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  QSC CX-Q Series Four-Channel Network Amplifiers Now Shipping Worldwide
QSC announces the global availability of the CX-Q Series network power amplifiers in four-channel models. These amplifiers combine the QSC legacy of high-performance and reliable amplifier design with the native network transport, ...
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New Centralized Training Platform Available Through Vectorworks University
Initially previewed at the 2018 Vectorworks Design Summit, global design and BIM software provider, Vectorworks, Inc., has launched a centralized e-learning platform, Vectorworks University. As the main repository of training ...
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Mackie Launches All-New SRM-Flex Portable Column PA System
Mackie announces their latest entry into the portable PA market, the all-new SRM-Flex Portable Column PA System. Featuring an ultra-lightweight design, legendary SRM Series sound quality, a full-featured six-channel digital mixer, ...
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Martin Audio USA Holds Special New Product Demo
Martin Audio USA, with support from its partner Feld Entertainment, will be conducting a special new product demo in Palmetto, Florida on October 17, 2019 at 1:00pm and 4:00pm.
Featured products will be the full lineup of ...
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Apocalypse Wow! For Robe
Spanish performance phenomenon Circo de los Horrores (Circus of Horrors) present "Apocalipsis -- A Day After," their fourth epic circus rock opera production combining the drama of theatre, the pumping rhythm of rock "n" roll, and the ...
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Acceptd to Sponsor "Pay It Forward" Candidate Awards
URTA announces that the arts network Acceptd will sponsor the 2020 Pay-it-Forward Candidate Award Program.
Candidate Awards provide free registration for the URTA Auditions and Interviews ("the URTAs"), including free ...
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Show: ArKaos at PLASA Show 2019
ArKaos, real-time visual processing technology provider for live performance and spectacular displays, enjoyed a busy PLASA 2019 expo in London Olympia last week on the stand of its UK and Irish Republic distributor, Entedi.
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Rock in Rio Chooses Martin by Harman as Sole Mainstage Lighting Provider for 24 of World's Biggest Bands
Harman Professional Solutions reveals that its Martin by Harman brand has been selected to entirely light the Palco Mundo mainstage at the 2019 Rock in Rio music festival. Martin fixtures will be lighting performances for 24 ...
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DiGiCo Supplies the One-Two Punch For Anderson .Paak On Tour
Anderson .Paak's 2019 Best Teef in the Game Tour began in May at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater, with its second leg now underway visiting festivals such as Afropunk in Atlanta and the Intersect Festival in Las Vegas. .Paak, ...
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Mad Oak Studios Homecoming as Boston's First WSDG Commercial Studio
Recording industry gear guru, serial entrepreneur, and long-time Boston-based studio owner PK Pandey shuttered his original Mad Oak Studio in 2011 when the building owner decided to monetize the property. A search for new quarters ...
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ADJ LED-Powered Fixtures Chosen for Hot New Cancun Nightspot
Doble B is the hottest new nightspot in the Mexican tourist trap of Cancun. Open for lunch and then dinner as a sleek restaurant, after hours the venue transforms into a nightclub with help from more than 40 of ADJ's professional ...
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AV Rental Firms Choose Bose ShowMatch DeltaQ Line Array Loudspeaker Systems for Festivals and Live Events
The word is spreading among the AV systems rental community worldwide -- Bose Professional ShowMatch DeltaQ line array loudspeaker systems are a great sound reinforcement choice for large-scale festivals and entertainment events of ...
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Santa Fe Art Institute and "The Art of Change" Choose Sennheiser
Beneath a serene, star-filled evening sky on September 6th, Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) hosted "The Art of Change: A Night of Film, Music and Art Celebrating Catalytic Artists that Change the World." The evening was a cross disciplinary ...
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Theatre in Review: Caesar and Cleopatra (Gingold Theatrical Group/Theatre Row)
David Staller, the man behind Gingold Theatrical Group, loves the works of George Bernard Shaw with a burning ardor -- a fact that, alone, makes him a valuable member of the New York theatre community. I only wish he trusted ...
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Vincent Lighting Systems Opens a Sales Office in Raleigh, North Carolina
Vincent Lighting Systems has opened a new location in Raleigh, North Carolina to support the needs of clients in North and South Carolina. This office is focused on the sale of both lighting and rigging products and systems.
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Bruno P. Souchaud to Head Up GLP's New French Operation
GLP has reinforced its growing profile in the French market by appointing the highly experienced Bruno P. Souchaud to head up its newly formed subsidiary, GLP France.
With nearly three decades' experience at the ...
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Three ESTA Standards Reaffirmed and Published
On September 9, ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved the reaffirmations of three ESTA Technical Standards Program standards. The new editions are now published and available at no cost from the tsp ...
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RCF Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Andrea Bocelli
To help RCF celebrate the company's 70th anniversary milestone, it flew in nearly 500 distributors, dealers, and customers from all points of the globe, who arrived at the spectacular location via a 45-minute boat journey ...
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Satore Tech Showcases Live Music VR Production at Raindance
Following a successful premiere at Venice Film Festival's VR Biennale, Satore Tech's Cosmos Within Us prepares to bring its 360 audio VR experience to London. The next stop is Raindance, the UK's largest independent film ...
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Clifford Spulock and Chauvet Professional Move to Emotional Rhythms of the Wedding Singer
"The most effective moments in theatre are those that appeal to basic and commonplace emotions," wrote Clayton Hamilton in his seminal Theory of Theatre. Although the legendary, critic, narrator, and author died in 1946, six ...
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Sound Designer Daryl Bornstein Selects PSA CO2 Confidence Mics for In-the-Round Jersey Boys
Theatre in the round always presents challenges to design and production teams for a show. The stage at the North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) in Beverly, Massachusetts is no exception. In addition to having the cast surrounded by the ...
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Peak Performance: Dierks Bentley's Seven Peaks Festival Flies High with PK Sound
From August 30th to September 1st, the small mountain town of Buena Vista, Colorado played host to the Seven Peaks Festival, an annual music event curated by country music superstar Dierks Bentley. Featuring modern day Nashville royalty ...
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Avolites Helps Everlast Productions "Build" a Very Different White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the ultimate special-event address, but that very unique venue tends to be booked up at least four years in advance. So the team at Everlast Productions, a leading Miami, Florida-area event ...
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Dreambeach Villaricos 2019 Brings Out the Best of Claypaky on Five-Day Show
Electronics, lights, and lots of dancing meet every year at Dreambeach in Villaricos (AlmerÃa, Spain) where thousands of people gather for five days to enjoy one of the biggest musical shows in the country on the Main Stage and in the ...
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Bryan Ferry Live with Alcons in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
With Roxy Music he celebrated international successes in the 1970s, in 2019 the now 74 -year-old Bryan Ferry presented his greatest hits once again as part of a major world tour, which led him for five dates also to Germany. Special ...
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Wärtsilä Entertainment Systems Redefines Nightlife at Sea with World's First WPS Install
Wärtsilä Entertainment Systems has solved the challenge of delivering a premium nightclub experience at sea with the first ever installation of Martin Audio's recently launched WPS optimized line array. The latest member ...
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Casa Instrumental New Obsidian Control Systems Distributor in Guatemala
Obsidian Control Systems announces that Casa Instrumental has been named the exclusive distributor of Obsidian Control Systems products in Guatemala. Lighting professionals in Guatemala will soon have an opportunity to get ...
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Theatre in Review: Fern Hill (59E59)
If nothing else, the spaghetti vongole sounds absolutely scrumptious. Early on in Fern Hill, Mark Linn-Baker, playing an aging rocker -- fitted out in faux Jerry Garcia style by the costume designer, Patricia ...
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Industry Reacts to "Busiest PLASA Show in Years"
This year's PLASA Show was the busiest in years, welcoming a six percent increase in overall attendance, with visitors hailing from over 63 countries. PLASA has also announced that the show will move to London Olympia's larger "Grand ...
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Elation Fuze Profile 2019 WFX New Product Award Winner
A mere two days after winning a PLASA Award for Innovation in London for the Artiste Monet, Elation Professional stepped to the podium at the WFX Conference and Expo in Orlando to receive a New Product Award in the Moving ...
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Chroma-Q Inspire MD Wins WFX New Product Award
Chroma-Q accepted the 2019 WFX New Product Award for the Inspire MD LED house light during the WFX Conference and Tradeshow in Orlando, Florida.
"This house light is a unique addition to the Inspire family," comments Paul ...
