Robe for the 2021 VMAs

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The 2021 MTV VMAs (Video Music Awards) was back in-person, in style and with a live audience at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City … and making it extra special this year the event celebrated its 40th … so the pressure was on for lighting designer Tom Sutherland of DX7 Design to smash it in terms of visual flair for the occasion.

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Events

Television

17.10.2025

Robe is Just the Ticket

The launch season of new Romanian TV talent show The Ticket premiered in September and is being recorded at Castel Studios just outside Bucharest. It is produced by Imagic and Antena 1 and lit by lighting designer / DoP Dan Andrei and lighting director Marius Matyas, using a large Robe moving light rig, which is owned by the Antena TV Group.

Events

9.10.2025

Robe T2 Profiles are Special

Lighting designer Marc Janowitz has enjoyed utilizing the power and versatility of Robe’s T2 Profile luminaire on several recent projects, including Trey Anastasio’s 2025 solo acoustic tour and two high-profile HBO specials – Brett Goldstein's “The Second Best Night of Your Life” debut stand-up special at the Bergen PAC (Performing Arts Center) in New Jersey, and Marc Maron’s “Panicked”, which was staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)’s Harvey Theater.

Events

3.10.2025

Robe Celebrates at Sziget 2025

One of the liveliest, friendliest, and most musically and performance diverse festivals of the European summer season, Sziget, in Budapest, Hungary, is also staged at one of the most picturesque locations, Óbudai-sziget (Old Buda Island), a beautiful foliage-rich, 108-hectare island on the Danube River, a short distance from Budapest city centre. This is transformed into a tolerant, inclusive, humanity-loving ‘Island of Freedom’ community for the 6-day duration of the event.

Events

30.9.2025

Robe ANZ Official Launch Means Business

Over 100 industry leaders, movers, shakers and influencers from Australia and New Zealand rocked up to NIDA – The National Institute of Dramatic Art – in Sydney for an official launch event hosted by “LSC: The New Home for Robe in ANZ”, which represents Czech Republic-based moving light and LED manufacturer Robe lighting s.r.o. sales in these key territories.

Events

26.9.2025

Robe Helps Hungarian National Day Spectacular

Budapest, the lively, picturesque capital city of Hungary, was energised into a canvas of drama, colour, excitement, and storytelling in one of Europe’s finest mixed-media spectaculars to celebrate its National Day on August 20th. The 35-minute timecoded show involved monumental projection, lasers, lighting, drone shows and a MASSIVE firework display which blew up along a 5km stretch of the Danube River.