At the Royal Opera House in London, Estée Lauder were seeking to turn the building pink for the launch of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Breast Cancer Awareness launch on October 27th. To achieve this Sarah Griffiths, Estée Lauder's Director of Corporate Communications, turned to White Light Events. Under the direction of Simon Thomas, White Light Events lit the building using six 2.5kW HMI fresnels with dimmer shutters, AC1001 floods, Coda floods and UP65 rated SILL MBI floodlights and spotlights, which were purchased for this project. White Light Events also supplied rigging, distribution and crew - as well as the remote keypad with which actress Elizabeth Hurley switched on the lighting!
At the same time as the Royal Opera House show, another White Light Events team was in East Grinstead lighting the annual conference of the Church of Scientology. This is the seventh year that White Light has been involved with this event; White Light Events supplied the complete lighting, rigging and power distribution package for the conference's main marquee - a 120m by 300m tent holding up to three thousand delegates - as well as three further marquees which were used for seminars and receptions, to a design by Chris Maifeld of Golden Era Productions. The rig included two hundred ways of dimming, ETC Source Fours, Martin Mac600s and Mac250s, Parcans and pinspots.
The third event, which ran concurrently with the Church of Scientology conference, covered yet another area: the catwalk lighting for a fashion show in aid of the World Vision charity. The show was the world's first mosquito fashion show, with all of the clothes made from mosquito net to highlight the ongoing problem with malaria, which affects over five million people every year. Phil Gladman of White Light Events was approached by the show's director, Beverley Tricker to supply the lighting for the show at the London College of Fashion; Gladman supplied the show with four White Light Events bespoke birdie bars and a number of Redheads as well as cables and mains distribution.
White Light Events are now looking forward to a busy festive season, working with both regular clients from previous seasons on parties and events, and on a number of new projects.
Further information about White Light Events, including the services available and details of past projects, can be found at the company's website, www.whitelightevents.com.