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Backup Helps Raise Awareness Through Pumpkin Challenge
Backup is launching the Backup Pumpkin Challenge, a competition to help raise awareness of the charity in a fun and creative way.
Anyone can get involved, be it as an individual, company or team. All that's necessary is a ...
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Double Mega for Hanan Ben-Ari Tour
Israeli singer-songwriter Hanan Ben-Ari is currently one of the most popular artists in a country replete with singing talent, and his new tour has just started, complete with a lively and dynamic visual design by Nesi Alfasi ...
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Stagemaker Hoists Lift Spirits on Chris Tomlin Tours
Stage rigging specialist TLS Productions Inc. (TLS) has supplied Stagemaker hoists and rigging expertise for two consecutive tours for contemporary Christian music artist Chris Tomlin. ...
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Elite Multimedia Productions Rides Alongside Country Outlaw Gary Allan
During a 20-plus-year career as one of country music's most alluring outlaws, Gary Allan has sold over eight million albums with five number one hits, 14 top ten hits, and has amassed over 1.8 billion total streams. With a fan base ...
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Tyler Provides Continued Support to Bandit with Constant Inventory Expansion
Lighting company Bandit Lites recently made a sizeable investment in more truss from Tyler Truss to enhance their existing stock and provide their clients with the industry's best options. Tyler has produced a large number of ...
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Illumination Dynamics Adds Ayrton MISTRALs to Lighting Inventory
Illumination Dynamics, a full-service lighting, grip, and power distribution company with locations in Los Angeles and Charlotte, North Carolina, has acquired a compliment of Ayrton MISTRAL LED spot luminaires for its rental ...
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Titan Tubes Have a Voice in South Africa
Leading South African lighting designer Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier used Astera Titan Tubes to light various segments of the final of The Voice South Africa 2019, which was staged at the Mosaïek Teatro in ...
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Christie Co-Stars in 15-Hour Performance of aus LICHT with Amsterdam's Dutch National Opera
As part of a 15-hour performance spread over three days, Dutch National Opera performed major parts of Karlheinz Stockhausen's aus LICHT cycle. As one of the world's top five opera companies, the Dutch National Opera opted ...
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Clair Solutions Completes the Times Square EDITION: A Technologically Advanced Luxury Boutique Hotel
In partnership with legendary Studio 54 co-owner and hotelier Ian Schrager, the EDITION line of hotels is in the upper echelon of Marriott International's brands. The Times Square EDITION recently opened and takes boutique luxury ...
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Great Lakes Christian Church Demands the Natural Reproduction of Danley Loudspeakers
Great Lakes Christian Church in Warren, Michigan has been in its beautiful 500-seat sanctuary for nearly forty years. Its outlook and services are decidedly traditional, with music performed by an all-volunteer orchestra of musicians from ...
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Theatre in Review: Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)
In many ways, I am the ideal audience member for Cusi Cram's fantasia about the life and death of St. Vincent's Hospital, a once-vital Greenwich Village institution that was unaccountably allowed to vanish. As a longtime resident of ...
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Claypaky Announces a New CEO
Claypaky announces that Marcus Graser is, with immediate effect, the new CEO of the company. Graser takes the place of Pio Nahum who, starting October 1, 2019, will retire after spending 30 years in the lighting ...
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The Broadway League and Actors' Equity Association Reach Tentative Agreement for New Contract
The Broadway League and Actors' Equity Association announce that a tentative agreement for a new contract has been reached.
"We are pleased to reach an agreement that provides meaningful benefits for all parties. This ...
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X4 Bar 20s Lead the Way in Contemporary Outdoor Production of Evita
One of the accepted technical challenges of London's outdoor theatre season are the major productions at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, which run right through the summer.
Working within the existing stage infrastructure, theatre ...
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Astro Spatial Audio Brings New Life to Mozart's Requiem at Aix-en-Provence Festival
One of the world's most respected opera festivals has been transformed into a fully immersive production courtesy of Astro Spatial Audio, including the creation of highly reverberant, church-like room acoustics in an historic open ...
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Painting with Light Celebrates 20
Belgian-based visual design studio Painting with Light (PWL) celebrates 20 years of utilizing multiple media and luminescent sources -- including lighting, video, lasers, projection -- and content to create inspiring designs, breath ...
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Prolific JMT Enjoys Success with Green Hippo
Jorge Toro's company, JMT Show Concepts, is a specialist in media playback systems, providing rental and operation of solutions for concert touring, corporate events, and various one-off special shows. For the past year or ...
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Woodbury Lutheran Church Rises from Wedges to Ears with KLANG
Located on the eastern edge of Minnesota's Twin Cities, Woodbury is a verdant community literally ringed by parks and golf courses. It's also home to Woodbury Lutheran Church, which has sprouted from its first 315-seat sanctuary dedicated ...
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New Omaha Jazz Club "The Jewell" Installs Bag End
The Jewell is a posh night club in Omaha, Nebraska, which opened its doors in February 2019. Brian McKenna is the New York record executive who moved to Omaha to create The Jewell.
The Bag End sound system installed ...
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Gravity Touring Series -- Professional Stand Solutions Now Available
The Adam Hall Group announces immediate availability of the new Gravity Touring Series -- the first ever stand series specifically developed for the professional rental market, the company says. The robust, fully metal stands ...
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Christie Pandoras Box Enables Creation of Amazing Visuals at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Opening Ceremony
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup tournament kicked off in the Chinese capital with a spectacular opening ceremony featuring eye-catching onstage visuals that were created using the Christie Pandoras Box real-time video processing ...
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Colour Sound for Perry's Stage at Lollapalooza Berlin
Colour Sound Experiment returned to the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany for the 2019 Lollapalooza festival where they were the lighting and LED screen supplier -- plus all related sub-rigging -- for the Perry's (Dance) Stage. ...
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CT Installs "A Palace in Motion" at Qasr Al Watan
Qasr Al Watan "Palace of the Nation" is the UAE's newest cultural landmark situated in the presidential palace compound in Abu Dhabi. It was opened to the public on Monday, March 11th with the aim to give visitors a deeper understanding of ...
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Ratchaburi Provincial Stadium Hosts Electrifying Events with a HARMAN Networked AV System
To deliver clear, intelligible sound for sporting events, live performances, and more, Mahajak Development Co., Ltd. recently deployed a state-of-the-art networked AV system at Ratchaburi Provincial Stadium. ...
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AES Technik Appointed Reseller for Artistic Licence in Germany
Following on from a successful PLASA London show, Artistic Licence welcomes Frankfurt based AES Technik as a value added reseller for its products in Germany.
As technical services provider and project integrator ...
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Outline Appoints Grupo Morfo as New Mexican Distributor
Grupo Morfo has been named Outline's exclusive distributor for Mexico. Effective immediately, Grupo Morfo will be responsible for sales, technical support, and service of Outline products across all markets, including touring ...
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Chris Corrini Joins PRG as Chief Financial Officer
Production Resource Group LLC (PRG), among the world's leading providers of entertainment and event technology solutions, announced today it has hired Chris Corrini as chief financial officer (CFO), who will head a newly ...
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FloppyTape Professional LED Tapes Debut at Lightshow West
This week, TMB introduces the first offerings in its new FloppyTape range. These new introductions represent a real step forward in the world of LED tapes: With unprecedented high CRI, color-rendering, consistency, ...
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Proteus Peace of Mind at Eric Church Record-Breaking Nashville Concert
On May 25th, country music star Eric Church played a very special show at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show was extraordinary in that it marked the first stadium headlining performance in Church's 15-year career and with ...
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Symetrix Composer 7.2 Adds Email Notification, Amp Monitoring, and More
Symetrix, manufacturer of high-performance audio hardware and software for the installed sound market, has released Composer 7.2 for Windows, the latest version of its powerful, yet intuitive programming software for Edge, Radius ...
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SLS Invests in Robe
SLS, one of the major rental and technical production companies in the UAE, has recently made a substantial investment in Robe -- an initial purchase of 50 MegaPointes last year was followed by 86 Spiider LED wash beams ...
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John Devries Joins the Sales Team at PAG Canada in Ontario
Professional audio and video industry sales veteran John Devries has joined the sales team at PAG Canada, Ltd. "When we learned of the opportunity to bring John into our family, we didn't hesitate and had him on board as ...
