Brompton Technology, renowned as a pioneering force in LED video processing, has celebrated a remarkable year marked by an array of significant commercial achievements and groundbreaking innovations. Last Friday, against the backdrop of the Evolution London venue and surrounded by its industry peers, and following an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science &…
tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Media Servers have been installed at Colombia’s Caracol Televisión studios as part of a set upgrade for the popular singing competition Yo me Llamo (My Name Is). The network is one of the biggest clients for AV equipment supplier and production design company Visual in Motion, which regularly deploys…
Finnish singer Kaija Koo celebrates an impressive 40-year career as one of the country’s most popular artists, and anniversary activities have included staging a massive show at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium. The high-profile one-off event featured an elegant and eye-catching production design evolved by the combined talents of Ari Levelä (set & video) and Pekka Martti…
LIT Lighting in Tempe, Arizona recently specified, designed, sold and installed new lighting and production equipment in the Footprint Center, home arena of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. The installation, which comprised a new entertainment lighting solution, included Ayrton, MA Lighting, MDG and RapcoHorizon brands, all exclusively distributed in North America by…
Creativity is set free when it reaches the edges of the physical world. This spirit is at the heart of CHAUVET Professional’s LDI booth (1261), which is dedicated to the goal of converging physical and digital worlds. Designed by Studio Lab, the booth utilizes disguise, Unreal Engine and other emerging virtual production technologies to celebrate…
For its global premiere on the stage of Vienna’s Ronacher Theater, the musical “Rock me Amadeus – The Falco Musical” was brilliantly illuminated using PROLIGHTS’ Astra Wash. This musical, replete with evocative scenes, intricate choreography, and dazzling costumes, demanded an extraordinary lighting setup to properly showcase the spectacle and celebrate the life of the musician…
UltraSound System Brings Close-up Intimacy to Every Seat in the Arena. Gifted with an emotive voice and extraordinary guitar skills, and drawing on a deep repertoire of chart-topping songs, John Mayer is one of the rare artists able to fill “A level” arenas as a true solo act. The rousing success of his recently concluded…
Since its founding in 2003, ChamSys has taken great pride in the ability of its cutting-edge software and hardware control solutions to adapt to the myriad and always-evolving needs of lighting programmers and designers. Hence, the company’s name, which is derived from the supremely adaptive chameleon. It is in this spirit that the company has…
Robe launches four outstanding new products on Booth 911A at the 2023 LDI expo in Las Vegas next week – the iT12 ProfileTM, the T32 CycTM, and two new variants of the cool and successful PATT series of scenic illumination, the HolyPATTTM and the MolyPATTTM. Additionally, shown for the first time at an expo in…
Lighting designer Jonas König uses impression X5 Compact, impression X5 Bar 1000 and X-PAR 12Z. The genre-defying rock-pop-punk band ENGST is continuing along its successful, upward trajectory. The new album “Irgendwas ist immer” (“There is always something”) is selling fast and the tour starting in November, through Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is already largely sold…
‘The Need for Speed’ – the ability to work fast and sometimes furiously – “is imperative” explains lighting designer Tom Kenny referring to the 2023 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina event staged at the Kaseya Arena in Miami, Florida, in conjunction with LPS Production. This year, Tom worked his creative magic with the help of a large…
Lighting designers, programmers and operators have increasingly discovered the benefits of Obsidian’s accessible and intuitive lighting control brand and are invited to explore the latest innovations December 3-5 at Booth #1342 at the 2023 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas. Visitors to LDI will have a chance to demo both hardware and PC systems, including the…
NicLen has expanded its rental park by acquiring the Astra Hybrid330. Provided by Lightpower, PROLIGHTS distributor in Germany, this hybrid LED moving head offers a versatile range of applications and effects, establishing itself as the latest multifunctional moving head of choice for the German rental company. Jörg Stöppler, CEO of NicLen, shared his perspective on…
A zactrack PRO system is integrated with the lighting and sound control for Nicholas Hytner’s highly acclaimed stage production of Guys and Dolls, currently running at the Bridge Theatre in London. Bunny Christie’s innovative staging concept and Paule Constable’s provocative lighting has transformed the theatre’s auditorium into a promenade environment, complete with 14 stage lifts…
