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  In Memoriam: Eric Pearce
Lighting&Sound America has learned of the death of Eric Pearce, owner and CEO of SGPS/Showrig, the scenic fabrication, rigging, and automation specialist company. Peace passed away on July 24 at the age of 72. ...
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Storm in Vegas Shuts Down Fremont Street Experience, Floods Casino Floors
A freak thunderstorm hit Las Vegas on Thursday, shutting down entertainment attractions and flooding casino floors.
Several news outlets reported that the Fremont Street Experience, the downtown canopy of light, had gone out. Newswee ...
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Several People Hurt in Hong Kong Concert Accident
In a frightening demonstration of the importance of production safety, five people were injured when a video screen collapsed during a performance by the Hong Kong boy band Mirror.
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Maverick Storm From Chauvet Professional Takes IP65 Moving Heads to Next Level
There are "more storms on the horizon" at Chauvet Professional, and that's good news for anyone interested in lighting shows and events. In keeping with its commitment to offering all-weather solutions, the company has announced a ...
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City Theatrical Launches QolorFLEX 5-in-1 HiQ High CRI LED Tape
City Theatrical is expanding its line of QolorFLEX LED Tape and Accessories with a new QolorFLEX 5- in-1 HiQ High CRI LED Tape, which brings its best-selling QolorFLEX 5-in-1 and HiQ High CRI LED Tape for film and video technologies ...
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Tallowood Baptist Church Acquires Solid State Logic Live L350 Console as Part of Wider AV Upgrades and More
Tallowood Baptist Church, in the Memorial City neighborhood of West Houston, replaced an aging mixing console at front-of-house with a Solid State Logic Live L350 in recent months. The installation was part of ongoing upgrades at ...
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Astera Launches New Website
Wireless LED lighting manufacturer Astera launches a vibrant new multi-lingual website optimized for all devices, action packed with product information, full of technical specs, news, useful tips and tricks, invaluable ...
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Key Digital Components Remake the AV Infrastructure at Murdy's in Corpus Christi
Murdy's started out as Murdock's in 1998 and set out to become Corpus Christi's go-to spot for a casual drink while kicking back to watch every game on television. Firmly established as one of the city's favorite gathering places, Murdy's ...
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In Memoriam: Robert A. Lorelli
Robert A. Lorelli, founder and president of the theatre consulting firm, Robert Lorelli Associates which merged into Theater Design in 2019 passed away on July 23 in Westhampton Beach, New York, surrounded by family and friends ...
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Encore LP32IP: ADJ's Punchy Panel With Lime LED Technology For Higher CRI Output
The latest addition to ADJ's new range of wash lights featuring powerful RGB+Lime color mixing LEDs, the Encore LP32IP, is a multi-functional IP65-rated panel fixture. Designed for rental, touring, and event production, this ...
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Green Hippo's Hippotizer Tierra+ MK2 Feeds Kaleidoscope of Visuals for Electric Forest Festival
Michigan's much-anticipated Electric Forest Festival returned for 2022 with an expertly curated line up of EDM stars, jam bands, dubstep heroes and multiple other genres. On the Sherwood Court stage, a massive 7056x2864 canvas of LED ...
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Pearl Jam's Gigaton Tour Blasts Off with L-Acoustics K1
In March of 2020, just as Pearl Jam was set to drop Gigaton, its eleventh studio album and first proper recording since 2013's Lightning Bolt, the band was on the cusp of touring North America before heading on to Europe to ...
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Solid State Logic System T at the Heart of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo returned for a 90th anniversary celebration this year following a private event in 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The largest livestock show and rodeo in the world, this year attracting 2.4 ...
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Shure Supports Exceptional Sound at the 2022 ESPY Awards
Celebrating the best players, teams, and moments in the world of sports, this year's ESPY Awards benefitted from clear and natural audio that elevated the voices of the show. Broadcast live from Los Angeles on ABC, the ESPYs were complete ...
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Wisycom Wireless App Now Available
Wisycom Srl announces the availability of its new Wisycom App for the Symphony Series wireless microphone system, available for iOS and Android. Accompanying the release of the app are firmware enhancements to the line, which ...
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KLANG:konductor Gives Monitor Engineer César Benítez Plenty of Options for Ricky Martin on Stage
Last year, César Benítez Seilhamer became a fan of KLANG's unique approach to immersive in-ear monitor mixing on a co-headlining tour with Latino superstars Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias, using a DMI-KLANG ...
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Theatre in Review: Oresteia (Almeida Theatre/Park Avenue Armory)
It has been a very, very long time -- perhaps never -- since I have seen a production so intimately acquainted with the terrors of the earth as Robert Icke's Oresteia. When first announced, the pairing of Hamlet ...
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Elation Smarty Hybrid Main Mover for Sold-out Deorro Shows at Hollywood Palladium
DJ Deorro played two shows at the Hollywood Palladium in early July and electrified the sold-out crowds using a lighting rig that included Elation's multi-functional Sm ...
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Pliant Technologies CrewCom Provides Campus Wide Coverage at Clayton Valley Charter High School
When Sunny Shergill was named technical theatre director at Clayton Valley Charter High School (CVCHS), he returned to his alma mater determined to give students the best training possible at the high school level. With an aging ...
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E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio Invigorates the Atmosphere at the Rosebar Lounge
At the Rosebar Lounge, the mood throughout the venue is one of "anything is possible." Club management has taken the liberty to create an exciting atmosphere, where the best drinks and an inspired decor create a feeling of unlimited ...
