L-R: Craig Lensky, Martin Thompson.

Thorn Lighting is delighted to announce a double triumph at this year’s Highway Electrical Association (HEA) Awards, securing both the Lighting Project and Employee of the Year Awards. 

The Project of the Year accolade celebrates Thorn’s innovative lighting solution for the Aykley Heads footpath in Durham, which combined cutting-edge technology with environmental sensitivity to provide safe and sustainable illumination. Meanwhile, the Employee of the Year award recognises the outstanding contributions of Martin Thompson, Thorn Lighting’s Product Manager for Outdoor Luminaires.

Award-Winning Lighting at Aykley Heads Footpath

Thorn Lighting’s Urba NightTune lanterns were instrumental in transforming Aykley Heads footpath, a popular Active Travel route near Durham Police Headquarters. With its focus on safety, sustainability, and environmental harmony, the project tackled the challenges of nocturnal wildlife preservation and light pollution.

Durham County Council installed 31 Urba NightTune lanterns, leveraging features such as adjustable colour temperatures, dimming regimes, and precise light control. The solution minimised environmental impact while enhancing safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Cllr John Shuttleworth, Durham County Council’s Cabinet member for highways, community safety and rural communities, said: “The Aykley Heads project aimed to create safe and accessible active travel routes within Durham and forms part of our wider plans to encourage people to choose healthier and more environmentally friendly modes of transport. Our work with Thorn Lighting has supported this ambition by enabling us to create well-lit areas for walking and cycling in a way that saves energy and respects the nocturnal ecosystem.”

Celebrating Thompson Martin: A Lifetime of Dedication

With a career spanning over 40 years at Thorn Lighting, Martin Thompson is a pillar of expertise, innovation, and dedication within the business. His work has profoundly impacted customers, colleagues, and the wider lighting community.

Reflecting on Martin’s achievement, Karin Zumtobel, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Zumtobel Group AG, said:

“Martin is ‘Mr. Thorn’. He knows our products inside and out, and he has been a dearly valued and respected member of the team for many years. As the perfect ambassador for Thorn Lighting, he had my vote a hundred times over for this well-deserved award.”

Paul Kilburn, Managing Director at Thorn & Zumtobel – UK & Ireland, adds, “It is truly a privilege to work alongside someone as talented, passionate, and genuinely kind as Martin, and I can think of no one more deserving of the HEA Employee of the Year award”.

Saurabh Pandhi, VP of Thorn Lighting, and Samantha Berry, Head of Outdoor Sales – UK & Ireland, were present at the awards to celebrate this landmark achievement with the team.

Paul comments: “Massive congratulations to Martin Thompson, Craig Lensky – project lead for the Aykley Heads Footpath, and the Thorn Lighting team for this outstanding achievement at the HEA Awards!”

For more information on Thorn Lighting, visit www.thornlighting.co.uk

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CU Phosco is thrilled to announce a dual celebration at the prestigious 2024 Highway Electrical Association (HEA) Awards.

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The production design was created by Mathias Kuhn and included 80 x Robe moving lights and LED fixtures – 36 x MegaPointes, 30 x BMFL Spots, 4 x BMFL FollowSpots, 10 x FOOTSIE2 LED footlights and four RoboSpot remote follow systems – all supplied by rental company, Bandit Lites out of Nashville.

The initial summer tour played a mix of arenas, theatres and amphitheaters with 10K to 36K capacities and the most recent leg stepped up to arenas, including Madison Square Garden, which were all completely sold out, ramping up the already great vibes and energy surrounding the tour, which is always a brilliant backdrop to any nationwide touring campaign.

Mathias is based in Hamburg, Germany and brings his style and aesthetic to a lot of rock and metal bands, a genre he loves, and that offers plenty of scope for imagination and dramatic lighting.

Mathias talked to the band after being asked onboard, who revealed that they liked the idea of a circular halo-like shape being associated with the stage look.

He took this as a stylistic starting point, basing the essential trussing architecture around two circles, a main 41ft diameter sphere that defined the space, in conjunction with a smaller 21ft diameter ‘supporting’ circle flown inside the big one. Both were scalable to deal with different sized venues.

The concept evolved rapidly, he drew it up, they loved it, and everything else, including the screen design … developed from there.

