6th Knight of Illumination Awards Winners Announced
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UK – The sixth Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI), held on 6th October at London ExCel’s Platinum Suite, saw lighting and video professionals enjoy a glittering night of celebration and recognition for the exceptional creative talent within their industry.
The ever popular awards – organised by The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), Clay Paky and Ambersphere Solutions and generously sponsored by Chroma-Q, Hawthorn, MA Lighting, Osram, Robert Juliat and XL Video – provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in touring, television and theatre lighting and video design.
Hosted by Andy Collins, the sparkling ceremony saw over 300 lighting and video professionals from the worlds of TV, Theatre, Concert Touring and Events come together to celebrate the diverse range of creative talent in production design today.
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First to be announced the Television Category with the Light Entertainment Award going to Gurdip Mahal and Ross Williams for The Voice Final. The Small Studio Award went to Colin Case for Howard Goodall’s History of Music; the Drama Award to Ashley Rowe BSC for Dancing on the Edge; the Event Award to Nick Collier for Bollywood Carmen Live and finally the new – introduced this year – Graphic Display Award went to Gurdip Mahal, Ross Williams and Dave Newton for The Voice.
In the Theatre Category the Dance Award went to Fabiana Piccioli for iTMOi at Sadler’s Wells; the Musicals Award went to Paule Constable for Barnum at Chichester Festival Theatre Tent; the Opera Award went to Jean Kalman for Death in Venice at English National Opera; the Play Award went to Charles Balfour for The River at Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court and the new Projection Design Award went to Lysander Ashton for Feast at Young Vic.
The dinner was rounded off with the Concert Touring and Events Category which saw the Arena Award go to Baz Halpin for Pink; The Stage Award go to Bruno Poet for Sigur Rós; the Live Event Award go to Patrick Woodroffe for London Olympics Ceremonies and the newly introduced Video Electronic Content Award go to Sarah Hopper and Damian Hale for Sigur Rós.
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Light Relief donation. Rick Fisher (L) and Clay Paky CCO’s Pio Nahum(R) |
The 2013 KOI Awards Winners |
As is tradition the evening was bought to a close by Clay Paky’s chief commercial officer, Pio Nahum who made the KOI charitable donation of £10,000 to Light Relief. This was closely followed by the prestigious Enrico Caironi Lifetime Recognition Award, which this year was presented to industry personality Ian Dow by international lighting designer – and KOI co-ordinator – Durham Marenghi. During his speech Marenghi said: “Ian Dow was a unanimous decision. The KOI committee feels he has worked and supported the lighting industry in very many ways. He was an engineering manager and lighting designer for the BBC for many years and has been the Chairman of Showlight for the last eight years. Ian has spent many hours training students and is particularly proud that Showlight offers 40 free places to students to help get them a foothold in the Industry.”
Each winner received the traditional Knight of Illumination trophy, an authentic medieval battle sword handmade in Toledo, Spain.
The 2013 Knight of Illumination Awards was chaired by Stuart Gain for TV, David Benedict for the Theatre and Sarah Rushton-Read for the Concert Touring and Events Category. The event is kindly supported by: ABTT, etnow.com, L&S America, L&SI, PLASA, The Theatres Trust and TPi magazine.
And here are the winners in the various categories:
TELEVISION
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – Gurdip Mahal and Ross Williams – The Voice Final
SMALL STUDIO – Colin Case – Howard Goodall’s History of Music
DRAMA – Ashley Rowe BSC – Dancing on the Edge
EVENTS – Nick Collier – Bollywood Carmen Live
GRAPHIC DISPLAY – Gurdip Mahal, Ross Williams and Dave Newton – The Voice
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TV Light Entertainment Simon Roose accepts for Gurdip Mahal and Ross Williams |
TV Small Studio Bernie Davis accepts for Colin Case |
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TV Drama Ashley Rowe BSC |
TV Events Nick Collier |
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TV Graphic Display Simon Roose accepts for Gurdip Mahal & Ross Williams |
THEATRE
DANCE – Fabiana Piccioli – iTMOi – Sadler’s Wells
OPERA – Jean Kalman – Death in Venice – English National Opera
PLAY – Charles Balfour – The River – Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court
MUSICALS – Paule Constable – Barnum – Chichester Festival Theatre Tent
PROJECTION DESIGN – Lysander Ashton – Feast – Young Vic
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THEATRE Dance Fabiana Piccioli |
THEATRE Play Jack Willams accepts for Charles Balfour |
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THEATRE – Musicals Paule Constable |
THEATRE – Projection Design Lysander Ashton |
CONCERT TOURING EVENTS
ARENA – Baz Halpin – Pink
STAGE – Bruno Poet – Sigur Ros
LIVE EVENT – Patrick Woodroffe – London Olympics Ceremonies
VIDEO ELECTRONIC CONTENT – Sarah Hopper and Damian Hale – Sigur Ros
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| CONCERT TOURING EVENTS – Arena Pio Nahum accepts for Baz Halpin |
CONCERT TOURING EVENTS Stage Bruno Poet |
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| CONCERT TOURING EVENTS – Live Event Patrick Woodroffe |
CONCERT TOURING EVENTS Video Electronic Content Sarah Hopper and Damian Hale |
LIFETIME RECOGNITION
The winner for Lifetime Achievement is Ian Dow
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Ian Dow |
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Ian Dow with former winner Richard Pilbrow |