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Bandit Lites Invests Big in Khamsins
In late 2021, Bandit Lites made a purchase of several hundred Ayrton Khamsin S fixtures with no real work planned from them; however, the Ayrton name, the high quality of service from the team at ACT and a great relationship with ...
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Texas Rock Band Nothing More Tours with Paired Allen & Heath dLive System
Veteran audio engineers Ross Landis and Andrew Crow had the opportunity to demo an Allen & Heath dLive system earlier this year, and they both fell in love with the open format. "You can do basically anything, and set ...
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Robe BMFLs for New Cirque du Soleil FUZION Show
FUZION is a sumptuous specially commissioned brand-new Cirque du Soleil production that was staged at the King Abdallah Sports City (KASC) stadium in Jeddah for the 2022 Jeddah Season Festival. The show is a tribute to the company's ...
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Theatre in Review: The Kite Runner (Hayes Theatre)
The theatre has arrived at an oddly bookish moment -- beginning, I think, with the arrival of War Horse in 2011 and rapidly accelerating since then. While Broadway's golden era saw adaptations of Ethan Frome, The Great Gatsby ...
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Howell Binkley Fellowship Launches Fundraising Effort
The Howell Binkley Fellowship Program, celebrating the late lighting designer on his July 25th birthday, is holding a fundraising effort.
Now in its second year, the Howell Binkley Fellowship offers exposure to New York City ...
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Light & Shadow Event to Feature Top LDs and Creatives
Leading creatives and lighting practitioners including Mikki Kunttu, LeRoy Bennett, Christopher Bauder, Ola Melzig, and Ralph-Jörg Wezorke are set to speak at Music x Media: Light & Shadow Seminar, ...
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Out Board Appoints Phoenix Audio as Distribution Channel for Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
UK spatial audio pioneer, Out Board, has appointed Phoenix Audio Distribution as the new TiMax distributor for mainland China and Hong Kong including Macau and Taiwan. The company has strong links with the team at Out Board ...
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JBL Professional Debuts the JBL VTX A6 Line Array Element and B15 Compact, Arrayable Subwoofer
Harman Professional Solutions introduces the newest members of JBL Professional's flagship VTX line array series, the VTX A6 subcompact dual 6.5" passive line array element and the B15 compact, arrayable 15-inch subwoofer.
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DiGiCo Quantum338 Pair Keeps Tash Sultana Grounded on North American Terra Firma Tour
Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Tash Sultana is back out on tour for the first time in three years supporting their sophomore 2021 release, Terra Firma. Following an initial 15-date jaunt ...
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Massimo Tomasino Reflects Power of Antonello Venditti Francesco de Gregori Show with Chauvet Professional
"Time is like a river," wrote the great Roman philosopher-emperor Marcu Aurelius, observing that moments of beauty inevitably vanish as quickly as they arise, swept away by the passing of days. Such a moment occurred in May 1972, ...
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Ayrton Ghibli S Goes Back to College
The School of Design and Media, part of ITE College Central in Singapore, recently placed an order for Ayrton's Ghibli S fixtures as part of the lighting inventory for the Higher NITEC in Performance Production program. The ...
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DPA Microphones Hits the Road with Music Industry Stars for Summer Tours
Summer tours are back in full swing, and artists are looking to make a statement with accurate, reliable audio. From Lorde and Bon Iver, to Tindersticks, H.E.R. and Lewis Capaldi, DPA Microphones has long been ...
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Design and Installation Expertise plus Outline Loudspeakers Deliver Modern Audio Solution for London Church
Consecrated in 1619 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Christ's Chapel of God's Gift is part of the Dulwich Estate in south-east London. It provides a place of worship for the schools supported by the Estate, the residents of the Dulwich ...
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#WeMakeEvents to Host BikeFest 2022 to Raise Funds for Backup and Other Industry Charities
#WeMakeEvents invites keen cyclists from across the events and entertainment industry to sign up for BikeFest 2022, which will take place on Saturday, September 3.
Together, the BikeFest team will raise funds for Backup ...
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Industry Members Invited to Take Part in New Survey of Labor Practices
A pair of theatre professionals are seeking industry input for their forthcoming book Equitable Labor Practices in Theatre Production. To this end, they are distributing a survey for designers, managers, and technical staff. As these ...
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Brightline Appoints Leslie Moynihan as Company's New Lighting Director
Brightline adds lighting industry veteran Leslie Moynihan to its team as a lighting designer/CAD specialist. Moynihan joins Brightline with an extensive background in lighting design for theatre, television, dance, live music ...
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MAGNUM Chooses Elation's Maximus as Multi-role Player for Season Two of Fan Controlled Football
Elation Proteus Maximus LED moving heads and Cuepix 16 IP LED matrix panels provided field of play, ...
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Britannia Row Productions Figure It Out for Royal Blood
English rock duo Royal Blood has called on Britannia Row Productions to provide audio support for their 2022 tour cycle, which started in Swansea, UK, in March, carried on through Europe, across the US, and straight into a packed ...
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Pink Floyd Founding Member Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets Tour Chooses Waves Plug-ins
FOH engineer Steven Carr (Roger Taylor, Goldfrapp, Agnes Obel, Chris Rea, Katherine Jenkins) chooses Waves plug-ins for the 2022 Saucerful of Secrets Tour by Pink Floyd founding member Nick Mason. ...
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King Jesus Church Upgrades to Clear-Com's IP-Based Eclipse HX Matrix
King Jesus Church in Miami, Florida is taking their production to the next level with a recent upgrade to their Clear-Com intercom system. The upgrade incorporated their existing Clear-Com Encore analog partyline intercom system and ...