Naturally, ensuring everyone’s visual expectations could be met whilst fitting into the available budget was a challenge, and Mathias spent considerable time choosing the right fixtures and positioning them where he knew meticulous programming could help maximize the looks.

The fragmented LED screens were part of the look he crafted to avoid the “big TV” syndrome, complete with ladder trusses loaded with fixtures in between to further break it up and enhance the depth of the performance area.

He controlled the screen outputs via his Resolume video server, triggered by the lighting desk, which ensured there could be a carefully blended mix of playback content and IMAG footage from 7 cameras. Having control of all the visual entities is a great way to ensure continuity and a harmonious integrated look.

Robe MegaPointes are consistently Mathias’s first choice of moving light. “They are the first piece of kit that goes on the plot,” he confirmed when chatting about the design. This is because of their “compact size, big output, excellent gobo selection and quality beams” and the fact that “they look amazing even in the largest arenas!”

Eighteen of the 36 x MegaPointes were rigged on ladders in between LED screens at the left and right upstage corners of the rig, hung vertically in a line of nine each side, with the other 18 deployed on the floor on rolling Tyler GT truss, located directly underneath the LED screens.

BMFLs were chosen for their incredible power and punch and their status as “a great workhorse fixture,” noted Mathias, who has used these luminaires on numerous projects. He loves the brightness, the gobos and the zoom functionality.

Eighteen BMFLs were rigged on the downstage half of the large circle, with 4 on each side of the stage on subs to extend the overall stage look.

Four standard BMFL Spots were also part of the follow spotting system together with 4 x BMFL FollowSpots (with the integral camera).

Fixture placement was key to optimizing the look and ‘virtual’ size of the rig, so much diligence went into this aspect of the design.

It was Mathias’ first time out with the FOOTSIES, which he thought were “Great! A nice flat field beam that really assists key lighting”. Especially so when running in combination with the  4-way RoboSpot system controlling the eight BMFLs as described above. These were rigged four per side on two small truss sections flown downstage left and right.

Having the follow spots at this very steep angle to the stage ensured they had an extremely neat trajectory and minimized unsightly spillage.

Also on the rig were some other hard-edged fixtures, strobes, blinders and FX units with LED floodlights on the large halo, plus a few wash lights on the floor – Mathias is not a fan of wash lights in conventional contexts!

Different shades, textures and variations of white dominated the show making it a lot more interesting, raw and contrasty, with color mainly introduced via the video content, and Mathias’ personal presence is generally to avoid distracting gawdy or ‘candy colored’ scenes and keep it stark with the focus on the band and music.

The principal idea was always to keep the band front and center of the action and at the epicenter of the picture. “It’s a live rock show, not a YouTube stream,” he reminds everyone.

Video content was commissioned by Creed and delivered by Wayne Joyner and Dave Letelier with a lot of discussion between them and Mathias as it was imperative for the two medias to dovetail. “They did a great job,” commented Mathias. Content was shaped for each song, leaving enough black and dark spaces for him to mix and apply IMAG feeds and effects as he felt appropriate.

Mathias set up, programmed lighting and ran the show for half of the first leg of the “Summer of 99” tour before leaving due to other commitments, with lighting crew member Brian Bogovic operating for the remaining dates.

Bandit’s lighting crew chief was Cheyan DeBrower who was joined by Haley Elliott and Lucas Gamez making up a brilliant touring team, with Kenneth Ackermann working as video crew chief for this department which had equipment supplied by PRG.

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During the inaugural ceremony, the expo witnessed presence of esteemed dignitaries from the industry:

• Shri S.K. Marwaha, Group Coordinator, Scientist ‘G’, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
• Shri Milind Deore, Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Ministry of Power
• Mr Jaspal Singh Aujla, Chief General Manager – Technical, Energy Efficiency Services Limited Mr Parag Bhatnagar, President, Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers Association of India
• Mr Chinmay Debnath, President, Indian Building Congress
• Mr Gajanand Ram, Vice President, Council of Architecture
• Ms Surbhi Jindal, Ambassador, Women in Lighting
• Dr Amardeep Dugar, Director at Large, Illuminating Engineering Society IES
• Mr Asish Agarwal, President, Calcutta Electric Traders Association
• Mr B S Parveen, Managinf Director, Uniglobus
• Mr Praful Pathak, President, Solar Energy Society of India
• Mr Raj Manek, Executive Director & Board Member, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings Ltd