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L-Acoustics Heads Out Night After Night on Vampire Weekend Tour
Arguably one of the most influential indie bands of the past decade, Vampire Weekend is currently touring North America in support of its fourth studio album, Father of the Bride, which has been heralded by Rolling Stone
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Backstage Production Group Lights Romania's Most Famous Theatre Festival with Chauvet Professional
In the second century, the Romans established Cedonia, a small settlement on the banks of the Cibin river that marked the outer reaches of their empire. They eventually left, and their small village grew into Sibiu, a cultural hub of ...
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Hippotizer Provides Intuitive Media Control for Fox Sports
Green Hippo, specialist creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, announces that US regional sports network, Fox Sports Southwest, has upgraded its media playback system with the addition of ...
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Emmy contenders Depend on Shure for High-Stakes, Live Television Broadcasts
Shure is celebrating the nominees honored in the Best Variety Special (Live) category at yesterday's Emmy Awards. Five of the award contenders relied on Shure gear to deliver high-quality audio performances. Various Shure wireless ...
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Claypaky Lighting Fixtures Shine at Summer-Ending Festival 39 Aout in France
Summer lingered for music lovers at the Festival 39 Aout 2019, August 30 - 31 at the Domaine de Chalain in France's Jura region. The multi-genre music festival was held in a beautiful setting alongside Chalain Lake where an array of Cl ...
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Alcorn McBride Supports Theaters in Hamilton: The Museum Exhibition
The smash hit musical Hamilton continues to pack theaters worldwide. The creators of the musical partnered with manufacturers, integrators, and historians to create the traveling showcase, Hamilton: The Museum Exhibition. A ...
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Desheng School Maintains the Highest Standards with Renkus-Heinz Loudspeaker Upgrade
Foshan is a city of seven million people located north of Hong Kong and south of Guangzhou, in the densely urbanized Pearl River Delta region of China's Guangdong province. Foshan's Shunde district is one of the wealthiest counties in ...
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API 1608-II Console Commissioned at University of Rochester
API announces the commissioning of a 32-channel 1608-II console at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. The console sale was facilitated by Adam Levin of Washington Music Center. API spoke with Grammy ...
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Broadway Green Alliance's Fall E-Waste Collection Drive Set for September 25
The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is sponsoring an e-waste drive for the theatre industry and fans on Wednesday, September 25 from 11:00am -- 2:00pm in Duffy Square. The event is open to all shows, theatres, industry members, and ...
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Punching Above Its Weight (and Size): Alcons Audio Introduces Its Smallest Subwoofer to Date
The BF121 is a high-performance subwoofer system, delivering tight and accurate bass response with very low distortion. It features a single 12" long-excursion woofer, with double-spider suspension and 4" voice-coil in a bass-reflex ...
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Tripleplay and ONELAN Unite to Create Digital Signage and IPTV Powerhouse
Tripleplay, developer of IPTV, digital signage, and video streaming solutions, has announced it has been acquired by Uniguest; following its acquisition of ONELAN in June 2018. Merging Tripleplay into the Uniguest portfolio ...
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Zero 88 Launches RigSwitch at PLASA 2019
UK lighting control manufacturer Zero 88 enjoyed a busy and lively PLASA 2019 entertainment technology trade expo at Olympia in London, which included first UK trade show for its new RigSwitch remote controlled switching system ...
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Altman Lighting Raises the Creative Potential for the Howard J. Kaplan Concert Hall
As one of the nation's top public universities, Towson University in Maryland has created an inclusive learning environment situated near the area's prominent educational, community, and cultural resources. From theatre to dance and music, ...
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LA's LightenUp Inc. Invests in Ayrton Diablo Fixtures
LA-based professional lighting company LightenUp Inc. (LUI) has acquired Ayrton Diablo fixtures. Owned and operated by skilled and experienced technicians, LUI supplies a full range of lighting equipment and power ...
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PreSonus Ships Versatile PX-1 and PM-2 Recording Mics
PreSonus is now shipping two new microphones suitable for a wide variety of recording applications. Whether purchased at the same time or separately, the new PreSonus PX-1 large-diaphragm cardioid condenser mic and PM-2 stereo set ...
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Cast Appointed Exclusive Elation Distributor in Switzerland
Cast Swiss Light Consulting, an Elation partner in Switzerland since 2015, are now the exclusive Elation Professional distributor in the country after a recently signed agreement that went into effect on September 1st. ...
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Another Successful Summer Session for Adlib in Glasgow
Adlib supplied full production -- lighting, video including LED screens and cameras, audio, and rigging - to DF Concerts for the 2019 Glasgow Summer Sessions in Bellahouston Park that featured three dynamic gigs over two consecutive ...
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Just Add Power Takes the Spotlight at CEDIA EXPO 2019
Just Add Power (J+P), distributor of Ultra HD over IP video, announced that its 3G+ 767DSS Dante Enhanced Sound System transmitter was honored by CE Pro at CEDIA Expo 2019 in Denver with a Best Product Award, while its legacy 2G HD ...
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Acclaim Lighting Appoints ULA Group the Exclusive Distributor in Australia and New Zealand
Acclaim Lighting has named ULA Group as its new exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand. Established in 1991, ULA Group provides individually tailored architectural and LED digital lighting solutions to an ...
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ADJ's AV4IP Video Panels Chosen for World's Largest Mobile Kitchen
Powerhouse Kitchen, created for San Jose University, is the world's largest mobile kitchen. Designed for both mass catering and show cooking, the monstrous food truck features an integral stage and an AV system built around a huge pop-up ...
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Hip-Hop Icon Grandmaster Flash to Give AES New York Opening-Day Keynote Address "Evolution of the Beat"
In the tradition of bringing the best in audio industry pioneers and luminaries to an international forum of AES Convention attendees, the Audio Engineering Society has announced that music icon and innovator Grandmaster Flash ...
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disguise Hits the Road on EMEA Open House Tour
disguise is the ultimate solution to imagine, create, and deliver spectacular live visual experiences. After kicking off the EMEA Open House tour in Poland earlier this month, the roadshow will head to eight more locations across ...
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Listen Technologies Acquires AudioConexus
Listen Technologies Corporation, a provider of assistive listening systems for 21 years, has acquired AudioConexus, Inc., the leader in creative, multilingual and accessible tour solutions. AudioConexus helps sightseeing ...
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dearVR Pro to Become an All-n-One Solution for Spatial Audio Productions
At IBC, Dear Reality announced an update (v1.4) to its flagship spatial audio software solution: From October, the dearVR PRO 3D audio panner will support 26 multichannel output formats. In addition to binaural and ...
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Inimitable Essence: BAE Audio Unveils the 500 Series Format 73EQL
With an unmatched track record of creating vintage equipment faithful to the original design specifications, BAE Audio announces the newest family member among its 1073 series: the 73EQL 500 series equalizer. Featuring the same ...
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Justin Kitchenman Evokes Summer on Luke Bryan Sunset Repeat Tour with Chauvet Professional
Officially, summer ends in the northern hemisphere on September 23 with the autumnal equinox, but don't tell that to the thousands of people in cities like Indianapolis and Detroit who will be packing venues to catch the final dates on ...
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Allen & Heath Gives Voice to Shakespeare
A 48-channel Allen & Heath SQ-6 digital mixer landed a role in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) production of Henry IV, one of the Bard of Avon's most popular historical plays. Built from the ground up outdoors ...
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WorldStage Provides Video System for Broadway's Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations
WorldStage Provides Video System for Broadway's Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations Set to the beat of their greatest hits, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations brings the untold story ...
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RG Jones Records Another Henley Success with Martin Audio MLA
RG Jones Sound Engineering has been servicing the Henley Festival for an incredible 37 years, and with the aid of Martin Audio's award-winning MLA family (and other components in the market leading portfolio) it is ...
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TEATR Named New Elation Distributor in Poland
Elation Professional announces that specialty stage technology company Przedsiebiorstwo Specjalistyczne TEATR has been named the new distributor for Elation products in Poland. Based near Warsaw in the town of Piaseczno, ...
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Middle Atlantic Now Shipping Award-Winning Forward Family of Toolless Rack Options
Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of Legrand | AV, announces its industry-recognized Forward installation solutions are now shipping. Built to install today's systems at tomorrow's speed, Forward is designed around an ...
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White Light Shines on Eid El Adha Live Concert at Central Hall Westminster
As Central London's largest conferencing and events center, Central Hall Westminster recently played host to the Oscar Events House Live in London concert with Assi El Hallani and Mahmood El Turki. As the in-house technical production ...