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Theatre in Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Ruth Stage/Theatre at St. Clement's)
Maggie, the heroine of Tennessee Williams' play, demands to be heard -- indeed, her future depends on it -- so it's a problem that, in this new revival, she is so difficult to make out. Maggie, a former golden girl locked in a ...
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Sound Devices Releases the A20-RX with SpectraBand Technology
Sound Devices is shipping the A20-RX: a two channel, true diversity receiver with industry-exclusive SpectraBand technology. SpectraBand gives the A20-RX receiver and A20-Mini transmitter an unprecedented tuning range: 470MHz - ...
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Detroit's Movement Festival Roars Back to Life with Help From JBL Professional Audio Solutions
To ensure maximum impact and immersive stereo sound across the many dancefloors at Detroit's Movement Festival, event producer Paxahau and Thunder Audio selected and deployed highly versatile JBL VTX Series line array sound ...
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Creative Technology Announces a Further Two Additions to the Live Team in the Middle East
Creative Technology (CT) introduces two additions to their Live Team in the Middle East. Joshua Spencer has joined the company as a crew operations manager. He is proficient in managing multinational teams with a huge ...
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Capital Sound Extends and Enhances Martin Audio's PA to Fit BST's Enlarged Stage
With artistes ranging from the Rolling Stones to Elton John and the Eagles gracing the new supercharged stage and fascia at this year's American Express presents BST Hyde Park the quality of sound literally needed to raise ...
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Robe Enjoys Glorious Glastonbury 2022 with Arcadia, The Park, and BBC Introducing
The legendary Glastonbury Festival (Glasto) -- one of the largest and most popular celebrations of contemporary music, art, and culture -- returned with its glorious 50th anniversary edition offering a diverse and spectacular array of WOW ...
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Maarten de Man of mdm productions Lights Tourist LeMC with Help From Chauvet Professional
The letter "T" comes to us from the ancient Greeks, who modified the Phoenician letter "taw" by putting together two perpendicular lines, the vertical meeting the horizontal precisely at its midpoint. In the centuries since, the familiar ...
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L-Acoustics K2 Rig Gets Boston's New Roadrunner Up to Speed
When Grammy Award-winning musician Billy Strings stepped onto Roadrunner's stage for his sold-out show this past March, the brand new Boston facility officially became New England's largest general admission venue. Although the 50 ...
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ADJ's Vizi Beam RXONE Moving Heads Chosen For Hollywood's Hottest New Nightspot: Mainro
Opened earlier this year, Mainro -- the latest addition to Hollywood's nightlife scene -- offers a unique fusion of restaurant and supper club. Each evening the elegant venue shifts its focus from fine dining to high octane partying, ...
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Austrian Audio on Tour this Summer with Desmond Child Rocking the Parthenon in Greece
Over the past couple of years, Austrian Audio microphones and headphones have become a staple in the toolkit of many FOH engineers. So much so that Austrian Audio mics "are going on tour" this summer accompanying legendary musicians ...
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Theatre in Review: Heart (Minetta Lane Theatre)
In Heart, Jade Anouka has quite a coming-out story to tell -- up to a point. A formidable actress -- she was a standout in Phyllida Lloyd's productions of The Tempest (as Ariel) and Henry IV (as Hotspur) ...
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Micro Businesses Invited to Exhibit at PLASA Show
For one year only, "PLASA Show Introduces" will showcase small yet exciting businesses right on the show floor, in a dedicated zone alongside 150+ renowned brands in entertainment technology.
In addition to the reduced cost of ...
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Audio-Technica Canada Participates in 2022 JUNO Awards as "Official Pro Audio Partner"
Audio-Technica Canada served as a key participant in the recent 2022 JUNO Awards, celebrating the best in Canadian music. Having secured a multi-year deal as a Platinum level partner and the "Official Pro Audio Partner" of the ...
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RF Venue Keeps Legendary Medora Musical Live and Kicking at North Dakota's Burning Hills Ampitheatre
Every year since 1965, the Burning Hills Amphitheatre in Medora, North Dakota, has hosted summer-long runs of the Medora Musical, a live revue looking back at the region's "Wild West" era and dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt ...
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Meyer Sound PANTHER Kicks Out the Jams at 2022 Peach Music Festival
A mecca for jam band devotees, the Peach Music Festival at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania is known for presenting a diverse, multi-genre array of artists most known for their free-flowing improvisation and danceable rhythms. ...
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Seattle Landmark Sees New Light
Given the excitement of the Seattle Krakens inaugural NHL season, the Pacific Science Center wanted to spruce up its venues as part of enhancements to the entire 74-acre Seattle Center entertainment complex featuring grounds and venues ...
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A Brilliant Decision for Robe
The Warsaw branch of Brill AV Media, a proactive, fast-growing company specializing in B2B events and conference productions as well as AV systems integration / installation, has invested in more Robe moving lights for its ...
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d&b CPO J-Series Makes the Scene in New Times Square Venue
A certified pre-owned (CPO) d&b J-Series loudspeaker system has been installed in NEBULA, the new Times Square hot spot, featuring world-renowned and up-and-coming DJs. On a recent Sunday night, Diplo performed a special set from ...
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Riviera Theatre's Entertainment Tech Tradition Continues with Chauvet Professional
Using technology to enrich entertainment is nothing new at the Riviera Theatre. At the time it opened in 1925, the 1,000-plus seat venue was outfitted with an early Mighty Wurlitzer "demonstrator," meaning that the instrument's ...