Sharing his experience at the expo, Shri S.K. Marwaha, Group Coordinator, Scientist ‘G’, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India stated that: “As far as Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is concerned, we had put in several schemes like the compulsory registration order where the LED products have to meet the specified safety standards and we also provide the CAPEX subsidy under the modified Special Incentive Scheme for the product manufacturers, we also have Public Procurement Preference to Make In India order where in the government procurement –  subject to specified domestic value addition is done by the indigenous manufacturers.” He also stated that Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) actually played a key role in proliferation of the LED lighting by consolidating the requirements and that actually brought down the price of LED bulbs and over the years we have rationalized the tariff structure so that the cost of LED production comes down including taking advantage of the subsidy offered. This market is expected to grow in a big way particularly, in the new segments like architectural lighting. The industries are catering to the needs and architects and building experts, are all promoting the use of LED in the residential and commercial segment and this will definitely lead to a lot of power saving which naturally comes with a usage of LED. I wish LED expo a grand success and greater heights in the years to come.”

Expressing his views on the current and the future of LED lighting industry in India, Shri Milind Deore, Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) – Ministry of Power, Government of India, stated: “In 2024 from what I am observing at the expo I see that the market is now shifting towards the aesthetic LED lamps as per consumer demands, the technology is evolving with more aesthetic orientation, different fixtures are coming in , smart lighting and more, have been coming in so this is a very radical and a great change in the sector. Also, today LED bulbs are not only in cities but are easily available in the rural areas and”. He also added: “The government needs focus on how we can be 100% indigenous in this sector. They are already focusing on semi-conductor manufacturing in India, once that is done, I think we can be fully indigenous in manufacturing LED and also export to the world. After China, I think India could be one of the best places to manufacturer at the cheaper rate and provide to other countries.

Emphasising on sustainability in power, Shri Amal Sinha, Director, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited & BSES Yamuna Power Limited, said: “At BSES, our mission extends beyond providing reliable power, it is about creating a brighter and a more sustainable future. As a leading power discom in the national capital, we play a vital role in balancing growth with environmental responsibility. With ambitious goals, we are on the path to achieving a green power portfolio comprising over half of our energy sources-making BSES one of India’s greenest power discoms.”

Mr Raj Manek, Executive Director & Board Member, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings Ltd, shared: “India is in a prime position today, with the much evident infrastructure development across various sectors. The Lighting and LED industry, in particular, has benefited from timely and effective government support, accelerating its growth along with infrastructure boom in India. Since the launch of the Ujala Scheme, we have witnessed technological advancements and the industry’s swift alignment with global trends. It is encouraging to see new exhibitors joining us every year, reflecting our upward trajectory. I feel delighted that this year the participation from lighting automation companies has grown and it aligns with the future of intelligent lighting solutions. We anticipate that with innovations and manufacturing growth in India our dependency on the imported components for LED and light will reduce, powered by the schemes like PLI, which strengthens the industry.”

India is witnessing a fast-track growth of products and technologies in automations and tech-based solutions with support from Internet of things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), sensors, wireless controls and more. The opportunities to customise and innovate in manufacturing coupled with the momentum of Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat are boosting the industry. The need for intelligent lighting solutions and energy efficiency features are seeing an uptick in architecture, interior design, construction, quality control and safety solutions, hospitality, automotive, commercial spaces, events and entertainment, industrial and electronics, among many more and are here to stay.

The three-day event, Light India + LED Expo India will conclude on 23^rd November 2024. Light + LED Expo India is part of Messe Frankfurt’s Light + Building Technology fair portfolio, which is headlined by the biennial Light + Building event in Frankfurt, Germany.

Image credit: Messe Frankfurt/Light + LED Expo India edition.

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A Yorkshire hospice is helping patients to shine a little brighter, after winning clinical lighting solutions worth £10,000.

Wakefield Hospice has brought the outside inside with a series of LED panels from Visualite, transforming the look and feel of corridors and rooms across the building.

The hospice won a £10,000 Visualite healthcare sector competition and had the panels installed free of charge by a local contractor.

Visualite solutions are sensory lighting panels that create the effect of natural lighting indoors, projecting high-definition natural images illuminated by LEDs.

