoki, David Guetta, Martin Garrix as well as 24 home-grown Saudi Arabian DJs. Entertainment offerings were split across five stages, with PRG delivering 360° technology and production services, utilising the collective capabilities of the PRG teams from the UAE, UK, Belgium, Germany and France. The PRG team set up a total of 480 tonnes of equipment on-site, including audio, lighting, video and rigging for all five…
With Expo 2020 set to attract over 20 million visitors to the UAE and the broader Middle East region, this promises to be a bumper year for the hospitality sector. As high-quality audio plays a pivotal role in elevating guest experiences across private rooms, restaurants, meeting and conference halls and common areas, Sennheiser sees tremendous potential for its solutions to deliver the all-essential differentiating edge that hotels require to capitalise on the influx of travellers. Highlighting that luxury hotels and four-star properties account for 59% of Dubai’s total inventory, Mig Cardamone, Director of Sales and Marketing at Sennheiser Middle East,…
Scania, a leading global manufacturer of trucks and buses, recently launched its new product line for the African market at a much-anticipated launch event, held at Montecasino, Johannesburg. Blue Moon brought on board Dream Sets to manufacture the set and exhibition areas and to deliver technical services for the event. Toni Van Oostenrijk of SpaceCadet, who took the lead role in designing the set, drew inspiration from the front grill of the new Scania trucks, which he worked into the design of the bar and reception area. “When we proposed this idea to the client, they seemed a little skeptical,”…
Both eclipse Staging Services and eclipse Venue Services have received the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification, an internationally recognised standard that assures uniformity in the quality of products and services to fulfil customer requirements through an effective quality management system. For eclipse, this means adherence to maintaining a quality service, enhanced customer satisfaction and increased efficiency in resources. “We are pleased to have passed the rigorous company-wide external audit and achieved the well-regarded ISO 9001:2015 certification through our management’s commitment to QHSE programmes in close cooperation with all our staff,” Manu Abraham, Group HSE Manager at eclipse commented. “This is…
eclipse provided a full technical supply to Wake Up Call, bringing artists including Rita Ora, Disclosure and Rufus Du Sol to the shores of the iconic Palm Jumeirah at the W Dubai – The Palm for the three-day luxe music festival. Previous renditions of the event were held at the W Hotels in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Bali, each boasting star-studded line-ups. The event, produced by IMG Live for Marriott International, was the second venture that eclipse joined forces with IMG Live for, following Gwen Stefani’s concert at the grand opening of the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in 2017. Overseeing the…
The latest series of popular Afrikaans language music quiz Noot vir Noot saw Ryan Lombard, H.O.D of show lighting for lighting suppliers Blond Productions, specify Robe moving lights all over the rig. Broadcast on South Africa’s SABC2 channel, the programme is the longest continually running TV game show in the country – first broadcast in 1991 and presented for the last 28 years by Johan Stemmet. He finally stepped down in January this year to focus on other projects including producing Noot vir Noot through his company, Stemmburg Television. Actor and singer, Emo Adams was revealed as the fresh new…
LED screen specialist ADI is expanding into the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The company is looking to establish a permanent base in the region and is actively recruiting for a number of commercial and operational roles. Known for the world’s largest and highest resolution range of mobile LED screens, along with solutions in modular LED, video distribution and production, ADI already has experience in delivering events in the Middle East, having supplied the ABB FIA Formula E Ad Diriyah E-Prix in 2018. ADI delivered over 650 sq m of stunning modular screens as the international electric street racing championship made…
PRGdeltasound has invested in 48 channels of Shure Axient Digital wireless quad receiver. The investment is further complemented with ADX1, AD1, ADX2/KSM9 and AD2/KSM8 TX units and three AXT600UK (Axient Spectrum Manager) systems. “We do a lot of shows now that need high levels of redundancy, so the ADX1s and ADX2s dual frequency along with the Showlink and Spectrum Manager enables us to scan and have frequency backups for single artists on the same unit,” commented PRGdeltasound’s Director of Projects, Al Woods. “PRGdeltasound does an awful lot of important shows for both local and international clients. Our clients are becoming more tech savvy…
Dubai’s favourite music festival, Party in the Park returned to the lawns of the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre with the likes of Fatboy Slim, Richard Ashcroft and Lighthouse Family, making it a jam-packed day of music organised by DGT Events. Up to the task of handling the sizeable production was eclipse Staging Services, who provided lighting, audio, video and rigging. As well as bringing in international names, the popular family event saw a host of local acts on stage such as The Boxtones, Hollaphonic and The Supernovas amongst others in the lineup. Initially set to be a two-day festival, Party…
Neumann&Müller Event Technology (N&M) recently hosted its first come2meet event at its warehouse in Dubai Investment Park (DIP). Gathering a selection of industry professionals, the event showed-off the same state-of-the-art AV technology that the event technology company utilises for its clients’ world-class events. Showcasing its newly launched divisions – namely System Integration, Digital Media, and Information and Communications Technology – the event featured an Augmented Reality demonstration and interactive digital media, ICT and SI presentations. “N&M’s full-service, turnkey audio-visual solutions – which help our partners create world-class content and bring their concepts to life – definitely offered us an edge…