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Claypaky Mythos 2 Fixtures Shine at High-Energy Alan Walker EDM Concert in Bengaluru, India
British-Norwegian DJ, YouTuber, and record producer Alan Walker returned to India for a four-city Sunburn Arena Tour last April that turned out legions of fans in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Gurgaon. His Bengaluru show ...
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The NAMM Foundation Recognizes and Thanks Generous Donors at The 2022 NAMM Show
The generosity of NAMM Members was on full display at The 2022 NAMM Show's global reception, where members were recognized for their donations to The NAMM Foundation. Each donation will help the Foundation continue its work to ...
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Lighting Up The Dance Floor with Lighting Designer Marsha Stern
Lighting designer Marsha Stern discusses the finances of a freelance career starting in NYC nightclubs in the 1970s. Stern is interviewed by lighting designer Ethan Steimel on the podcast Artistic Finance. The ...
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Gopher Stage Lighting Welcomes Angie Hellerstedt to Accounting Team
Gopher Stage Lighting announces Angie Hellerstedt will be joining its accounting team. Hellerstedt has been a part of the Bookkeeping/Accounting/
Finance world for over 25 years; working with numerous small and large ...
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LEA Professional Brings Aboard Long-respected Manufacturers' Representative Firm, SKMac
LEA Professional announces its partnership with manufacturer's representative firm SKMac, to strengthen the company's presence and rapidly-growing customer base in the US Mid-Atlantic region.
With over 95 years of providing ...
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Robe Intrudes on Gary Numan Tour
Electronic music pioneer and innovator Gary Numan is on the road again showcasing his acclaimed, apocalyptic, and highly topical climate crisis highlighting studio album Intruder -- his 19th -- which dropped in 2021, ...
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Milton de la Cruz and Chauvet Professional Create Lively Visuals for Ensalsate
Oftentimes the most expressive forms of communication are those which transcend spoken language. This certainly rings true for Salsa, an art form that allows dance partners to communicate and tell stories through the medium of rhythm, ...
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GLP Develops XDC1 and Debuts 162 Fixtures for Ed Sheeran's Mathematics Tour
Ed Sheeran's long-term production designer, Mark Cunniffe not only delivered his most expansive set design ever for the current +-=÷x (Mathematics) stadium world tour, but almost certainly his most innovative, with its ...
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ADJ Prepares to Launch New Future Focus Road Show with Special Social Mixer Event in NYC
On Tuesday, August 16, ADJ will launch its new Future Focus Road Show series with a special social mixer event in New York City. Held at a penthouse venue in Manhattan, it will showcase ADJ's latest new product releases, including ...
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INFiLED Adds Crystal Wu as Inside Support for Growing US Sales Team
INFiLED hires Crystal Wu to support the growing US Sales Team. With 15 years in the LED display industry under her belt, Wu has a combined experience in sales, marketing, customer service, and project management in both the ...
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Ecom-Events Adds Big Lighting Touch to Coupe du Monde De Baby-Foot with Chauvet Professional
A table soccer playing field measures only about 120 centimeters long by 61 centimeters wide, but that doesn't mean that a championship event in this sport can't get the bold, broadcast-friendly looks of a "real" football tournament. Ecom ...
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Ultratec Special Effects Launches Their Pulse Lift Plate System For Pyrotechnics
Ultratec Special Effects announces the development and patenting of their new Pulse Lift Plate System (PLP) for integration with their pyro mines.
The Pulse Lift Plate System ensures consistent and tight star groupings when ...
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Claypaky Xtylos and ReflectXion Help LD Jon Eddy Give Standout Look to Deftones North American Tour
Deftones, the American alternative metal band, has wrapped the North American leg of their OHMS tour, delivering a show that fans felt was worth waiting for. Lighting, production, and set designer Jon Eddy used Claypaky RGB ...
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NAMM Loudspeaker System Showcase Makes Full Use of Allen & Heath Avantis
This year's NAMM show was back in full force, with a return to in-person exhibits and visitors from around the world. Those attending the Loudspeaker System Showcase had the opportunity to hear an Allen & Heath Avantis console at ...
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Audio-Technica Honors Signal Marketing with Samurai Award
Audio-Technica has recognized Salt Lake City-based firm Signal Marketing with its Samurai Award for the 2021/2022 fiscal year, for representing Audio-Technica in the US Rocky Mountain States territory. ...
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Brompton Technology Secures £5.1m Investment from Connection Capital to Capitalize on Growth Opportunities
Brompton Technology has secured a growth capital investment from specialist private client alternative investments business, Connection Capital.
Richard Mead, Brompton Technology CEO, is clear on the benefits the ...
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Call for Nominations for PLASA's Gottelier Award
The Gottelier Award, which is part of the PLASA Awards for Innovation, is now calling for nominees. The award recognizes the invaluable contributions of the people behind the products, from pioneering product developers to ...
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Resources for Alcohol and Substance Misuse from Behind the Scenes
In a 2019 survey of entertainment industry workers, over 40% of respondents said they had experienced alcohol or substance misuse. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the anxiety, fear, uncertainty, stress, and isolation experienced by so many ...
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Jackson Browne Brings Bandit Lites On the Road for Summer Band Tour
Bandit Lites is honored to once again provide the lighting for acclaimed singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. His Evening With full band 2022 tour launched in June and runs through September supporting his GRAMMY ...
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Davina Michelle Gets Hyper with Robe
The production surrounding two impressive shows at Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena by Dutch rising star Davina Michelle saw an imaginative fusion of dance and rock and roll that united some of the best and most innovative talents on the ...