Spain’s Medusa festival offers a sizzling DJ line up from all around the world embracing a lively mix of dance genres in a fantastic seaside location at Cullera beach in Valencia by the mouth of the Jucar River. The 2023 event was enjoyed by over 250,000 people across 6 days of sun, smiles and superlative…
Ryan Schaminee is a Netherlands-based freelance gaffer and lighting board operator who also works internationally on a wide variety of commercial, television and some film projects … utilising various Astera products almost every day. He finds the Astera ranges reliable, highly flexible and appreciates the great quality of light, all attributes that assist him in…
EMG, Europe’s leading broadcast service provider, today announced a significant step in its commitment to sustainability by signing an order with Volvo for its first fully electric 19T rigid tender vehicle. This pioneering initiative, marks EMG as the first OB provider to announce the adoption of electric trucks into its fleet with the vehicle being…
Andrew Liddle, the longstanding designer for New Order since the band’s emergence from Joy Division in the early ’80s, turned to Elation’s powerful Proteus Excalibur narrow-beam moving head to create stunning, laser-complementary lighting on the band’s recent tour across mainland Europe and the UK. Recognized as one of the most influential bands of its era,…
Naostage has already been booked for next summer after helping Festival de Poupet cut costs with K SYSTEM, which enables the automatic tracking of performers for seamlessly automated AVL effects. K SYSTEM, the world’s first automatic, beaconless 3D tracking system for live experiences, earned rave reviews from performers, technical staff and visitors alike this summer…
The 2023 Lollapalooza Berlin event at Olympiapark in the heart of the city was notable for a sizzling artist lineup as well as being a major Robe moving light installation, with almost 500 Robe fixtures – over 75 on the Alternative Stage, over 125 on Main Stage North and over 250 on Main Stage South,…
PROLIGHTS products took part in the new interactive installation “Top of Europe” at the Jungfraujoch railway station, the highest in Europe, perched at 3454 meters above sea level. Tasked by Jungfrau Railways, Jungfraubahn Holding AG, the installation aims to make the station more engaging for travelers. iart handled the installation planning and lighting design, with…
JDC1 and JDC Line 1000 dominate popular three-day event in Bucharest. One of Romania’s most popular festivals, the three-day Summer Well event, recently celebrated its 12th edition in spectacular style. Promoted by SC Livada Advertising, and held annually on a picturesque 24-hectare meadow and forest site outside Bucharest, Summer Well peaked last year when Arctic…
New solutions in Proteus, Fuze and KL series aim to redefine industry standards and inspire designers to dream big. Elation will continue to push the boundaries in entertainment lighting at the upcoming LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas with a string of premiere product launches designed to empower the creative spirit. Lighting professionals are invited to…
As previously announced, Robe Lighting s.r.o. has now acquired lighting and digital media control brand Avolites. In line with other Robe subsidiaries, Robe Lighting France will now co-ordinate sales and technical support for the Avolites brand throughout the French territory, starting from November 13th, 2023. Bruno Garros, general manager of Robe Lighting France, commented: “Firstly…
Iconic British entertainer Fatboy Slim appeared in the world’s biggest holographic performance at London’s Alexandra Palace where 12 Claypaky Skylos searchlights scanned the sky and drawing lots of attention. As part of EE’s rebranding, Fatboy Slim’s performance in October was projected outside Alexandra Palace onto a 50-meter high holographic screen – as tall as the…
Stand G11 at this year’s PLASA Show, set to take place next month from September 3rd to 5th at Olympia London, will see DiGiCo showcasing its comprehensive range of world-class mixing consoles. This line-up includes the Quantum338, Quantum225, S21, and the latest addition to their collection: the next generation of large format live audio production…
Obsidian Control Systems invites lighting control professionals to Stand D50 September 3-5 at the 2023 PLASA show at Olympia in West London. Sample a host of new innovations including the modular NX1 lighting console and latest ONYX software, as well as the world’s first IP65 data distribution range and other NETRON data distribution devices. ONYX…
Elation is excited to present an exceptional line-up of new lighting tools September 3-5 at the PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in West London. Discover how Elation continues to push the boundaries of possibility in the world of entertainment lighting. Visitors to Elation Stand D50 will be some of the first in the UK to see…
Robe looks forward to the buzz and energy of another PLASA expo at Olympia, London, 3rd – 5th September, where it will be launching three fantastic new products and debuting a brand-new live performance concept on stands A70 & C28. Designed to create drama, excitement and anticipation, visitors will be drawn to the booths by…