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Robe Returns to The Future at PLASA 2019
Inspired by the launch of its new PLASA Innovation Award-winning ESPRITE moving light with fully replaceable LED engine and a host of other ground-breaking features and the iconic Back to The Future movie franchise ... Robe ...
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Broadway Theatres to Dim Lightings in Memory of Arthur Gaffin
The Broadway community mourns the loss of beloved production stage manager, Arthur "Artie" Gaffin, who passed away on September 13, 2019. To commemorate his life and work, the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of the ...
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POW-R BAR RACK USB: Rack Power Management Made Easy
ADJ announces the immediate availability of its new POW-R BAR RACK USB, a power management solution designed to eliminate messy wires and extension cords. Great for controlling the power supply to lighting and audio equipment, the ...
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LynTec Brings Flexible and Affordable Power Control Options to AES New York 2019
LynTec, manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting (AVL) systems, announced that it will showcase its robust family of innovative power control, sequencing, and ...
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Events United and CHAUVET Professional Immerse at SoulFest
Even after 22 years as one of the premier Christian music festivals in the US, SoulFest refuses to rest on its laurels. This was very evident to anyone who looked at the stellar lineup of worship music artists appearing at the event, a ...
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URTA Announces Recipients of Excellence Awards
URTA announces the first recipients of the Excellence Awards in Undergraduate Training. The awards recognize outstanding work of undergraduate instructors, coaches, mentors, as well as institutions, for excellence in the training ...
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Vari-Lite's VL2600 Spot Luminaires Shine for RTL's Télévie
Filipe Dos Santos, director of photography at RTL Belgium, called on the high-performance features of the VL2600 Spot luminaire from Vari-Lite, a Signify entertainment lighting brand, in his design for Belgium's annual ...
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Bandit Lites Brings the Lights to Toby Keith's That's Country Bro! Tour
Singer, songwriter and entertainer Toby Keith is out on the road for the Toby Keith That's Country Bro! Tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites.
The 2015 Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee's tour precedes the ...
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White Light Supplies Evita at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
White Light has once again supplied the lighting equipment for the entire Regent's Park Open Air Theatre season, which recently culminated in a revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical Evita.< ...
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RG Jones Gets the Job Done at Glastonbury
How proud Ronald G Jones would have been of the independent professional sound company that bears his name, and of the team that has delivered world-class audio across four main stages at the Glastonbury Festival. Now well into its ...
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Adamson and Sound.com Support A.R. Rahman's Huge Homecoming Show
Grammy- and Oscar-winner A.R. Rahman drew a massive crowd in mid-August 2019 for a special concert in his home city of Chennai, India. Once again, the artist -- widely known as the Mozart of Madras -- relied on Mumbai's Sound.com< ...
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Oxford Suites Relies on Symetrix to Deliver the California Dream
Located halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on California's Central Coast, Paso Robles is filled with wine, olives, hot springs, beautiful rolling hills, and sunny weather -- exactly the picture many have of what the state is all ...
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CPL Ramps It Up for 2019 Camper Calling Festival
Celebrating its fourth very successful year, the UK's Camper Calling music festival organizers Jazz Events upped the ante and invested in more production to ensure that loyal fans of this fun-filled, family-friendly event enjoyed a ...
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PLASA Innovation Award Winners Announced
The PLASA Awards for Innovation, organized in collaboration with LSi magazine, took place at the end of a vibrant Monday at PLASA Show 2019. The Awards recognize and reward pioneering product designs and the people ...
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Elation Artiste Monet Wins 2019 PLASA Award for Innovation
Elation Professional continues to bring innovative products to market and the PLASA Show has again taken notice by awarding the company's Artiste Monet LED Profile luminaire a PLASA Award for Innovation at the 2019 ...
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Fulcrum Welcomes Chaz Goodman as Marketing Manager
Fulcrum Acoustic, LLC welcomes Chaz Goodman to the team as the new marketing manager. Goodman will focus on expanding the online presence for Fulcrum Acoustic and will serve as the media contact going forward. ...
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Masque Sound Custom Audio Package Utilizes State-of-the-Art Audio Networking for the Muny's 101st Season
When The Muny, St. Louis' beloved theatre institution, opened its 101st season, it also unveiled the completion of Phase 1 of its multi-million dollar renovation. With a newly rebuilt state-of-the-art stage, orchestra pit, light bridge, ...
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Claypaky Lighting Fixtures Support Aerosmith's Hit Las Vegas Residency at the Park Theater
Aerosmith has launched its Deuces Are Wild residency at the Park Theater at MGM in Las Vegas with a multi-sensory experience that's playing to sold-out houses. The show features Claypaky Mythos 2 and Sharpy Wash lighting ...
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The Hangzhou Suntiandy Theater Delights with Technology for Cirque du Soleil X: The Land of Fantasy
In the company's seventh collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, Auerbach Pollock Friedlander provided theatre and audio-video consulting for the Hangzhou Suntiandy Theater -- a custom, one of a kind venue in China and home to Cirq ...
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Christie Pandoras Box Shines at the VIVID Grand Show in Berlin's Friedrichstadt-Palast
Christie Pandoras Box hardware and software are delivering perfect technical implementation of the video sequences in the presentation of VIVID Grand Show. The production tells the story of a girl who becomes separated ...
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HELi Showequipment GmbH Chooses GLP's impression S350 Series
Dry hire specialists, HELi Showequipment GmbH supply technology for events of all types and sizes. The company, based in Bodenheim near Mainz, Germany, continually invests in new equipment from leading brand manufacturers, as ...
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Allen & Heath Nominated for NAMM TEC Awards for Outstanding Technical Achievement
Allen & Heath is once again among the pro audio and sound production nominees spread across the 23 technical achievement categories comprising the 35th annual NAMM TEC Awards. With its dLive Mixing System joiningfive others ...
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Soundworks Covers Richmond Jazz Festival with Martin Audio WPL
One of the first two companies worldwide to acquire Martin Audio's WPL (Wavefront Precision Longbow) line array, Soundworks of Virginia successfully supported the Richmond Jazz Festival in Maymont Park with the new system ...
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VUE Jazzes Things Up in Berlin
Berlin's central church, The Emmaus Kirche, was the unlikely venue for 2019's XJAZZ Festival. But don't let the title be misleading. The multi-day festival hosted a mix of jazz along with world, neo-class, EDM and techno music across ...
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Bandit Lites and Mark Carver Light 2019 Black Music Honors
Bandit Lites once again provide the lighting package for the fourth annual 2019 Black Music Honors, where Xscape, Freddie Jackson, Arrested Development, Tamia, and Yolanda Adams were honored for their contributions to ...
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Danley Sound Labs Delivers Crystal-Clear Intelligibility on a Tight Budget at Saint Barnabas Catholic Church
is a vital social anchor and community-builder in an economically-challenged section of Birmingham, Alabama. Its beautiful sanctuary was constructed in the early 1950s, and, although the room itself is still in excellent shape, the ...
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Winners Announced at 2019 Knight of Illumination Awards
More than 500 entertainment industry professionals celebrated the best in lighting and video design on Sunday night, September 15, as The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards announced this year's winners at a glittering ceremony ...
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Deadline to Order Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is September 30th
The deadline for ordering 2019 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is just two weeks away. These unique cards were created especially for Behind the Scenes and are a great way to spread holiday cheer while bringing help and hope to ...
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Change in the Management Board of ARRI AG
The following is an announcement by the supervisory board of ARRI AG regarding a change in the management board.
After five years as a member of the ARRI AG management board, Dr. Joerg Pohlman has decided to accept a new ...
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Solotech Appoints Holger Schader as Senior Consultant, Concert Touring and Special Events
Mickey Curbishley, president, live productions division, USA at Solotech announces the appointment of Holger Schader as senior consultant, concert touring and special events, for the division's European operations. ...
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Ryan Mattin Joins ADJ UK's Sales Team
ADJ announces the expansion of its UK-based sales team with the recruitment of Ryan Mattin who will serve as ADJ UK's new southern sales rep. ADJ is already well established and respected in the market, and Mattin's focus ...
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Robert Lorelli Associates, Inc. Forms an Alliance with Theatre Design Inc.
After nearly four decades of providing theatre consulting services to some 300 projects throughout the world, Robert Lorelli Associates, Inc., Speonk, New York, has established an alliance with Theatre Design Inc., Cold ...