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Robert Juliat Oz Followspots for New Zepp Kuala Lumpur
Robert Juliat announces that the famous Zepp series of venues in Asia has invested in more RJ fixtures with the addition of 6 RJ Oz 600W LED followspots delivered to the new Zepp Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. ...
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Theatre in Review: Into the Woods (St. James Theatre)
To understand why this Into the Woods is so enchanting, you must first understand what it is not: Do not expect elaborate designs, magical special effects, or fancy directorial concepts. Unlike its many New York revivals -- ...
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Nashville Lights Up for Independence Day with Bandit Lites
Hundreds of thousands of people chose downtown Nashville to celebrate the Fourth of July as Broadway was transformed in a free concert event during "Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th" celebration. Bandit Lites provided lighting ...
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4Wall Provides LED Video Technology for Netflix's Russian Doll Season 2 Episode
Season 2 of Netflix's highly anticipated series Russian Doll was released in April. 4Wall's Virtual Production team was tasked to create a video panel wall that wrapped around a practical subway car to create a simulated ...
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George Gorton Creates Organic Rig for Dallas Smith Tour with Chauvet Professional
The lighting rig that George Gorton designed for Dallas Smith's Somethings Never Change Tour took on a life of its own over the course of the early summer, seeming to expand, contract and morph in new directions with ...
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Atlona Adds Sound Marketing West as Manufacturer's Rep for Growing California and Nevada Markets
Atlona, a Panduit company, has added Sound Marketing West as a manufacturer's representative for California and Nevada, effective immediately. Based in Los Angeles, the firm will work closely with ...
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LIT Lighting Raises Bar with Investment in "Rider-friendly" Elation Proteus Maximus
LIT Lighting has added Elation Professional's proven IP65 powerhouse LED luminaire, Proteus Maximus, to inventory, an investment that allows the Tempe, Arizona-based ...
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L-Acoustics L-ISA Adds the Third Dimension to Circular Dimensions x Microscape
This past April, on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio, California, artist Cristopher Cichocki devised a remarkable installation: the five-story-tall Circular Dimensions x Microscape, constructed with more than 25,000' of ...
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New Solid State Logic Duality Fuse Installed at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
Located in Ikebukuro, which is one of Tokyo's landmarks along with Shinjuku and Shubuya, The Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre opened in 1990 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the purpose of promoting arts and culture. Recently, to mark ...
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Corey Easterbrook and ChamSys Flow With Neon Trees
Corey Easterbrook likes to go with the flow, whether it's busking light shows or jumping on new, unexpected opportunities. The affable owner of Hot House AV has gotten to do both during the past 18 months by running a steady series ...
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Strand Lighting Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Strand Lighting, one of the oldest and best-known lighting brands, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, Lighting&Sound America has learned. The filing took place on Monday, July 11, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for ...
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Stageline Investing $4 Million to Accelerate Shift to Digital Manufacturing and Support International Demand
Stageline, a Quebec-based company recognized internationally in the event industry, celebrates its 35th anniversary this year and will be completing an investment of more than $4 million in digital machinery during an exceptional ...
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ADJ Expands US Sales Team with Appointment of Ray Varela
Experienced audio and lighting industry professional Ray Varela has joined the team at ADJ's US headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. Bringing with him a wealth of experience, having spent almost 30 years working in the industry ...
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Foals' Energetic Set Enhanced by GLP's Versatile JDC Line and impression FR10
When Cassius Creative first got its hands on GLP's then new JDC Line 1000 some 18 months ago, the world was in lockdown and the band they were lighting -- psych-pop act Glass Animals -- were presented to their fans as an Internet ...
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Announcing a New Altman Phoenix Family of Fixtures
Altman Lighting announces updates to the new PHX LIME chip. The product is billed as brighter, without any increase of power pull, meaning that mixing to white, users will see anywhere between a 1,000-2,000 more lumen increase in ...
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Historic California Barmel Adds Alcons Audio Elegance
Tucked away in the small city of Carmel-by-the-Sea, on the Californian coast, Barmel is a historic bar and music venue with an ambience based on the authenticity of old time saloons, the warmth and elegance of 1940s San Francisco and the ...
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Theatre in Review: Twelfth Night (Classical Theatre of Harlem)
The infinite flexibility with which the plays of William Shakespeare accommodate directors' wildest visions is on display these nights in Harlem, where Carl Cofield's revival of Twelfth Night fills the Richard ...
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Behind the Scenes Announces 2022 Holiday Cards
The 2022 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are now on sale at the BTS Boutique. This year's collection features a wonderful mix of seven different designs ...
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TMB Brings New My Method CLONE Luminaire to North America, UK, and Ireland
TMB announces the addition of My Method's premiere new, unique tungsten luminaire CLONE to its family of quality product offerings in North America, the UK, and Ireland.
CLONE fixtures provide an array of rich, warm light in a ...
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Optimal Audio Announces Open Day Demonstrations
Optimal Audio announces that its celebrated open days will be returning in September. Part of the Focusrite Group, Optimal Audio manufactures a one-stop solution of control, amplification, and loudspeakers for small to medium sized ...
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POLAR Appoints Mark Jennings
POLAR announces the further expansion of its team with the appointment of Mark Jennings to the post of business development manager, integrated solutions. With more than 15 years experience of the sector, Jennings will be ...
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HQ2 Beachclub Hosts Headliners Every Weekend on its New 1 SOUND System
HQ2 Beachclub at Ocean Casino Resort features sought-after global DJs, performers, and celebrity appearances. Situated at the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk, the 45,000-sq.-ft., HQ2 Beachclub venue features six bungalows with private pools, ...