Ayrton is excited to choose PLASA Show 2023 for the official launch of its new IP65-rated Argo 6 fixtures on 5 September 2023. Argo 6 FX will be exhibited on Stand C11 by Ayrton’s exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, alongside a wealth of other innovative LED products from the Ayrton portfolio. Products on show will…
Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2023 with its exclusive distributor for the UK (England, Scotland and Wales), Sound Technology on stand C22. The stand will feature Robert Juliat LED products, focusing on RJ’s award-winning Sully 4C profile and Fresnel fixtures and Tibo HE in the generic ranges, Dalis 862 variable white and Dalis…
Proteus Excalibur match energy and power on legendary metal band’s highly anticipated 2023/24 outing. One of the hottest tours of the summer—or any summer—is Metallica. Metals greatest band launched their M72 World Tour April 27 in Amsterdam with Rob Koenig again at the helm as lighting designer, an outing that has the thrash rockers playing…
Ayrton Domino fixtures have hit the road with country music royalty accompanying multi Grammy-winner, Shania Twain, on her “Queen of Me” global tour. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America. “The show is themed around Shania’s new album, which also features a handful of her classic hits. Waking Up Dreaming…
The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was staged at Liverpool Arena in the UK on behalf of 2022’s winner Ukraine, which was unable to stage the event due to security concerns related to its ongoing war with Russia, which invaded its neighbour in February 2022. Among the highest-profile televised music events on the planet, the…
Inglewood California’s 70,000-capacity SoFi Stadium hosted the 39th annual WrestleMania with a blockbuster two-night event enveloped in LED screens and scenic video technology driven by an army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer™ Boreal+ Media Servers. More than 161,000 fans witnessed WrestleMania over two sold out evenings, energized by high octane video content created by the WWE…
Lighting designer Ulrik Gad specified Robe iFORTES for the Royal Danish Theatre’s 2023 summer production, Ragnarok, a new work by Kim Fupz Aakeson which premiered and is being staged at the Jægersborg Dyrehave, a deer park and forest north of capital city Copenhagen. The park is known for its undulating topography, tranquillity, stunning ancient oak…
You can’t always get what you want, as Mick Jagger once famously noted, but if you’re a gifted lighting designer, you won’t be deterred by any such setbacks. When one door closes, you can ingeniously open another, and come up with a look that’s every bit as good as your initial plan, or perhaps even…
Leading full-service video and lighting company, 4Wall Europe, added Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade™ tilt FX bars to inventory this past spring and immediately deployed the units on the European leg of Depeche Mode’s “Momento Mori” world tour. The Proteus Rayzor Blade is a tiltable linear LED light that can function as a wash, strobe or…
My Mother’s Courage is a bold new theatrical co-production by Teatro de la Abadia in Madrid, Ur Teatro Company and Palma de Mallorca’s Teatro Principal in Spain, recounting a gripping multi-layered narrative based on Jewish Hungarian-born George Tabori’s true story recalling how his mother Elsa Tabori escaped from Auschwitz and the Nazis during the Second…
The Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv is one of the busiest and most recognised in Israel, and since 2003 has been located in the vibrant cultural hub that is the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre. Founded in 1848 shortly after the State of Israel itself was formally established, the theatre is focused on producing local…
A multi-platinum recording artist. A super model who has graced campaigns by brands like Versace, Sephora, Calvin Klein, and Bulgari. An actress who has won numerous film industry awards… Elodie’s talents are as multi-faceted as a diamond. On May 12th, her gifts shined as brightly as this precious stone too, as she performed before a…
Cutting edge developer and manufacturer of video processors, signal distribution technology and media servers tvONE has augmented its sales team with the appointment of Vince Schuster as Vice President of Sales, Americas, and Kristen O’Hara as Inside Sales Manager. The company has also fortified its support team by welcoming two new Technical Support Associates, including…
Ayrton is delighted to welcome Iain Quinn as the latest member of its growing Global Install Team. The role begins with immediate effect. Iain brings to the position over thirty years of experience in business development and project management roles with some of the industry’s major lighting manufacturers. Iain will be working alongside Global Install…
Impression X4 Bars and compact impression FR1’s to the fore at Austin’s Esther’s Follies. This year’s South By Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin, TX provided a unique classical music showcase into its multi-cultural annual event. The brainchild of Thea Paraskevaides from Brighton-based ‘Artists&’, the underlying concept was to close the gap between classical musicians…