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Spotrack to Introduce TracMe at PLASA Show
Spotrack, manufacturers of a remotely operated followspot system, will be exhibiting at this year's PLASA Show at London's Olympia, September 15 - 17. Spotrack enables an operator to remotely control from any location, ...
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Just Add Power Introduces New Instant Install Application
Just Add Power (J+P), a provider of Ultra HD over IP video distribution, announces that the company has expanded its Just OS firmware ecosystem with the addition of the Instant Install application. It debuted at last week's CEDI ...
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Lowel's New Ego LED Puts Creators in a Better Light
Lowel, a division of The Tiffen Company, has launched the Lowel Ego LED, a desktop or mountable LED fixture designed to create the most flattering, beautiful soft light to smooth surfaces and hide blemishes to make people ...
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ACT Lighting to Become Exclusive Ayrton Distributor in Canada
Ayrton and ACT Lighting announce that, from October 1, 2019, ACT Lighting will assume the exclusive distribution of Ayrton in Canada. Over the past several years Ayrton has established itself in the market as a force for ...
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4Wall Entertainment Part of Historic Blackpool Illuminations Light Festival
The annual Blackpool Illuminations Festival is underway and over a million bulbs stretch for six miles along the seaside resort of Blackpool are shining bright. The annual lights festival, founded in 1879, is held each autumn and runs ...
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Three More Audiologists Earn Sensaphonics Gold Circle Certification
Sensaphonics, the pro audio industry leader in hearing health, recently educated three audiologists in the fine art of working with musicians at a Gold Circle Seminar in Chicago. This two-day event covers a wide range of ...
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Samsung Stages World's First Vertical Gig with Universal Pixels
The official opening of Samsung KX, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new "digital playground" in London's Kings Cross, featured the world's first vertical gig. The event has made history, revolutionizing how gig-goers experience ...
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Theatre in Review: Filomena Marturano: Un matrimono a la Caribeña (Repertorio Español)
Just about any visit to Repertorio Español reveals how many accomplished actors the company has at its command. This time around, the name to note is Zulema Clares as the title character -- a former prostitute, now the long ...
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City Theatrical Launches Five New QolorFLEX LED Tapes: HiQ, UV, and Five-in-One Amber Cool White
City Theatrical is expanding its line of QolorFLEX LED tape, dimmers, and accessories with five new LED tapes: QolorFLEX HiQ High CRI LED Tape (available in three color temperatures), QolorFLEX UV LED Tape, and QolorFLEX Five-in-One ...
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Vari-Lite's New VL800 Series of Event Fixtures Now Shipping
Vari-Lite, the originator of the modern moving head lighting fixture and a Signify entertainment lighting brand, has announced that its new Vari-Lite VL800 Series of fixed and moving head LED fixtures is now shipping. The new ...
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VMB's TP-20 Lift Now Available in North America
Creative Stage Lighting announces the immediate availability of VMB ProLifts TP-20 lifting tower in North America.
The TP-20 is VMB's newest model. Designed to maintain a perfect balance between lightness and strength, weighing ...
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Environmental Lights Announces Universal Dimming Driver
Environmental Lights, provider of LED lighting solutions, announced the launch of Universal Dimming Drivers.
Universal Dimming Drivers are full-capacity LED power supplies compatible with phase dimming and 0V -- 10V dimming ...
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Amanda Frazier Accents Historic Setting for Newsies with Chauvet Professional and Vincent Lighting
There are some musicals that could be placed in virtually any setting. Newsies is not one of them. A sense of place and time rumbles through this tale of the 1899 New York City newsboys strike like some turn-of-the-century subway ...
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Robe for Sziget 2019 Main Stage
"The power of our diversity unites us," screamed the headers emblazoning the Main Stage at Budapest's fabulous Sziget Festival, which saw another amazing lineup including Martin Garrix, The 1975, Florence + The Machine, Foo Fighters, and ...
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Zero 88 Gets Behind the Fringe
The Zero 88 team fully embraced the vibe, buzz, and excitement of the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival where they were -- again -- on the ground with training and technical support for a range of their lighting consoles and control ...
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Balanced Input Covers Phillips Academy Commencement with Martin Audio WPM
Phillips Academy Andover, founded in 1778 and one of the oldest incorporated secondary schools in the US, held its 240th Commencement with a Martin Audio WPM system deployed by Balanced Input of North Attleboro, Massachusetts ...
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Trondheim Rocks Again with Alcons
Last year's debut two-day Trondheim Rocks festival was such a success that this year it added an extra day. Headlined by Def Leppard, KISS, and Iggy Pop, Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems again succeeded in the difficult task of ...
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CODA Audio Chosen for Lavish Chinese Stage Spectacular
The Qing show is a hi-tech, permanently installed stage show produced by the Sunac Group in a purpose-built, 1,600-capacity venue at the Oriental Movie Metropolis complex at Qingdao in the Shandong province of China. The venue's ...
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Mountain View Staging Invests in Ayrton Diablo-S Fixtures
Mountain View Staging (MVS), headquartered in Salt Lake City and with offices in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., has taken delivery of Ayrton Diablo-S fixtures for its expanding equipment inventory. ACT Lighting, Inc.
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KOINFRA Upgrades Architectural Lighting on Geoga Bridge with Martin by HARMAN Outdoor LED Lighting Solutions
Korea Infrastructure Management Corporation recently hired Hansam System Co., Ltd. to upgrade the architectural lighting at Geoga Bridge with Martin by HARMAN LED lighting fixtures.
Formally known as the Busan-Geoje ...
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St. Gabriel the Sorrowful Mother Church Updates Sound System with Powersoft Quattrocanali Amplifiers
When St. Gabriel the Sorrowful Mother parish of Avondale, Pennsylvania unveiled their brand-new church in 2002, it was to account for the steady growth they had seen since originally opening in 1988. Boasting 7,500 regular worshippers ...
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L-Acoustics Syva Helps Evergreen Ministries Focus on the Message
Evergreen Ministries had put its faith in acoustical orthodoxy when the Hudsonville, Michigan church had its previous sound system installed. However, with the worship space residing in a mid-sized square building with largely metal ...
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Outline's Newton Announces Major Firmware and Software Release
Among the hottest product in global system processing for the last couple of years has been Outline's extraordinary Newton, the world's most advanced multi-source audio processor.
Newton has re-written the rulebook by combining ...
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ADJ to Showcase Six Exciting New Moving Head Luminaires at PLASA 2019
The world-renowned PLASA Show in London, England, is the key exhibition for the UK entertainment technology market and the ideal place to showcase new products. ADJ will use this year's show to demonstrate the latest ...
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CBI Cables Adds DMX to Ethercon Adapter
CBI Cables is adding a DMX to Ethercon Adapter to make the user's lighting production more versatile by delivering a seamless conversion through two different styles.
The adapter comes as either a heavy-duty box or a flexible ...
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Brad Haynes Joins Chauvet Professional
Chauvet Professional has appointed Brad Haynes as its national resource manager -- concert and touring. The Missouri native, who comes to Chauvet Professional from A.C. Lighting, brings a wealth of experience to his new ...
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TMB Welcomes Lauren Drinkwater
Lauren Drinkwater has joined TMB's Global Customer Development Group. Drinkwater arrives with an extensive background in sales, support, and business management in the entertainment technology and production field. ...
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Thinkwell Group Appoints Hugues Sweeney President of Thinkwell Studio Montréal
Thinkwell Group, a global experience design and production agency with studios and offices in Los Angeles, Beijing, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Montréal, announces the hiring of Montréal-based creative executive Hugues Sweeney ...
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David Weatherhead Debuts APG Media Group, a Full-Service LED Videowall and Media Technology Powerhouse
"I can't wait to start this exciting new chapter in my career," said tech entrepreneur David Weatherhead, hot on the heals from last week's sale of Advanced Presentation Products, Inc. to Diversified. ...
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Houston Grand Opera Announces New Contract Agreements with Three Unions
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announces the signing of new collective bargaining agreements (CBA) with three union groups that provide critical services for the company including American Federation of Musicians (AFM), Local 65-699 ...
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PLASA Show to Move to Grand Hall at London Olympia for 2020
What does this mean for PLASA Show 2020 exhibitors? Scroll down to find out more...
Ahead of the doors opening to PLASA Show 2019, PLASA has announced new plans for the 2020 edition of the event. The re-development of ...
