Hannah Montana Goes Live with NocturneDisney darling Miley Cyrus is breaking records for ticket sales across the country with her Best of Both Worlds tour. Accompanied by a hot backing band and a dozen dancers, Cyrus starts her show with a set as Hanna Montana, her TV alter ego from the wildly successful Disney Channel show, then returns after a quick costume change to do another full set as herself. A production design by the veterans Kenny Ortega and Michael Cotton gives Miley fans a show to remember. The video-intensive set design includes five flying Barco MiTrix cubes and four Nocturne HiRes V9 LED video walls surrounding the stage. Nocturne partnered with equipment supplier VER to accomplish the vision of Cotten's design, an interactive mobile kaleidoscope of flash and style. "The light weight and adaptability of the V9 screens enabled the designers to add more lighting elements than with any other HiRes LED product out there today" said Paul Becher, co-CEO of Nocturne Productions, "Thanks to these talented designers a show commensurate with Hanna's popularity has been created." Director George Elizando and engineer Steven Davis control the 19 individual video surfaces using a Pinnacle i9000 switcher and an expanded Vista Systems Spyder system. During the show, Cyrus interacts with graphics on the LED walls, which are fed from a custom playback system incorporating three Green Hippo media servers. The IMAG component of the show is captured using Ikegami HL-45 cameras and several strategically placed POV cams to cover the fast paced show from every angle. Outstanding teamwork is necessary to get the complex show up and running in a new venue every day, especially for the weekend matinee performances that begin at 4pm. Mark Woody, Steve "Bone" Gray , Justin McLean, and Dane Mustola take care of the daily set-up of the V9 walls and MiTrix cubes, while Evan Huff and crew chief Eric Geiger build the video thrust into the audience and install the live cameras. "The phenomenon of Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana is like nothing we've ever experienced before, " says Becher, co-CEO of Nocturne Productions, "Her audience is the loudest I've ever heard in over thirty years in this business. From the time she hits the stage until she leaves, her fans are on their feet screaming the entire time." "Can you get tickets to the Hannah Montana show?" Becher continued, "This question is what seems to be asked of me every other phone call." 
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