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(9/2/2015)

-Nominations Open for USITT Young Designers & Technicians Awards

Nominations Open for USITT Young Designers & Technicians Awards

Student and early career theatrical artists can gain recognition, cash, and a trip to USITT 2016 in Salt Lake City if chosen for one of 11 Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts (TD&T) awards from the United States ...More

(9/2/2015)

-Clay Paky "Extremely Popular" with Major Acts on Parklife

Clay Paky "Extremely Popular" with Major Acts on Parklife

A wide array of Clay Paky fixtures were spread over numerous stages at one of UK's biggest dance festivals, Parklife, with several of the major acts' lighting designers reporting they were "very happy" to discover them in the rig. ...More

(9/2/2015)

-Summerland Tour Chooses Allen & Heath

Summerland Tour Chooses Allen & Heath

The Summerland Tour, previously hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the "10 Hottest Summer Package Tours," returned this year with Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems managing front-of-house and monitor ...More

(9/2/2015)

-Elation Lighting Used to Light Chicago's St. Vincent de Paul Parish Church

Elation Lighting Used to Light Chicago's St. Vincent de Paul Parish Church

With a mission to train the next generation of theatre artists in all disciplines, The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago had lighting design students illuminate St. Vincent de Paul Parish church in storytelling visuals and ...More

(9/2/2015)

-LED Project Makes a Point with Robe

LED Project Makes a Point with Robe

The rich and vibrant Latin music scene generates a lot of "crossover" between artists and the production side of the industry in the Mexican rental world. Most people involved in companies started their industry careers playing in bands ...More

(9/2/2015)

-NUAGE Is "His Thing"

NUAGE Is "His Thing"

Audiogrotto is a full-service audio recording facility built in a turn-of-the-century church and located in the historic East Row district of Newport, Kentucky, serving the greater Cincinnati area. ...More

(9/2/2015)

-FOLD Festival Stars Shine with ProSho and Chauvet Professional

FOLD Festival Stars Shine with ProSho and Chauvet Professional

For the better part of five decades, the legendary Nile Rodgers has demonstrated an uncanny ability to weave diverse musical influences together in unexpected ways. Whether it's been as frontman for his own group Chic or as a producer for ...More

(9/2/2015)

-Euroscreens Goes Live with Calibre LEDView530

Euroscreens Goes Live with Calibre LEDView530

Specialists in the hire of giant video screen technology for events, broadcast, TV, and entertainment industries, Cheshire, UK-based Euroscreens Ltd has taken delivery of Calibre LEDView530 Universal rental, staging, and ...More

(9/2/2015)

-AV Stumpfl Sets Focus on Simulation, Education, and Training

AV Stumpfl Sets Focus on Simulation, Education, and Training

Austrian engineering company, AV Stumpfl has expanded its presence in creating an extensive visual systems product and service offering to its extensive international client base.
In speaking about the expansion, Tobias ...
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(9/2/2015)

-Visionary Light & Media Turns to 4Wall for LPL Focus Event

Visionary Light & Media Turns to 4Wall for LPL Focus Event

Visionary Light & Media (VLM), led by lighting designer Michael Creason, recently turned to 4Wall New York for the lighting gear needed for LPL Focus at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. LPL Focus is a ...More

(9/1/2015)

-Deadline to Order Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards Is September 14th

Deadline to Order Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards Is September 14th

The deadline for ordering 2015 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is less than a week away. These unique cards were created especially for Behind the Scenes by designers William Ivey Long, Robert Mendoza, Bruce Rodgers, Court ...More

(9/1/2015)

-PLASA Publishes Makeup Mirror Lighting Standard, Launches "Our Common Goals Initiative"

PLASA Publishes Makeup Mirror Lighting Standard, Launches "Our Common Goals Initiative"

PLASA's Technical Standards Program (TSP) announces two actions to widen the program's benefits in the entertainment industry. The first is a new standard, one that will help performers and performance venue designers; the second is ...More

(9/1/2015)

-City Theatrical Appointed Exclusive Distributor for Core Lighting in The Americas

City Theatrical Appointed Exclusive Distributor for Core Lighting in The Americas

City Theatrical has been named by UK lighting manufacturer Core Lighting as their exclusive distributor in the Americas.
Core Lighting specializes in designing and manufacturing fully weatherproof battery powered LED ...
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(9/1/2015)

-Clay Paky Delivers "Maximum Versatility" on Sky Arts Sessions

Clay Paky Delivers "Maximum Versatility" on Sky Arts Sessions

Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Alpha Spot HPE 300, and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures are performing crucial lighting roles during season two filming of music show Sky Arts Sessions, allowing Sky TV lighting designer Richard BowlesMore

(9/1/2015)

-All LED Elation Lighting Package for North Carolina's Raleigh First Assembly Church

All LED Elation Lighting Package for North Carolina's Raleigh First Assembly Church

CSD Group, Inc., an award-winning creative design/build AVL firm based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, turned to an all LED Elation Professional lighting package for a new large worship space for Raleigh First Assembly Church. A ...More

(9/1/2015)

-Vince Gill Carries VUE Loudspeakers on Tour

Vince Gill Carries VUE Loudspeakers on Tour

Country music legend Vince Gill uses a streamlined approach to touring, using house sound systems in virtually every venue he plays. To ensure the full coverage and sound quality that fans expect, production manager and front-of-house ...More

(9/1/2015)

-Songstress/Composer Shana Halligan Warms Up to Harman's dbx 676 Tube Mic Preamp

Songstress/Composer Shana Halligan Warms Up to Harman's dbx 676 Tube Mic Preamp

Shana Halligan's voice is sweet, sultry, and compelling, drawing listeners directly into the emotional heart of her songs. Vocalist, composer, and lyricist Halligan was one of the co-founders of trip-hop duo Bitter:Sweet and has ...More

(9/1/2015)

-Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 Panels Win Friends at Pacific Amphitheatre

Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 Panels Win Friends at Pacific Amphitheatre

It's easy to see why, the Pacific Amphitheatre became an instant favorite among touring artists when it opened in 1983 with a concert by Barry Manilow. Located on the Orange County fairgrounds, the 8,000-capacity venue combines beautiful ...More

(9/1/2015)

-Colour Sound Keeps Nearly 500 Moving Lights ... A Secret!

Colour Sound Keeps Nearly 500 Moving Lights ... A Secret!

Colour Sound Experiment continued its frenetic 2015 summer festival season supplying lighting to 12 major stages, 24 smaller performance areas, and eight bars at the 2015 Secret Garden Party (SGP) event staged in Abbots Ripton near ...More

(9/1/2015)

-Dave Matthews Band Gets Away from the World with BMFLs

Dave Matthews Band Gets Away from the World with BMFLs

Lighting and visuals designer Fenton Williams and co-lighting designer / programmer Aaron Stinebrink again collaborated to produce a stunning production design -- incorporating lighting, set, and video -- for the current Dave ...More

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