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Toronto First to Receive Premium Audio Experience with New Shure Microphone Array Scoreboard Installation
The sounds of Toronto Raptors players hustling down the basketball court or Toronto Maple Leaf players checking the opponents into the boards have been amplified to a whole new level for fans of Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. ...
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LEA Professional Announces New Distribution Partner for Canada
LEA Professional announces SC Media Canada as the company's new distribution partner for Canada. This new partnership will support the release of the LEA IoT/Cloud-enabled amplifier, set to start shipping this month. Both ...
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HES Lighting "Speaks" for Off-Broadway's Lucretia
Luther Frank chose High End Systems lighting to accomplish two things: shine a natural light on a diverse group of actors, and allow a large deaf audience to clearly understand the sign language communicated onstage. ...
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Elation IP65 Lighting for Montana's Inaugural Peak to Sky Festival
When an inaugural event has rock icons like Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses), Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers), and Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) on the bill, let's just ...
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ChamSys Grand Opening Draws Crowd
Good times mixed with valuable insights at the grand opening of the ChamSys UK head office on September 2, as over 150 lighting programmers and designers from throughout Europe helped the company inaugurate its new office, ...
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Theatre in Review: Betrayal (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre)
Even given Harold Pinter's reputation as the master of dramatic minimalism, the new Broadway revival of Betrayal is almost alarmingly stripped-down. The actors often have little more than a couple of chairs with ...
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What to Expect From this Weekend's PLASA Show
The doors of PLASA Show 2019 open in just a few days from September 15 --17 at Olympia London, where thousands of visitors will experience the leading edge of live entertainment technology. With 220+ brands, 55+ educational sessions ...
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Vectorworks, Inc. Announces 2020 Version of BIM and Design Software
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces the 2020 release of Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer, and Fundamentals, as well as 2020 versions of Vision and Braceworks. This newest release ...
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ARRI Introduces Orbiter, the Ultra-Bright LED Point Source with a Variety of Optics
ARRI introduces Orbiter, a new LED luminaire that is poised to change the way the industry looks at digital lighting. An ultra-bright, tunable, and directional LED fixture, Orbiter is the most technologically advanced luminaire ever ...
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Lectrosonics Adds Encryption to its Award-Winning Duet System via Firmware Update
Lectrosonics is introducing new "X" firmware for the award-winning Duet IEM/IFB system which adds AES 256-bit CTR encryption. The addition of encryption is in response to customer demand for a data-secure version of the Duet for ...
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ArKaos Introduces Flexible Licensing for MediaMaster Pro
ArKaos, real-time visual processing technology provider for live performance and spectacular displays, introduces License Rental for its flagship MediaMaster Pro real-time video control software platform. This enables weekly rental ...
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Creative Lighting Solutions from Elation at WFX 2019
Dynamic lighting systems are being used by houses of worship across the country in new and exciting ways to support the message and help grow congregations. Elation partners with houses of worship large and small to develop creative ...
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L-Acoustics L-ISA Has Broadway Bounty Hunter Surrounded!
After being heard by over six million spectators at more than 1,500 live music performances around the world, L-ISA Sound technology by L-Acoustics recently made its North American musical theater debut in Broadway Bounty Hunter
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Church of the Presentation Relies on Powersoft to Overcome Acoustical Obstacles
Founded in 1961, Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, began with a congregation of 270 families. Since then, it has brought together more than a dozen times that number of families over the last half-century, ...
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On Top of the World at NAPOLI 2019 for the 30th Summer Universiade
Leading Italian lighting and visuals designer Giovanni Pinna came hot off Vasco Rossi's Non Stop Live 2019 Stadium Tour and straight into the Opening Ceremony of the 2019 Summer Universiade - World University Games - ...
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Nick Ho Powers MCW19 Shanghai Show with ChamSys MagicQ MQ60
Technology, even at its highest levels, seems to be most impressive when it's accompanied by human ingenuity. Nick Ho and his team demonstrated that point in convincing fashion recently at MWC19 Shanghai (short for Mobile World ...
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Hippotizer Tools Up for battleROYAL
Berlin-based creative studio battleROYAL recently drew on the power of Green Hippo's Hippotizer Media Servers to provide a dazzling "product experience" at a corporate event devised for a leading financial services provider. ...
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HUST Delivers High Quality Sound to Grand Park Hotel Rovinj with Biamp, Community and Apart
HUST d.o.o. has completed the design and installation of sound systems throughout the new Grand Park Hotel Rovinj, using a combination of Community and Apart loudspeakers with Biamp control. This five-star 209 ...
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Vari-Lite Provides a Winning Team for Saudi Cup Final Celebrations
Called upon by event producer Maestro Group to light the prestigious King Cup Final in Riyadh, lighting designer Koert Vermeulen used the versatility of a rig exclusively from Vari-Lite, a Signify entertainment ...
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Martin Audio WPS Shipping from September
Martin Audio has confirmed that its new WPS, the fourth model in the award winning and best-selling Wavefront Precision optimized line array series, will be shipping in the USA during September. ...
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Christie Announces World's First True HDR 4K RGB Pure Laser Projector for the Pro AV Market
Christie continues to push the boundaries of projection technology with today's launch of Christie Eclipse, a 4K RGB pure laser projector featuring Christie RealLaser illumination, true HDR, and an unparalleled color gamut for the ...
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Join Elation and Entedi at PLASA 2019
Elation Professional will partner with Entedi Ltd. in the UK and is excited to team with the technology equipment solutions provider to present an exceptional line-up of innovative lighting tools September 15 - 17 at PLA ...
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PRG Taps GameStop's Former Head of Partnerships for Esports Business
Production Resource Group LLC (PRG), a world provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, has hired esports thought leader and former head of GameStop Partnerships, John Davidson, as director of business ...
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Lorne Trottier Acquires Full Ownership of Matrox, to Lead New Era of Tech Innovation
Matrox announces that Lorne Trottier, co-founder of Matrox, has acquired 100% ownership of the Matrox group of companies, including its three divisions -- Matrox Imaging, Matrox Graphics, and Matrox Video. ...
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Solotech Appoints Michael Palmer as Director of Business Development
Philip Giffard, president, sales and systems integration division at Solotech, announces the appointment of Michael Palmer as director of business development, effective September 9, 2019. Reporting directly to Jas ...
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Bandit Lites Buys Big into High End Systems Gear
2019 may be drawing to a close but Bandit Lites is still grinding out plenty of events, tours, and shows. With clients wanting a variety of gear at their disposal, Bandit Lites made a large purchase of High End Systems gear ...
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Transcolor Invests in 200 Robe Spiiders
Transcolor, one of Poland's largest and most significant rental and visual production companies, has recently invested in 200 Robe Spiider LED wash beams.
These have been added to its rental stock which currently ...
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Cosmic Truss' F34DNA Features Front and Center
Port Lighting Systems, based out of New Hampshire, recently completed the design and install for the new front-of-house lighting rig of the Capitol Center for the Arts' Bank of New Hampshire Stage (BNH Stage). ...
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Shure Opens Office in Berlin's House of Music
Shure Incorporated announces it has opened a new sales and marketing office in Berlin. The House of Music is the city's creative hub for musicians, content creators, companies, and organizations in the music industry. It combines ...
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Theatre in Review. L.O.V.E.R. (Pershing Square Signature Center)
Lois Robbins' solo show begins with her slumped over the washing machine in a state of post-coital bliss. As it happens, her first serious relationship was with the aforementioned appliance. At a very early age -- I mean ...
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City Theatrical to Exhibit at PLASA London 2019
City Theatrical will be demonstrating new technology on stand H50 at PLASA Show 2019 in Olympia London September 15 - 17. Live demonstrations by City Theatrical will include PLASA 2019 Award for Innovation nominees ...
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Artistic Licence Launches rackSplit octo at PLASA Show
Artistic Licence will be launching rackSplit octo, the first product in its new "skinny rack" range. Designed for a standard 19" rack but only 50mm deep, the product -- an eight-output DMX/RDM opto-splitter with Neutrik XLR5 ...
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Obsidian Control Systems to Show Powerful NX 4 with DYLOS Pixel Composer at 2019 PLASA
Obsidian Control Systems will join with UK distribution partner Entedi September 15 - 17 at PLASA Show in West London where the new NX 4 lighting console with DYLOS pixel composition engine will be available for ...
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Astera to Show at PLASA 2019
Innovative German LED manufacturer Astera -- integrated into the Ambersphere booth -- will show its complete range of way-cool battery-powered wirelessly-operated LED products at PLASA Show 2019 in London, including the entire ...