The panels, sold through nationwide wholesalers YESSS Electrical, allow patients to experience the warmth and familiarity of outdoor scenes in spaces without external windows.

The LED wall and ceiling panels create a relaxing ambience, helping to calm anxiety, reduce claustrophobia and enhance wellbeing.

Wakefield Hospice won the Visualite competition after demonstrating their knowledge of the impact of the environment on people who have advanced active, progressive and life-threatening illness, describing their vision for their internal environment and illustrating how staff, patients, families and visitors would benefit from the installation of the lighting.

The competition was open to all UK healthcare organisations and was judged by a panel of healthcare experts.

After their win, hospice staff worked with YESSS Electrical’s Wakefield branch and took on board patient feedback to curate the most appropriate images for each panel location, as different scenes, colours and details suit different applications and elicit different emotional responses.

Calming natural scenes

All of the panels have now been installed at the hospice, which has been providing expert care to local people with life-limiting illnesses for more than 30 years.

Hospice communications officer Ryan Colliar-Grint said: “The Visualite panels offer a great way to brighten up spaces throughout Wakefield Hospice.

A number of our corridors are central in the building so do not have windows, and these light boxes on our walls and ceilings provide a great alternative to mimic the experience of natural light and beautiful scenery.”

A member of the clinical team said: “Having the Visualite boxes around Wakefield Hospice is such a wonderful feature as they brighten up the space.

The majority of our images are of nature which is so calming to be around for our patients, their families and our staff.”

Visualite panels have been installed in healthcare locations across the country, including major sites such as University Hospital Southampton, Sheffield Children’s Hospital and the Royal Free and Barnet hospitals in London.

The Visualite system can have a powerful impact in hospitals and medical environments but is equally valuable in educational spaces and sensory rooms, retail and leisure facilities, as well as offices and boardrooms.

Visualite have a wide range of high-definition images to select from, but clients can also incorporate their own images and artwork to create bespoke panels.

Built with a tough outer protective coating, the Visualite system offers fully wipeable surfaces for ease of maintenance and longevity.

Visualite creator Steve Nelson commented: “Many environments lend themselves to Visualite, but at Wakefield Hospice we can really see how our system will have an amazing impact on patients, staff and visitors.”

Wakefield-based electrical and mechanical contractor E2M generously installed the Visualite panels free of charge at the hospice.

The firm’s managing director Mark Gibson said: “E2M have worked with Wakefield Hospice in the past and feel it’s a brilliant organisation that’s deserving of great things for all the help and care they provide to others.

Being involved in this project, installing aesthetic lighting to spaces that bring a feeling of the outside in, was our way of contributing to the hospice and the community which it serves.”

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Frankie Boyle is a renowned Experiential Creative Director and Artist specialising in immersive and experiential design, with a profound focus on light and colour theory. With over a decade of experience in the event and lighting industries, she is recognised for crafting innovative installations and experiences that guide audiences through transformative emotional journeys.

Frankie’s work revolves around human behaviour and the connection to our primal selves. The brand-new Intra-spectrum installation will be in a prime location at the main entrance and exit between the main exhibition space and the [d]arc thoughts conference. The installation will aim to ignite and resurface memories and emotions as visitors journey through the space.

LiGHT 24 will also be hosting an open Q&A session with Frankie on the 20^th of November at 4.20 PM, where she will delve deeper into the inspiration and design process behind the installation. This will take place in the [d]arc thoughts talks space on the Gallery Level of the event.

This art piece has been uniquely created to give the audience at LiGHT 24 a unique immersive experience. Intra-spectrum has taken inspiration from Frankie’s recent explorations of the narrative of consciousness and subconscious within her body of work through the harmony of reflection and refraction. Frankie said, “I want people to immerse themselves within the light that we shine and the light that we hold within through an array of beautiful invigorating colours. This installation is all about eliciting introspection and connection. For anyone experiencing this installation, I would want them to connect to their inner selves and to have the opportunity to just be present – finding that pause, to stop and stare and immerse.”

Frankie was delighted to have her concept sponsored by formalighting. She adds, “I’m a big believer in collaboration – it makes a project so much richer. I’m looking forward to merging products with design and going hand in hand on the journey for the benefit of everyone – enhancing and enriching the installation and experience.”