The 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands, a vibrant live music venue offering a diverse and lively range of shows across its two performances spaces, has recently taken delivery of 30 x new Robe FORTE moving lights. These are installed over the stage in the main 3000 capacity auditorium, which is the biggest such venue in…
There’s a good reason why two songs by Shane Smith and the Saints were used in the season five opening episode of Yellowstone. Like the popular Kevin Costner program, the music of this widely acclaimed band from Austin, TX delves into uncertain areas where borders can become murky, and subtle implications lead to bigger understandings.…
Brompton Technology, the market leader in LED video processing for the most demanding applications, will be exhibiting its latest solutions at InfoComm in Orlando, Florida, June 14-16. Located on booth 761 within the Digital Signage Pavilion, Brompton will demo groundbreaking technology including its next-generation Tessera G1 receiver card and its new TrueLight® technology. “We’re thrilled…
The director of photography Davide Manca has chosen PROLIGHTS equipment to update the lighting at the Leonardo3 Museum in Milan. The Leonardo3 Exhibition was opened in March 2013 at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan by the Study Centre Leonardo 3 and has quickly earned a stable place in the prestigious cultural scenario in…
David DeCarolis and Yichen Zhou employ Fuze MAX moving heads in lighting design for three student-produced plays on annual theatre festival. In partnership with dry-hire rental house Main Light, Elation Professional provided Fuze MAX™ series moving head luminaires to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale for use on the school’s annual Carlotta Festival, which…
IP65 LED spot with iQ.Gamut colour algorithm creates new opportunities in the trade fair and event business. Thomas Füllengraben is back on the market with HTFmediserv GmbH & Co. KG. Top-class trade fair projects—supplemented by the new business area of digital solutions—are now the focus of the new company. At the end of 2022, the…
In the words of one critic, The Backseat Lovers latest Capital Records album Waiting To Spill, “doesn’t sound like something a bunch of teenagers dreamt up.” Instead, it was, as he wrote, “a remarkable artistic effort.” Comments like these are repeated time and time again about the music of this young, Utah-based indie-alternative band. Resonating…
European Leg Concerts Debut Massive PANTHER Line Array System. Metallica, a creative powerhouse lauded as one of rock’s preeminent bands, continues to break new ground with the dynamic, in-the-round production for the global, two-year “M72 World Tour” that recently kicked off in Europe. Throughout the tour, the band’s sound is immersing the entire audience —…
It is an equation that every production team has had to balance: how to create big, bold, dynamic looks on stage, while still meeting practical considerations, like fitting your powerful touring rig into the allotted trailer space. The creatives behind the stage design for Scotty McCreery’s current 31-city North American Damn Strait tour is achieving…
Massive and majestic, the Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest structure in the world, outweighing even the Pyramids of Giza, and second in terms of area covered only to The Pentagon. The downtown Bucharest building’s impressive presence has provided a dramatic backdrop for a host of major films, including War Dogs. Recently, the 365,000…
Music & Lights, the brand owner of PROLIGHTS, has got the ISO 14001:2015 certification for “Environmental Management Systems”. This achievement confirms the commitment of the company to the research of new eco-friendly technical innovation. This certificate joins the already ISO 9001:2015 certification for “Quality Management Systems”. Music & Lights has been consistently oriented towards a…
Robe Lighting, the world’s leading entertainment lighting manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Avolites, leaders in the design and manufacture of lighting and video control products. The agreement was reached in the UK yesterday. “This is a great acquisition for Robe”, stated Josef Valchar, CEO of Robe lighting s.r.o.,“Avolites has always been at the pinnacle of…
Experience the latest audio tools for production and studio. NAB Visitors are invited to experience the combined power of four brands at booth No. C5217: Sennheiser, Neumann, Dear Reality and Merging Technologies will showcase their full range of audio solutions for video production, sound design, recording, and more to equip professionals of all levels, from…
Ayrton is very excited to announce the appointment of Topstage – and a familiar face – as its new, exclusive distributor for Sweden. Linnea Ljungmark will be leaving her position as Ayrton Regional Sales Manager to form a new company, Topstage, which will become the new Ayrton distributor for Sweden from Monday 3 April 2023.…
Philadelphia’s HiJinx Festival transformed the Pennsylvania Convention Center into a massive two-night EDM New Year’s Eve party, bringing a stellar lineup of bass heavy DJs who played out amid mind-bending lighting that was designed to uplift and thrill. Creative production company Raw Cereal, known for pushing the boundaries of light-art shows, created a huge range…