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d&b audiotechnik Continues with Staff Expansion in the Americas
Michael Kurcab has joined d&b audiotechnik Corporation as part of the business development team, working as a business development manager and reporting to Casey Johnson, senior manager of business development. ...
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Bob Mentele New Vertical Market Manager at Elation Professional
Elation Professional introduces Bob Mentele as its new vertical market manager, a new position designed to provide specialized service to the growth markets of worship, theater, broadcast, and education. ...
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Entertainment Rigging Services' Ethan Gilson to Lead Rigging Safety Symposium at the 2019 Event Safety Summit
Adding to its schedule of optional paid workshops, Take1 Insurance and the Event Safety Alliance announces that Entertainment Rigging Services director Ethan Gilson will lead a two-day Entertainment Rigging ...
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Kinetic Lighting Teams with Industry Vet Jim Moody to Expand Community Outreach, Education
Industry veteran Jim Moody has teamed up with Kinetic Lighting, Inc. as a consultant focusing on the company's education forums and outreach. Moody comes to the company with fifty years of experience in the lighting ...
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Harman Professional Solutions Celebrates the Grand Opening of The REACH at The Kennedy Center
Harman Professional Solutions, a global provider of audio, video, lighting, and control systems, is proud to celebrate the grand opening of The REACH at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ...
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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Celebrates L-Acoustics
Brooklyn has become an international destination, and it knows how to party. Each year since 1979, the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival takes place at the Prospect Park Bandshell, making Brooklyn the summertime center of the ...
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Puzzle SA Links Inspired Visions at la Fondation Louis Vuitton with Chauvet Professional
Their births separated by a little over a year and 500 kilometers, Ahmad Jamal and Frank Gehry seem to have followed the same creative star over the course of their long, fertile lives. Jamal, who came into this world on July 2, 1930 in ...
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Britannia Row Supplies Pink's Beautiful Trauma World Tour alongside Global Rental Partners
Pink's Beautiful Trauma world tour -- in support of her seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma -- began in North America in March 2018 and is set to conclude in November of this year on the same continent. ...
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Claypaky B-EYE K20 Fixtures Support Natural Games Festival
The 12th annual Natural Games Festival took place in Millau, France, June 27 - 30 bringing together the world's best competitors in eight outdoor pro/amateur competitions. On the program were boulder climbing, freestyle kayaking, kayak ...
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Theatre in Review: American Moor (Red Bull Theater/Cherry Lane Theatre)
"You see, I have broken the fourth wall." This statement, made by the actor Keith Hamilton Cobb, is hardly necessary, since he has stepped off the stage of the Cherry Lane and, for a moment, stands in the center aisle. More to the ...
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Showlight 2021 Launches New Website
Showlight announces the launch of its brand-new website to coincide with the PLASA Show 2019.
Showlight 2021, the unique quadrennial lighting colloquium organized for lighting professionals by lighting professionals, will take ...
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Robe at PLASA London 2019
Robe embraces the spirit and dynamics of multiculturalism and the unmistakable joie de vivre that marks London as an entertainment hub and PLASA 2019 as a key exhibition and meeting point for the worlds of theatre, performance, ...
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sunDial quad Nominated for Innovation Award
Artistic Licence will be showing its newly launched trailing edge mains dimmer, sunDial quad, at PLASA London. With outstanding dimming performance and advanced safety features, the product is set to trigger a conceptual shift in ...
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DPA to Showcase Latest Microphone Solutions at WFX 2019
DPA Microphones is featuring its latest microphone offerings at WFX 2019 (Booth 735), which includes the newly released 2028 Vocal and 4097 CORE Supercardioid Choir Microphones. The newest DPA additions have been expertly designed ...
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Design Sound and DiGiCo: Always Seen and Heard Together in the Best of Places
If Entertainment Tonight and Page Six had a party, they'd call Design Sound, the sound reinforcement provider with a client list to match. The decade-old Beverly Hills-based company is the primary sound provider for West Coast ...
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Caroline Jones Opens for Zac Brown Band Backed by Morris Light and Sound
Both Billboard and Rolling Stone have named emerging country artist, Caroline Jones, to their coveted "Artists to Watch" lists. Jones partnered with Morris Light and Sound to design and implement a lighting package worthy of a ...
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Calvary Baptist Church Optimizes Coverage and Sound Quality with Martin Audio
SRB Consulting and Design of El Paso, Texas recently designed and installed a Martin Audio CDD system for the Calvary Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
According to pastor Kyle Cummings, the church lost ...
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ArcSystem Brings Power Savings and Flawless Dimming to Centennial Concert Hall
Acting as a hub for performing arts in Winnipeg, Canada, the Centennial Concert Hall has long upheld a sense of community for the people of Manitoba. With a seating capacity in excess of 2,300, the venue is the largest performing arts ...
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Shure Upgrades Entire SE Earphone Line, Featuring Improved Audio Quality and Longer Wireless Battery Life
Flexibility, improved audio quality, and longer wireless battery life are some of the most important features for earphone consumers. Today, Shure announced that its innovative line of detachable SE Sound Isolating Earphones is now ...
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Communications Agency Hogarth WW Taps WSDG for New Studio
Hogarth WW Mexico reports that WSDG Walters-Storyk Design Group has created a new recording studio complex for the international Advertising/Marketing/Communication company's new Mexico City offices. ...
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QSC Showcases Premium Audio and Control Solutions at Nationwide USA Today Wine and Food Experience Festival
QSC announces its sponsorship of the USA Today Wine and Food Experience, which kicks off September 7, 2019 in New York. As the official audio solutions provider for this ten-city nationwide tour, QSC will support the sprawling ...
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The Piano Man Jazz Club Shines with HARMAN Professional Solutions Live Sound Solutions
AM Integrated and Crescendo AV recently outfitted The Piano Man Jazz Club with a complete HARMAN Professional Solutions sound reinforcement system to ensure a one-of-a-kind live entertainment experience. ...
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Theatre in Review: Dust (Next Door at NYTW)
As the priest tells the faithful on Ash Wednesday, "You are dust, and to dust you shall return." This is the immediate prospect for Alice, the protagonist of Milly Thomas' solo play, who wakes up in a morgue, a suicide. Not that she ...
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High End Systems Introduces SolaWash 1000
High End Systems introduces the newest member of the Sola Series, the SolaWash 1000 automated luminaire. SolaWash 1000 is available in two versions; either with an Ultra-Bright engine producing 20,000 field lumens or a high CRI ...
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Alcons Starts Delivery of the LR18/120, Wide Dispersion Pro-Ribbon Line-Array
The LR18/120 is a three-way, "compact-mid-size" format line-source sound system, combining a 120-degree wide dispersion high sound quality with high dynamic SPL capabilities and throw.
By implementing Alcons' pro-ribbon technology ...
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Lowel Redefines Location Lighting with the New Blender XL
Lowel, a division of The Tiffen Company, has launched the Lowel Blender XL, a new bi-color fixture that employs powerful and efficient surface mount LEDs with an impressive output almost four times a traditional one-by-one ...
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The Broadway Green Alliance Names Molly Braverman Director
The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) announces that Molly Braverman has been named the new director of the Broadway Green Alliance. Braverman will be taking over the role previously held by Emily Harrington. ...
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WorldStage Adds Micah Dixon and Malia LaFleur to Expanding National Account Team
WorldStage has expanded its national sales and account management teams with the addition of senior account manager Micah Dixon and director of business development Malia LaFleur. With interest in WorldStage and its ...
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VUE Adds New Central Regional Sales Manager and Marketing Coordinator
In the ever-evolving effort to improve and keep up with growing sales and marketing demands, VUE Audiotechnikannounces the appointment of James Duvall as central regional sales manager and Richard Cruz Jr. as ...
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Alistair Smyth Joins Elation Europe in Technical Sales
Elation Professional's European headquarters announces the hiring of Alistair Smyth, a 24-year industry veteran who joins the growing office's technical sales department. Smyth comes to Elation with a proven background in ...
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Jane Greenwood to Receive Ming Cho Lee Award
Legendary designer and teacher Jane Greenwood will be honored with the Ming Cho Lee Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the Henry Hewes Design Awards at the 55th annual luncheon ceremony October 7 in New York. ...
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Three Draft ESTA Standards Available for Public Review
Three new or revised standards are available for public review on the ESTA Technical Standards Program website at estalink.us/pr. Anyone materially affected by the documents is invited to review ...