Commenting on the collaboration, formalighting’s Sharon Maghnagi, Global Operations Director, says, “formalighting is ecstatic to be supporting the Frankie Boyle art installation at LiGHT 24. As a company we strive towards innovation in our product development with a specific focus on lighting art galleries and museum applications.

“Collaborating with Frankie as a light artist further helps us realise this vision, as it challenges us to research the best possible technical solutions to create the desired lit effect. Frankie’s vision and design approach makes the process and unveiling something that personally the team are excited to be a part of and we really look forward to hearing the feedback of the LiGHT 24 visitors. Congratulations to the team at [d]arc media for adding such an immersive element to this year’s show!”

When asked what she is most looking forward to experiencing at LiGHT 24, Frankie shared that it was “People’s reactions, seeing and hearing how this installation affects them.”

LiGHT 24 takes place at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, on 20th and 21st November 2024.

Find out more and register FREE for LiGHT 24 here: www.lightexpo.london

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Build2Perform Live 2024 had over 3,500 registrations and featured over 70 hours of CPD-accredited content, drawing attendees into thought-provoking sessions led by 125 industry experts and showcasing more than 100 top-tier exhibitors. The carefully curated programme, shaped by CIBSE Divisions, Special Interest Groups and the Build2Perform Live Advisory Committee, delivered exceptional value and insights to all participants.

The two-day event featured an array of insightful sessions that underscored CIBSE’s commitment to sustainability, innovation and inclusivity in building services. Highlights included in-depth discussions on embodied carbon and the practical application of TM65 to reduce carbon emissions in building projects, as well as the UK’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, which invited stakeholders to shape its future through ongoing feedback. Attendees gained a forward-looking perspective on NABERS UK’s role in advancing decarbonisation efforts and sustainable energy practices across the built environment. Sessions on domestic heat pumps and climate resilience provided actionable guidance on adopting technologies and strategies essential for adapting to climate change.

Day two introduced the latest TM59 methodology to mitigate overheating, supported by CIBSE’s new Weather Files, alongside discussions on indoor health and wellbeing in building design. The Domestic Retrofit Towards Net Zero session highlighted progress in retrofitting for energy efficiency, while an Equity, Diversity & Inclusivity (EDI) session explored how embracing EDI can reshape the industry and promote a more inclusive built environment. Together, these sessions illustrated the path forward in creating resilient, low-carbon, and people-centred buildings.

Simon Parker, Managing Director of CIBSE Services said: “This year at B2P, we’ve seen incredible energy and commitment to tackling some of our greatest challenges, from reducing carbon emissions and improving indoor health to ensuring inclusivity and resilience in the built environment. I’m immensely proud of CIBSE’s role in supporting these conversations and helping equip our community with the practical tools and insights needed to drive meaningful progress.”

The event brought together key decision-makers, government officials, senior managers, facility managers, consultants and property developers, creating an unmatched networking environment. The attendees left with new perspectives, strengthened professional connections, and actionable insights to drive the industry forward.

CIBSE is proud to reflect on another successful Build2Perform Live, which embodies its mission to foster education, collaboration and innovation within the building services field. As we look ahead, CIBSE remains committed to supporting industry professionals and promoting sustainable solutions worldwide.

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This Edinburgh International Festival production was created by Pinwheel and delivered in partnership with The Macallan, for which Phil worked closely with creative agency Pinwheel under the artistic direction of Katy Fuller and co-director Simon Sharkey, together with composer Roma Yagnik and video artists, Yeast Culture.

“Where to Begin” celebrated the energy, vibrance and spirit of Edinburgh, Scotland’s heritage and mythology as well as the alchemy of invention, carefully blended in with a festival atmosphere evoking emotion, inspiration and imagination.

The event included an hour-long immersive pre-show experience based on ‘Rituals that Unite Us’ – with fire performers and other live artists to get the audience in the mood. For these two pre-show areas, 16 x Astera AX3s were among other lights deployed for subtle illuminations, proving a perfect tool with their IP rating for outdoor use, battery power and operation via CRMX2 wireless DMX.

After this, people walked around to the back of the building and gathered to enjoy the spectacular projection/son et lumiere finale, with video content mapped and projected onto the school’s magnificent north facade by Graymatter Video.

