074 VENUE
ALIBI BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
In the heart of Belfast’s Queen’s Quarter, on Bradbury Place, is Alibi. A sophisticated new bar and restaurant with a focus on good liquor, food and music. The two-floor venue consists of a three tiered smoking terrace, a club with private booths for hire, and hosts a selection of live entertainment, acoustic performances and DJ sets. Behind a large set of brass doors the venue has a touch of 1920s glamour; a checkerboard floor, gilded mirrors, vintage portraits and ceiling high cabinets filled with bourbon, gin and champagnes from around the world. “I have been working with the owners of Alibi nightclub for the last five years,” explained Dave Charman from Liteworx AV. In fact Dave has been working alongside the venue’s Technical Director, Wil-
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liam Barrett, on numerous projects over the past 15 years. Together, as Dave puts it, they “have always had a very strong passion for providing the most unique and desirable audio and visual systems. “I was approached by William and asked to transform the previous venue with some unique lighting and video solutions that would enable it to stand out among competitors.” The brief for the new lighting set-up at Alibi was a complete overhaul from its predecessor. “We wanted to produce an effect that would really give people a reason to look up and just say ‘wow’ and create a real talking point of the venue,” said William. “Keeping in mind how a lot of designs have come full circle over the years the concept for a 21st Century moving light rig was developed.”