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Global Leader in Cruise Liners Chooses Point Source Audio
The decision to standardize on Point Source Audio (PSA) was led by Dave Cowell, lead sound designer and programmer for Carnival UK. Point Source Audio's body-worn microphones will support the fleets' performance venues ...
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Altman Lighting Provides a New Worship Experience of Light at Calvary Orlando
With a rich history of providing a genuine worship experience to families across the greater Orlando, Florida area, Calvary Orlando has recently set off on a new direction. Operating in a facility that was becoming increasingly ...
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Patrick Brannon and Maverick MK3 "A Big Plus" at the Orange County Fairgrounds' House of Power Stadium
Growing up in northeastern Louisiana, country superstar Tim McGraw was familiar with the kind of hot, humid night he encountered when he took the House of Power Stadium stage as the headliner presented by Orange Motorsports and ...
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Vari-Lite and Strand Provide High Performance Solutions for Caruth Auditorium
Caruth Auditorium, a classical concert hall at the heart of Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts, has benefited from a new stage lighting system from Vari-Lite and Strand, Signify entertainment ...
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SSL Is Larger than Life on Backstreet Boys DNA World Tour
First arriving on the music scene in 1993 and going on to become the best-selling boy band of all time, The Backstreet Boys' 2019 album, DNA, debuted at number one, more than two decades after the group formed. The five-piece ...
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Robe Launches New ESPRITE LED Moving Light
Moving light manufacturer Robe launches its new ESPRITE LED moving light today at: https://vimeo.com/357499120/a0d2b344f0.
ESPRITE pioneers a new era in LED engines! ...
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Audinate Releases Major Update to Dante Domain Manager
Audinate, developer of Dante AV networking technology, has announced version 1.1 of Dante Domain Manager. This update brings key improvements and new features to users and integrators: new flexible installation options, improved ...
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Stage Lighting Super Saturday #15 Planned for New York City February 1st
The 15th Annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday workshop, continuing its practical and hands-on educational presentations, will take place on Saturday, February 1st, 2020 at The New York City College of Technology: Entertainment Technology ...
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ESTA Announces ANSI Approval of RDMnet
On August 27th, ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved E1.33 RDMnet as an American National Standard. It is now published and available on the ESTA website at www.tsp.esta ...
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Introducing DMXtoDALI Quad
Artistic Licence is showing its latest DMX512-to-DALI conversion product, DMXtoDALI quad. Integration between the protocols has never been easier, the company says. With support for DALI DT8 (color), DMXtoDALI quad is specified for ...
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Royer Labs Debuts the AxeMount Dual Microphone Mount
Royer Labs, manufacturer of ribbon microphones, announces the AxeMount Dual Microphone Mount, the ideal solution for blending a Royer R-121 ribbon mic with a 57-styled dynamic mic. This combination of microphones has become one of ...
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GLP Impression S350/E350 Make Broadway Debut
Be More Chill is a musical with original score by Joe Iconis, based on the 2004 novel by Ned Vizzini. After a 2015 regional theatre production, the musical premiered Off-Broadway in 2018 and is now nearing the end of a ...
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Bandit Lites Makes Elation Professional Gear Purchase
Bandit Lites has spent the summer outfitting massive tours, record-breaking festivals and immense events, causing the world's foremost lighting company to once again add to its gear inventory with a sizeable purchase of Elation ...
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PLSS19 to Tackle Industry Trends with Enhanced Fringe Program
This year's edition of Prolight + Sound Shanghai (PLSS) will once again live up to the exceedingly high expectations of the professional AV, lighting, and entertainment industry. Taking place in the Shanghai New International Expo ...
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PixelFLEX Showcases a Luxurious Lifestyle with Toll Brothers City Living
With a reputation as a premier luxury home builder, Toll Bothers City Living brings the same level of quality and amenities to the most dynamic urban markets nationwide. Offering contemporary architecture and elegant finishes that ...
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First Assembly Church Strikes a Chord with d&b Soundscape
At a time when the background noise in audio is all about three dimensional sound and immersive experiences, arguably an extravagance suited to famous concert halls and exotic experimental music, it is contrary to the flow that one should ...
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Robb Jibson Uses Ayrton Khamsins to Give Chevelle Unique Looks on Summer Amphitheater Tour
Hard rock band Chevelle has embarked on a summer amphitheater tour in North America with Breaking Benjamin. Ayrton Khamsin profile luminaries are joining the band on the road controlled by a MA Lighting grandMA2 ...
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Fat Cat Jazz Club Brings Intimate Performances to Life with JBL Professional and AKG
ITC Solutions recently installed a HARMAN Professional Solutions system including JBL Professional and AKG at the Fat Cat Jazz Club to deliver clear, detailed sound for live music performances, special events, ...
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Theatre in Review: Felix Starro (Ma-Yi Theater Company/Theatre Row)
The people behind Felix Starro have on their hands some fascinating and extremely novel subject matter; it's too bad that no one seems to know what to do with it. A musical that cries out for a daringly theatrical approach has been ...
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Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations Announced
The nominations for the 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards have been announced. The awards had honor achievement in the professional theatre scene in the metropolitan Chicago area. The design nominees are as follows: ...
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Ayrton Launches New Luminaires at PLASA London 2019
Ayrton will be exhibiting at PLASA Show with its exclusive UK distributor Ambersphere Solution on stand K40b, September 15 - 17 at London's Olympia.
Founded in 2001, Ayrton's innovation and longevity will be ...
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Environmental Lights Announces Ultra-Bright LiteLinks LED Light Bars
Environmental Lights, a provider of LED lighting solutions, announced the launch of LiteLinks LED Light Bars.
LiteLinks LED Light Bars are a new modular solution for display and accent lighting which enables users to create UL ...
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See Robert Juliat at PLASA 2019
Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2019 on Stand K40d with exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, where it will demonstrate SpotMe, its award-winning, bespoke 3D position-tracking system for ...
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MDG Celebrates the Fifth Anniversary of MDG Fog UK at PLASA 2019
MDG will be exhibiting at PLASA 2019 in London's Olympia on Stand 50 where it will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of MDG Fog UK with a prize draw and the chance to win some MDG swag! ...
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PreSonus Celebrates Studio One's 10th Anniversary with Version 4.5.3 Update
PreSonus is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its award-winning Studio One recording and production software. Ten years on, Studio One retains the ease of use and superb sound quality that quickly made it one of the world's most ...
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Women+ Increasingly Vacate Technical Theatre Positions Due to Parity; Equity
A full 90 percent of respondents to a recent survey of female-identifying theatre design and production practitioners say that they have experienced negative workplace environments, gender-based harassment, or pay gaps. The results of ...
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AES Academy 2020 Advance Registration Now Open
The Audio Engineering Society has announced that advance registration is now open for AES Academy 2020. Held in conjunction with The NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, January 16 - 19, 2020, the AES Academy features ...
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Circa Scoop LEDs Set Tori Kelly's Performance Apart
Tori Kelly is a singer/songwriter for multiple genres including pop, soul, and gospel. With a newly released album, Wonderbox Studios had the privilege of producing and directing a studio performance session of Tori Kelly's new album at ...
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Elation Lights for Santana's Supernatural Now US Tour
One of the summer's more successful US tours has been Carlos Santana's Supernatural Now outing with opening band The Doobie Brothers, two acts with roots that stretch back decades that can still pack a house. Equally experienced ...
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Join Renkus-Heinz at WFX September 17 - 19
The annual Worship Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX) is one of professional audio's fastest growing events, drawing worship audio and video professionals from across the US and internationally. With a major focus on technology ...
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Let It Roll Rocks with Robe
Let It Roll 2019 attracted some of the best and most popular drum and bass sounds and artists as 25,000 fans rocked up to enjoy three days and seven stages of DNB mayhem in the atmospheric environment of Milovice Airfield. The former ...
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Large Complement of Claypaky Fixtures Shine on Rammstein's 2019 European Stadium Tour
German rock band Rammstein just finished its first ever stadium tour in Europe with Claypaky HY B-EYE K25, Scenius Unico, Mythos 2, and Sharpy lighting fixtures, selected by lighting designers Ronald Greil and Patrick ...
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Painting with Light in the Cornfields with Luminosity
Visual design specialist Painting with Light (PWL) was asked by the organizers of the 2019 Campo Solar Festival in Belgium to create site-wide ambience and a warm comfortable inclusive empathy utilizing light ... spreading some ...
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