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Renkus-Heinz Helps the Salvation Army Reimagine a Hollywood Golden Age Classic
When the Hawaii theater opened its curtains in the heart of Hollywood in 1940, it offered an experience like no other. The theater had seating for over 1,100, a large lobby and lounge, retail shops, a children's nursery, and much more. The ...
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Dynamic Elation House Lighting Upgrade Like "Night and day" at Florida's Orangewood Church
Michael Pagan designed and specified a new house lighting rig for Orangewood Church in Maitland, Florida, and used Elation's energy-efficient Colour Pendant ...
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Canada's Largest Cycle Studio Offers Members an Immersive Experience Using a Christie Projector
Canada's largest cycle studio opened in the new Altea Active club in Toronto's Liberty Village with a unique experience for cyclists thanks to sparkAV and a Christie GS Series 1DLP laser projector. The club officially opened its ...
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Allen & Heath's Compact dLive CTi1500 Handles FOH and Monitors for Bryan and Katie Torwalt
FOH engineer Rob Drayton was first introduced to Allen & Heath's dLive series at a tradeshow a few years ago, and he was immediately grabbed by its power and simple workflow. As Drayton notes, "I was like, man...this is cool!" ...
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Theatre in Review: Mister Miss America (All for One Theatre at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre)
I never knew it, but apparently Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre contains one of those mysterious portals that transport one to the distant past. How else to explain the building's summer tenant? On the surface, Mister Miss America ...
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disguise Acquires Creative Studio Meptik to Accelerate Global Delivery of World-class Immersive Productions
disguise has acquired Atlanta-based immersive entertainment specialists Meptik, to empower the global deployment of trailblazing immersive productions, studios, and installations delivered by Meptik and powered by disguise. ...
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Chris Smith and Ashley Keen Join Theatre Projects
Theatre Projects announces the addition of two new full-time staff members to their team. Chris Smith joins the firm as the marketing and content manager and Ashley Keen joins their strategic planning team as a senior ...
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Prolights Debuts its Largest Soft Light Panel
Prolights has released the EclPanel TWCXL, its largest soft light to date -- an ultra-bright LED soft panel with a large light aperture for large-scale productions and long throw applications.
The 1,500W RGB+WW LED source outputs ...
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ADJ Announces the Hydro Profile
ADJ's new flagship IP65-rated moving head, the Hydro Profile, is now shipping. It combines a high-power 660W LED light engine that delivers 25,000+ Lumens of output with a precision-engineered optical system and expansive ...
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Robe Tetra2s Help Drip Feed the Art for Goose Tour
Indie groove band Goose's Dripfield US summer tour united the passion and talents of two lighting professionals -- Andrew Goedde and Tony Caporale -- who with the assistance of some Robe Tetra2 moving LED ...
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CODA Audio ViRAY and N-RAY Deliver the Detail for Two-thousand Voice Spectacular at Galaxie Amnéville Arena
The Galaxie is an indoor arena located in the commune of Amnéville in northeast France. Opened in 1990 and designed in the same vein as the Zénith de Paris, the venue's seating can accommodate more than 12,000. As well has hosting concerts ...
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Droneberger Showtechnik of Austria Invests in Ayrton
Droneberger Showtechnik GmbH of Klagenfurt am Wo¨rthersee, is the latest company in Austria to invest in Ayrton fixtures, adding more than 40 Ayrton Karif LT and Ayrton Perseo Beam to its lighting inventory. "With the relocation ...
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Theatre in Review: Between the Lines (Tony Kiser Theater)
In the second act of Between the Lines, Delilah, the literature-besotted heroine, becomes trapped -- literally -- inside a fantasy novel, with no obvious means of escape. I think I know how she feels, having watched the cast ...
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Claypaky Appoints Filippo Frigeri as Senior Business Development Manager
Leading lighting manufacturer Claypaky announces the appointment of Filippo Frigeri as the new senior business development manager for North America.
Frigeri, who served in similar high-profile roles within the ...
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PK Sound Announces T218 Subwoofer
T218 is the flagship subwoofer in PK Sound's Trinity series, the industry's first series of robotically controlled line array elements. This high-output, low-profile enclosure offers outstanding low-frequency performance with an ...
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Ayrton Khamsins Dominate Lighting Designer Tom Kenny's Rig for The Who Hits Back! 2022 Tour
Following their smash pre-COVID Moving On! Tour, one of the world's legendary bands is on the road again with The Who Hits Back!" 2022 Tour. Lighting designer Tom Kenny selected a compliment of active Ayrton ...
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Solotech Fields Massive 23 Hangs of MLA/Wavefront Precision for Stereophonics
When Capital Sound, part of the Solotech UK Group, conceived the original design for Stereophonics' homecoming concert at the Principality Stadium, for what would have been their "We'll Keep A Welcome" Christmas show, the idea of 23 Mart ...
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Elation's Magmatic Welcomes Atmospheric FX Specialist Joey Olaerts
Elation Professional's atmospheric effects brand, Magmatic, welcomes Atmospheric FX specialist Joey Olaerts to the Elation and Magmatic team. Olaerts will work with Elation's R&D and ...
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Over 300 Robe Moving Lights for Armin van Buuren's This Is Me, Feel Again Production
Armin van Buuren showed the universe once again that he is one of the most talented, innovative, and creative musicians on the planet, with five blockbusting This Is Me shows staged at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome. ...