Spacemap Go and Atmos Immersive Systems Unlock Limitless Possibilities. When it opened in September of last year, the new campus of Sonic College — a unit of the University of South Denmark in Kolding — immediately vaulted to the top ranks of European educational institutions for all disciplines related to sound design for music, film,…
Greg Klimetz and the team at Relevant AV Solutions gave themselves a clear mission statement when they began planning the “Transformation Project” at New Covenant Church’s worship center in the spring of 2021. “The key word in our planning was ‘yes,’” said Klimetz. “As in when the church asked us “can we do…” our answer…
“Anytime I create, my goal is audience immersion,” Matt Moreland says when describing his approach to lighting design. “I strive to make the audience feel as though they are part of the show, not sitting in the dark watching what is happening on stage.” The fruits of this philosophy were plain to see (and feel…
The Boyband Tour is a vibrant, joyous, hi-energy, two-hour steamroller of a set inspired by some of the greatest international ‘boyband’ hits from the nineties and noughties – Westlife, Backstreet Boys, SpiceBoys (celebrating the wonderful androgyny of music) and many more infections and beats that defined much of the pop of the era! It is…
Light Craft & Sound, a leading lighting supplier for the film and TV industry in India, has recently purchased one hundred PROLIGHTS EclPanel TWC, ten EclPanel TWCXL and ten combined Astra Wash19Pix and 37Pix moving lights to their rental fleet. Light Craft is a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Mumbai that works with leading channels…
Brompton Technology, a global leader in LED processing for video walls, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cesar Caceres, who will be joining the company’s cross-functional product development team as their Product Lead. Having worked at Brompton between 2017 and 2019 as Product Specialist, followed by senior technical roles at disguise and Votion Studios…
German metal band Powerwolf unleashed their no-holds-barred Wolfsnächte Tour 2022 across Europe in the autumn, with a characteristically energetic show designed to thrill their hoards of die hard fans. Dominating the staging was a huge 5mm pixel pitch LED wall displaying album cover artwork, creatures of the night, and eerie scenes, driven by Hippotizer Boreal…
Tim Routledge designed a stunning light show to complement fireworks and a drone display with high-power Elation beam lights in each of the London Eye’s 32 pods. London’s largest ever New Year’s Eve celebration took place at the London Eye on the River Thames, featuring a stunning fireworks and drone display accompanied by a mesmerizing…
Crowded House are among Australia and New Zealand’s most iconic, popular, and successful bands, with a string of melodic hits like “Better Be Home Soon”, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, “Something So Strong” and others, some stretching back to the 1980’s, all still infectiously foot tapping in 2022 when they hit the road again after re-forming…
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand based design studio Filament Eleven 11 is a creative tour de force combining the talents and imagination of lighting and visual artists Rachel Marlow and Brad Gledhill. Working across multiple genres – theatre, opera, dance, rock ‘n’ roll’ live events, installation, and light art – and embracing a mix of medias…
The first-of-its-kind technology, which enables seamlessly automated AVL effects in venues of any size, will launch before an international audience in Barcelona. Naostage’s K SYSTEM, the world’s first automatic, beaconless 3D tracking solution, will make its highly anticipated debut before an international audience at Integrated Systems Europe 2023 (31st January – 3rd February). The award-winning…
Wilderado is a three-piece indie folk band from Oklahoma with a loyal and ever-expanding fan-base. The beginning of the year saw them complete of a sold-out US headline tour and announce their first UK tour as special guests on alt-J’s The Dream Tour, ending this autumn with their own headline leg. But, despite their solid…
Advanced LED technology allows Shortcut LED Stage to reproduce complex scenarios in a totally lifelike way, with perfect reflections and naturalistic lighting. Creative Technology has worked alongside the Nordisk Film-owned VFX and post-production company Nordisk Film Shortcut to create the Shortcut LED Stage – a full 360° LED stage, 16 metres in diameter and six…
New Product Introductions and Interactive Tech Bars Highlight ISE Presence. At this year’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Barcelona, Meyer Sound will introduce a new product expected to have a significant impact on portable touring and installed sound industries. Only a year ago, the company debuted the phenomenally successful PANTHER™ large-format linear line array…
A lot of lighting designers looked for ways to stay busy and productive during the pandemic lockdown. Daniel Thibault of Life is Art Studio found a number of means to do this; one was by lighting in-your-car-concerts at drive-in move theatres, the other was by helping the Lincoln Theatre develop a “covid safe” seating plan…