The ‘out-of-the-box’ idea of illuminating all possible windows from inside the building … was to bring an additional layer of magic, depth and three dimensionality to the event. Not just to the finale show where it made a big impact, but also lighting the side windows and therefore the backdrops to the two pre-show areas really energised the building.

Phil has utilised various Astera products for different projects and, once he and the team had established this as a viable plan, he knew how Astera Tubes would be perfect to evoke the exact effect everyone wanted.

Dating to 1620, the turreted George Heriot’s School building was designed by architect William Wallace and is built from sandstone with unique decoration above each window, and the north facade features a striking central clock tower. It is A-listed Scottish heritage protected.

All of which meant that any production related work happening there had to be executed with extra care.

“We needed bright and efficient fixtures with good colour mixing that were lightweight, portable and practical to rig and place in the different rooms without disturbing what was already in there as it’s a fully functioning school,” stated Phil, adding that they needed to be controlled wirelessly and produce no heat.

The Astera Tubes were supplied by locally based lighting rental specialist, Black Light, together with the event’s other lighting equipment.

Phil and his team – including programmer Lawrence Stromski, production LX Andy Murrell and Black Light’s lighting crew of Tom Pritchard, James Froment and Jon Meggat, together with Yuetong Heather An and Olivia Charneux – carefully positioned the Astera Tubes in the assorted rooms, a meticulous process that took two days.

These were a mix of classrooms, staff rooms, common rooms, canteens, storage areas, etc., and in general the Tubes were positioned optimally for producing a beautiful soft glow of luminance that would radiate out through the windows and look perfect from the outside.

Sometimes they were rigged on bookshelves, desks, on chairs or tables set up in the middle of the room or on the floor.

Helios were also used in former gas lanterns on the exterior of the building to add a warm lantern-like glow. The total pixel count was 890.

“One of the beauties of these Astera fixtures is that they can be rigged anywhere,” Phil enthused, underlining that as they were being left unattended, low heat emission was an essential requirement. They could also be used easily in all the spaces with no impact in this protected environment.

Some of the larger rooms would have two Hyperion Tubes set up to throw light out of 6 or 8 windows, while some of the smaller spaces would be illuminated with a single Helios tube.

All the fixtures were powered locally via single power supplies plugged into 13-amp sockets, with data running via a Lumen Radio network.

All the Astera products on the show were run in multi-pixel CRMX2-mode, using four Lumen Radio Aurora transmitters, one for each façade of the building.

The complete Astera setup comprised four DMX universes out of 10 in total on the show, with the 400 timecoded lighting cues programmed on a grandMA2 console and combined with video and sound production cues during playback which was from the QLab audio track controller.

Lighting programmer Lawrence Stromski stated, “The high-quality Astera colour engine common to all Astera range products makes programming with these tools a breeze.

“Fixtures are easily interchangeable for any other type which quickly facilitates any required on-site design or technical changes. The dimming curve and the settings of the Astera fixtures are some of the best refined of any product I have seen, so with minimal set up time needed, time can be optimised for creating and finessing the look and style of the show.”

Having the windows lit like this made a huge difference to the overall visual picture experience by the audiences.

Initially, it was a major undertaking persuading the school’s building and operation managers to engage with the idea, and then getting access to all the rooms. Once the plan was implemented and everyone could see the results, “all were delighted and could see how it was worth the considerable extra effort” concluded Phil.

“Phil’s lighting design for the whole production was beautifully crafted and created to work sympathetically with other effects like fire and projection that were used across the site

The interior lighting of the windows added a brilliant new dimension as we needed the building to feel like it was alive and another character in the story with latent energy that built gradually to the climax of the show. There was a truly magical moment when the lighting in the windows followed the voiceover precisely, so it really felt like the whole building had been occupied by our main character and was directly addressing the crowd!  I was thrilled with just how brilliantly this helped carry our story.”

Also instrumental to the success of “Where to Begin”, which played over three evenings attracting 3,000 people each night, were producer Holly Goodfellow, head of operations Dan Adams, technical production manager Al Pickard, and project coordinator Ellen Fernley.

Photo credit: Jess Shurte

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With this latest merger, TRILUX will expand its product and service portfolio in the retail sector, strengthening its position in this strategically important market segment. The acquisition is an important step in TRILUX’s growth strategy and enables the company to tap into new customer segments and expand its presence in international markets.