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James Loudon Accents Glastonbury Circus with Help From Fineline and Chauvet Professional
It's a common sight outside the Glastonbury Festival Circus Big Top tent: people walking away shaking their heads in amazement at the astounding acrobatic feats performed inside the popular attraction. Less apparent to the casual fan, ...
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Deftones Tour US and Europe with GLP JDC1 and Scenex Lighting LED Pixel Tape
After completing a North American tour of theatres, arenas, and amphitheaters (up to 10,000-cap.), Californian-based alternative metal band Deftones arrived in Europe in June for a series of sell-out shows in their own right and ...
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Theatre in Review: Richard III (New York Shakespeare Festival/Delacorte Theatre)
We've had some great productions of Richard III in recent years, along with some really terrible ones, but none have been as conflicted as Robert O'Hara's staging at the Delacorte. It's a mass of warring impulses, both ...
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New Summer and Fall Dates Announced for Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid Training Classes for July, August and September 2022 are now posted on the Behind the Scenes website at btshelp.org/mhfa. Take an active role in helping to care for ...
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Long Reach Long Riders Announce Completion of 19th Annual Charity Ride
The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) announce the successful completion of their 19th annual charity motorcycle ride, the Blue Ridge Ramble.
The annual ride, which benefits the Behind the Scenes Charity and Broadway ...
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Attendee Registration Opens for IAAPA Expo 2022
With the building anticipation of its doors opening in less than five months, attendee registration has opened for IAAPA Expo ...
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DiGiCo is Jewel in the Crown at Jubilee Celebrations
The most anticipated weekend of the year in the UK, the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations took place at the beginning of June in London with a roster of remarkable events, the centerpiece of which was the star-studded Jubilee Concert. ...
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Verge Aero Covers the US with Drones for Fourth of July
Verge Aero were out in force across the US on the Fourth of July, helping thousands celebrate Independence Day with multiple drone shows in Florida, Colorado, Nevada, and California.
The mammoth cross-country spectaculars were ...
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Analog Way Names Midwest AV as Sales Rep in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri
Analog Way appoints independent manufacturers representative firm Midwest AV of Prospect Heights, Illinois as their sales rep in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Under principal Barbara Sjodin, the Midwest AV sale ...
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Bailes+Light Reflects Spirit of Greenpeace with Chauvet Professional
"Anyone who plants a tree has not lived in vain," according to an ancient African proverb. The unknown philosopher who shared this insight was not alone. Ever since traditions have been recorded, virtually every culture in every corner of ...
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Anolis Lighting Scheme for Mairie de Pantin
The impressive Mairie de Pantin (town hall) is being illuminated by a new Anolis LED lighting scheme designed by Rozenn Le Couillard from Noctiluca commissioned by the city council to tastefully highlight their newly ...
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Ed Sheeran Tour Goes grandMA3
Everyone is talking about Ed Sheeran's "+-=÷x" stadium world tour for multiple reasons, from the music and his amazing communication with his fans to his constant and universal appeal to his ability to make a stadium show feel as ...
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Evoke Studios Visuals at the Center of Ed Sheeran's In-the-Round Live Experience
Global music megastar Ed Sheeran returned to stadiums in 2022 with the Mathematics Tour; an all-new, in-the-round live experience featuring a Mark Cunniffe production design that included a colossal halo screen and six ...
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Introducing ADJ's Focus Flex
Lightning fast, packed with features, and extremely bright, the new Focus Flex from ADJ Lighting is a versatile moving head luminaire capable of creating wash, beam, and pixel effects. Designed to provide lighting designers with ...
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New Orbiter LiOS2 Software Update from ARRI for Even Stronger Synergy Between Lighting and Camera
With the release of LiOS2 for the Orbiter LED luminaire, ARRI enables better workflows for modern productions. Three new modes establish new possibilities for crews to work and cooperate faster and smarter. ...
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TV Premiere for GLP impression X5 on Finals of Germany's Search for a Superstar
Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Germany's Search for a Superstar), better known as DSDS, is one of Germany's longest-running television hits, having just concluded series 19. For GLP and lighting designer Man ...
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Meyer Sound and Solotech Enrich the Audience Experience at Wolf Trap's Filene Center
With a total audience capacity of more than 7,000, the imposing Filene Center is the flagship venue at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, located just outside Washington, DC. To further enhance its reputation as one of the ...
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Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR Tour Mixes with Sweet Pair of DiGiCo Consoles
With three Grammy Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, three Apple Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, TIME's Entertainer of the Year recognition, and many more accolades over the past year to her credit, Olivia ...
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Register for the Midwest Rigging Intensive
ESTA will host the very first Midwest Rigging Intensive on August 25 - 27 in Chicago. The weekend-long event will feature a curriculum developed by a group of dedicated instructors, all of whom are ETCP Recognized Trainers. ...
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Abe Jacob to Be Inducted into Theater Hall of Fame
The pioneering Broadway sound designer Abe Jacob is to join a lineup of Broadway royalty when he will be inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in November.
This year's inductees include playwrights Lynn Nottage and Suzan-Lori ...
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Renkus-Heinz Appoints Industry Expert Sebastian Rivas as Software Development and Research Engineer
Renkus-Heinz announces industry expert Sebastian Rivas as software development and research engineer. Rivas will work closely with chief technology officer Ralph Heinz and engineering manager Chad DeFranco. ...
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ProSource Summer Education Series 2022 Returns With a Focus on Operations
ProSource announces the return of the popular Summer Education Series with a focus on operations, identifying best practices for creating a high-performance workplace culture. The exclusive ProSource member event is scheduled for ...
