Named after the historic Chinese name of Singapore’s iconic Clifford Pier, the Lantern is a stylish rooftop bar on the 6th floor of the five‐star Fullerton Bay Hotel, with panoramic views of Marina Bay and the city skyline. Partly open air and partly covered, the large terrace is surrounded by greenery creating a rooftop garden environment where guests can enjoy food and cocktails, spectacular sunsets and sets from resident and visiting DJs. A recent upgrade to the sound syste

Clear‐Com® has appointed Brian Grahn as Market Outreach Manager of the Americas and Ben Turnwell as Business Development Manager for EMEA live, expanding their roles as the company continues to strengthen customer engagement across global markets. The appointments emphasize Clear‐ Com’s focus on building closer relationships with customers, consultants and Partners, while aligning its solutions more directly with the needs of evolving production and communication environments

HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, today announced the official opening of its newly revamped Experience Center in Singapore. Designed as a purpose‐built business Experience Center, the space demonstrates how HARMAN Professional solutions address customer needs across multiple vertical markets through real‐world applications and collaborative engagement. More than a traditional showroom, the space has been reimagined

GLP has added a significant new member to its impression X5 series – the impression X5 Dot Wash. This is the most compact fixture in the line to date, and it brings the colour quality, consistency and system logic of the X5 platform to an ultra‐compact form factor barely larger than a classic MR16 birdie. And it does so in complete colour harmony with the wider series. The X5 Dot Wash has been designed for applications where powerful, high‐ quality light is required in the ti

Irish indie‐folk trio Amble played three phenomenal sold‐out shows at Dublin’s 3 Arena – their largest headlining gigs to date – plus one at Belfast’s SSE Arena, cementing their popularity at the heart of Ireland’s lively music scene, complete with lighting designed by Steven Douglas. Steven leaned into using 68 x Robe iFORTE and 60 x Robe Spiider moving lights as the primary lighting and effects fixtures for the show, supplied, together with other lights, sound, video and rig

One of the UK’s leading theatre LDs, Neil Austin, has provided the inspiration for a new breakthrough GLP theatre light. For so long, theatre and architectural lighting designers have sought a perfect LED replacement for the classic miniature MR16 “Birdie” spotlight, which has proved so popular as a footlight solution and concealed stage set fixture down the years. Austin now believes that all technical parameters have now been met and are manifest in the new GLP X5 Dot. He h

“Winter Fairytale” was a popular large‐ scale special production performed by the Ansambel Saša Avsenika at Ljubljana’s Stožice Arena… and the first live music show in Slovenia to feature Robe iESPRITE LTL moving lights, which were newly purchased by rental company Intralite. Lighting designer Crt Birsa of Blackout Lighting Design had the honour of adding the iESPRITE LTLs to the rig for the Slovenian traditional folk music show, for which lighting was programmed and operated

One of the largest deployments ever of GLP’s market leading LED fixtures took place at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Las Vegasr. Los Angeles‐based creative company DX7 Design procured 270 of the JDC2 IP hybrid strobes from vendor PRG, along with 500 of the super‐ powerful JDC Burst 1, as their role this year extended far beyond simply outfitting the circuit grid and pit lane, reaching every corner of the city. And the dynamic of GLP’s ultra‐bright, flexible hybrids was key to t

American rock band Halestorm are on the road with the ‘nEVEREST’ world tour, complete with an epic lighting design by Mathias Kuhn matching their drama, energy and great music … with Robe moving lights among other fixtures on the rig. Mathias has worked with the band for three years, and for this tour, they wanted a slightly retro aesthetic and a raw, in‐your‐face lightshow! With no video or other potential distractions, all eyes were on lighting plus some scenic elements – a

Theatre lighting designer Howard Hudson leaned heavily on GLP’s X5 LED range when animating the Almeida Theatre’s stage production of The Line of Beauty, a portrait of Thatcher's Britain at its most divisive time. The challenge for Hudson was working with a white, minimal set, above a mirrored floor and telling an episodic story. This required a flexible lighting approach within the boutique London theatre, and GLP delivered. Hudson adopted eight each of the impression X5 Com