Ansorg, based in Mülheim, is a renowned specialist for high-quality retail lighting concepts and has decades of experience in developing and producing custom lighting solutions. By integrating Ansorg, TRILUX can expand its expertise, particularly in international growth areas such as automotive and non-food retail, offering its customers even more innovative solutions with real added value.

“The acquisition of Ansorg is a key milestone in our ‘Retail Growth’ strategy,” says Hubertus Volmert, CEO of the TRILUX Group. “With Ansorg, we are not only gaining a company with excellent expertise and experience, but also broadening our range to include customised lighting solutions. Together, we can tap into new customer segments, strengthen our international presence and actively shape the future of retail lighting.”

Franz Heckmanns, Head of Global Sales at Ansorg GmbH, adds: “We are delighted to become part of the TRILUX family and to contribute our in-depth retail expertise to the development of innovative lighting solutions. This partnership leverages our complementary strengths, allowing us to deliver even more customised, future-proof lighting solutions to our customers. Ansorg brings valuable expertise and creative insights to the TRILUX Group, which will further strengthen its innovative power. For Ansorg, the partnership not only means access to greater resources and a global network but also the opportunity to set new standards in the retail sector with TRILUX.”

Ansorg will collaborate closely with Oktalite another company of the TRILUX Group. While Ansorg focuses on custom lighting concepts for premium brands and specialist retailers, Oktalite has extensive experience in implementing lighting solutions for chain stores and large-scale retail concepts. The complementary focus of the two companies enables them to serve a broader international customer spectrum and jointly realise opportunities in various retail sectors.

The next steps will be carefully planned in collaboration to ensure a seamless transition for both customers and employees. TRILUX places great importance in continuing Ansorg’s successful business activities and retaining the expertise of its employees. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

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The much-anticipated quadrennial networking event for lighting practitioners takes place at Le Parc des Expositions et Congrès de Dijon in France from 19^th – 22^nd May 2025 with Robert Juliat as its headline sponsor. Tickets for this unique networking event are now on sale and can be booked direct from the website at www.showlight.org/tickets

Delegates have a choice of three ticket options: Full Delegate, Day Delegate (Papers Only) or Student.

Full Delegate ticket holders enjoy the whole event which, in addition to the Papers Sessions on all days, includes daily lunch and coffee/tea breaks, Monday evening’s Welcome Reception, Tuesday evening’s Company-Sponsored Dinners, the new Wednesday afternoon Workshops and the grand Showlight Conference Dinner

Day Delegate (Papers Only) tickets give delegates access for one day to attend the Papers Sessions on either Tuesday, Wednesday (including workshops) or Thursday – with, of course, lunch, tea and coffee breaks included.

Student ticket holders, like Full Delegates, will have access on all days to the Papers Presentations, Workshops, Welcome Reception, Company Dinners, Conference Dinner and daily tea & coffee breaks and lunch.

All ticket holders will have full admission to the Exhibition of major lighting equipment manufacturers and service providers which is open between Papers Sessions.

Tickets will sell out fast, so secure your place now: www.showlight.org/tickets

Sponsored Student Scheme

Showlight offers the opportunity for a number of students and recent graduates of lighting courses to attend Showlight 2025 free of charge, with places sponsored by the exhibitors.  In return for sponsored attendance, each student is required to make themselves available to help their exhibitor with their stand fit-up on Monday 19th May and the de-rig on Thursday 22nd May. For more information and to submit your application for one of these free tickets, fill in the selection form on the Showlight website at www.showlight.org/students.

 Accommodation

Dijon is a busy destination (especially with Showlight descending on it!) so book your accommodation as soon as possible to ensure you have the room you want. Headline sponsor Robert Juliat has worked hard with Showlight to secure a number of preferential rates with hotels in the Accor group, a list of which can be found on the Showlight website at www.showlight.org/hotels-travel. Be sure to tick the ‘Special Rates/Tarifs Spéciaux’ box showing SHOWLIGHT 2025 to secure this rate. Rooms are on a first come, first served basis after which the prices will revert to the standard rate.

More information on all aspects of Showlight 2025 will be released over the coming months. Look out for news on speakers and their papers topics, and the new programme of workshops. Details of new exhibitors and sponsors are continually being updated on the Showlight website and social media sites.

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