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Neumann and Merging Technologies Join Forces
German studio specialist Neumann.Berlin and Swiss company Merging Technologies -- will now be working together under the umbrella of the Sennheiser group. Sennheiser has taken over ...
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Brit Row Brings Live Audio Gravitas to the Party at the Palace
Britannia Row Productions provided comprehensive audio reinforcement for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, including the main house systems for all three stages and the live rig for headline act ...
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DiGiCo S31 Wins the Face-Off as Dollar Loan Center's New Front-of-House Console
They call it "The Buck" or "The Stronghold," but either way the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada is a first-class venue for second-tier sports. It's home to the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League and the Vegas ...
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d&b's GSL Scores Top Marks on The Killers' Stadium Tour
US rock band The Killers delighted UK and Ireland fans with their Imploding The Mirage stadium tour in May and June. For this leg, band, audience, and crew benefited from an extra layer of quality in the form of a GSL PA system from ...
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Lectrosonics Debuts New US Online Store for Parts and Accessories
Lectrosonics announces the debut of their new Lectrosonics U.S. Online Accessory Store which provides a place for customers in the US to order a wide range of parts and accessories for ...
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PLASA Awards for Innovation 2022 Now Open for Entries!
The widely respected PLASA Awards for Innovation are now open for entries. PLASA Show 2022 exhibitors, PLASA members, and non-exhibitors are invited to enter their products by Friday, August 5 to be in with a chance of winning one ...
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US Brand 1 SOUND Going International with the Hire of Leonardo Dani and Leonardo D'Andrea
1 SOUND welcomes Leonardo Dani and Leonardo D'Andrea to its team as sales executives focusing on Europe, Middle East, and Africa. 1 SOUND was founded in 2019 by designer Lou Mannarino and has spent the last ...
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Ayrton Domino S and Perseo Profile Hit the Road with Coldplay on North American Stadium Leg of World Tour
Grammy Award-winning Coldplay has completed the North American leg of their Music of the Spheres World Tour where Ayrton Domino and Perseo fixtures illuminated the stadium show from coast to coast. ACT Entertainment ...
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TiMax SoundHub Spatial Audio Engine at the Core of Queen's Jubilee Party Sound Design
Sound designer Ben Milton, of Ben Milton Associates, instinctively knew TiMax SoundHub would be at the core of his complex sound design for the televised Queen's Platinum Jubilee event, staged around the Queen Victoria ...
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Vari-Lite Announces Large Scale IP-rated Luminaire That is Lightest in its Class
Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head and a Signify entertainment lighting brand, announces the VL3600 PROFILE IP, a large-scale, high output production profile fixture with an IP65 rating. Designed to withstand ...
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Robe's T11 Series Products Win 2022 ABTT Lighting Award
Robe enjoyed a successful ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) show at Alexandra Palace in London, UK, a highlight of which was winning the Lighting Product of the Year category of the 2022 ABTT Awards for its T11 ...
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ChamSys MagicQ Helps Patrick Sollitt Run Headline Show On Glastonbury Acoustic Stage
Late Friday night, as they concluded their 90-minute set on Glastonbury's acoustic stage, headliners Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott walked out for their first encore. Evoking an earlier time in Heaton's iconic career, they ...
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Martien van Doorne Cultural Center Takes Prolights
The cultural center Martien van Doorne in The Netherlands has just taken delivery of several Prolights fixtures. The large Rabo Cultuurzaal was in need of new theatre lighting.
Mischa Woudenberg of Full AVL, Prolights' ...
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Adamson Blueprint AV 1.3.2 is Now Available
Adamson Systems Engineering has released the latest update to Blueprint AV, its proprietary audio system design and simulation software. ...
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PLASA Show 2022 Registration Has Launched
PLASA Show, the UK's leading trade event for entertainment technology returns to Olympia in the heart of West London from September 4 - 6, with free registration open until 31 August 31.
After the popular post-lockdown ...
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Nostalgia Meets New Tech on the River
After years of planning, the city of Lowell, Michigan opened the doors to its new showboat in the Spring of 2021. The Lowell Showboat is a replicate of the riverboats from the historic past, featuring a grand staircase, special wall ...
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Claypaky VOLERO BATTEN AQUA: A High-performance LED Bar for Indoor and Outdoor Use
First one in the VOLERO line of high-performance LED bars, VOLERO BATTEN AQUA is a new fixture that brings all the Claypaky quality but now for outdoor use in all weathers.
From the first glance users will notice that Volero ...
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ETC Announces 2022 North American Fred Foster Student Mentees
ETC is set to begin the 2022 North American Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program with ten driven students who will be connected with industry mentors through a series of ...
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Kat Borderud's Music-Driven Turnstile Design Draws on Chauvet Professional and Squeek Lights
Being well versed in music definitely helps in the lighting design process. Some might even say it's absolutely essential to driving a show that moves fans on multiple levels. The power of this musicality is amped up even further when a ...
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ProSource Appoints Brian Kjaer as West Coast District Manager
ProSource announces the appointment of Brian Kjaer as its west coast district manager. Kjaer has a long history in the consumer technology business in his native Denmark and the US with Basalte, Dynaudio, and Bang & Olufsen ...
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Strictly Come Dancing Champion Tours UK Under Obsidian NX2 Lighting Control
Lighting designer, director, and operator Jose Lorenzo uses Obsidian Control Systems' ONYX lighting control platform on tours in the UK and recently ran a 78 show, 3-month tour by 2021 Strictly Come Dancing champion
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