South African theatrical technical production specialist, Gearhouse Splitbeam, has invested in 16 new Robe iFORTE moving lights which are out on a major new GWB Entertainment production of the iconic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, “Cats”, one of the world’s longest running, most popular and successful musicals. Presented in collaboration with Peter Toerien Productions by arrangement with The Really Useful Group, and in association with Cape Town Opera, this production kicked off

A must‐see event on the North of France’s festive calendar ‐ the Spring Ball ‐ brought the Kursaal in Dunkirk to life to mark the end of the carnival season. A total of 50 units of Starway Superfast WET fixtures lit up the event, courtesy of PHENIX. Amélie Parsy, manager of PHENIX, and Valentin Nebati, the Ball’s lighting designer takes a look back at a superb performance of the fixture; “It was our first time using the Superfast WETs at an event,” explains Amélie. “We discov

Theater De Leest in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, is a contemporary cultural centrepiece of the city and its surrounding region, which opened in 1996. A major refurbishment 10 years ago saw the addition of the ‘new’ 200 capacity black box theatre hall complete with a retractable seating system, making it a flexible space, which, together with the existing 520‐ seater main auditorium, offers a vibrant programme of musicals, concerts, cabaret, family shows, opera, dance, youth thea

The MIR (Multimedia Integration Expo) trade show in Rimini, Italia, concluded with outstanding results, marking a major milestone for Starway’s Italian distributor, ZZIPP. The distributor delivered an impressive showcase featuring three exhibition areas and two Live You Play stages. Starway supported its partner throughout the event by equipping the stages with its latest technologies, including its flagship weatherproof WET projectors. The highlight of the show was the Super

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club’s hugely successful production of the Stephen Sondheim classic Into The Woods was performed in March at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge. The show requires a big stage for the large cast and a multitude of locations, but the ADC Theatre stage measures just 8m x 6m and the set never changes, so it was the job of lighting designers Angus Cha and Eloise Davis to convey the different parts of the forest and changes in mood with lighting. To a

The BoTree London is a cool new‐build hotel property and part of Hilton’s Curio Collection, located right in the heart of Marylebone, central London, combining all the individuality and style of boutique accommodation with the vibrance, colour and atmosphere of the bustling metropolis. 77 is a cosy and exclusive club and event space that is part of the hotel, described as “an intimate space where warmth, technology, and world‐class music intertwine”. It’s slick and imaginativ

Clear‐Com® announced FreeSpeak Cell™, a cellular‐based wireless intercom system that uses LTE and 5G infrastructure to support large‐scale production communications. FreeSpeak Cell is designed to operate over public and private LTE and 5G networks, enabling full‐duplex wireless intercom across wide geographic areas without relying on traditional radio frequency coordination. FreeSpeak Cell directly addresses increasing congestion in UHF, DECT and Wi‐Fi bands, particularly in

Clear‐Com® announced significant updates to its award‐winning Arcadia® Central Station as well as enhancements to the Eclipse® HX Digital Matrix System now running the latest EHX v15 software, delivering expanded scale, flexibility, and network resilience across its intercom ecosystem. These updates clearly note Clear‐Com’s commitment to a unified communications platform, bringing together wired, wireless, and IP‐based workflows to support productions of any size, from single

Kyushu University has completed an audio renovation of Inamori Hall, updating its audio system to improve clarity, balance and coverage for the academic and cultural programs hosted in the 300‐square‐meter venue. Located inside the Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, the space serves as a platform for lectures, symposiums and international exchange, supporting the university’s mission as a globally open academic institution. After more than a decade of regular use, the hall’s s

Clear‐Com® will showcase new communications solutions and major platform updates at InfoComm 2026 (Booth N7005), June 17‐19, in the North and Central Halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Recognised as one of the AV industry’s leading trade events, InfoComm brings together technology manufacturers, integrators, end users and production professionals from around the world to explore the latest innovations in professional audiovisual technology. Clear‐Com will introduce a n