Hip-hop artist and producer Kid Cudi recently wrapped the European leg of his To the Moon 2022 World Tour with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Paris and Milan that featured an extensive Ayrton lighting rig. ACT Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America. Lighting director and programmer, Austin Schneider,…
Lighting Designer Matthew Tunchon and Qatar Vision Production Company WLL (QVISION) utilized a large Claypaky rig to light the first test event for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 inside the newly built Lusail Stadium in Doha, which hosted the tournament’s final match between France and Argentina. The event marked the official unveiling of the World…
Since 1985, the Theaterhaus Stuttgart has brought together various artistic genres, experimental and popular productions, internationally renowned artists and newly developed projects under one roof. The Theaterhaus maintains its own theatre and dance ensemble and raises almost 65% of its annual costs itself. The figures speak for themselves: the Theaterhaus has around 300,000 visitors every…
SIXTY82 is proud to present the all-new TPM29S, a new 29cm box truss that is up to 25% stronger, yet fully compatible with, the M29 series box truss. By introducing TPM29S, the first in SIXTY82’s new TPM Truss Series, Sixty82 has re-invented the industry’s most popular truss type, the M29S box truss, to deliver a…
Ohio’s premier gaming centre first to install next-generation washlight. in north-east Ohio, MGM Northfield Park – the region’s premier destination for dining, gaming and entertainment – has become the first venue in the United States to permanently install GLP’s impression X5 next-generation washlight. All 30 of the fixtures are featured in the complex’s 1,820-seat theatre…
AIE Film School has chosen Brompton Technology’s LED processing to power its Virtual Production volume on its Canberra, Australia, campus soundstage, with plans for an expanded volume later this year. AIE’s temporarily constructed 18.5 x 3.5m stage creates a single, large volume, made up of Liantronics LED panels and powered by Brompton Technology Tessera SX40…
CHAUVET Professional entered the holiday season with a full head of steam, anchoring shows for headliners at major arenas throughout the country. Now with the turning of the calendar page, the UK team is embarking on another tour, not in support of a musical artists, but to give lighting professionals a first hand look at…
Andre Beekmans and a talented team from his Eindhoven, Netherlands based design studio, The Art of Light, created a stunning lighting scheme for the 2022 Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) a one-day electronic music extravaganza of epic proportions produced by ALDA and staged at the Johan Cruijff Arena as part of the 2022 Amsterdam Music Event…
Mike Grabowski was thrilled with his experience designing the multiple stages under his purview for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” in Times Square this year, except for one thing. His single regret didn’t involve the rain that fell for much of the evening, either. After all, the “unpredictability of nature,” comes…
“I want to break barriers. I want to try new things.” Jubin Nautyal told an interviewer this summer. The 2022 IIFA Awards Playback Singer of the Year, has certainly done this with his music recently, moving gracefully through genres ranging from romantic Bollywood ballads, to the foot tapping “Humma Song,” to his hit rap tune…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier XLR has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional lighting products in Belgium and Luxembourg. The distribution partnership went into effect on January 1, 2023. Located in Brussels, XLR delivers innovative pro-AV equipment to theatres, recording studios, broadcasters, system integrators, rental companies & commercial…
Cambridge, UK-based company CEG specialises in the trade rental of lighting, power, rigging, and effects equipment used for a wide range of entertainment shows and live events embracing multiple sectors. Founded by Ben Bowles and Gavin Thorrold in 2008, the company has weathered the challenges of the pandemic with some smart thinking and fiscal agility…
Michel Arntz joins Robe’s international sales team as key Account Manager for Europe. He will be co-ordinating Robe’s activities in 18 countries across Europe including Ukraine, and his area will also include all of Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltic states, Austria, Switzerland and most of the Balkan countries. Netherlands-based Michel is already a well-known and respected…
No one knows exactly how many plants and trees grow in the 20 acres that the historic Maymont Estate Park set aside for its popular “Garden Glow” walk-through event. One thing is certain however, each and every one of them charmed visitors by glowing invitingly in an enchanting field of light. Jonathan Blake and the…
FC Production, an events supplier based in Sweden, has invested heavily in a mixture of brand-new PROLIGHTS fixtures, including 36x Jet Wash7, 16x Astra Hybrid420, 24x Smart BatPlusG2 and 8x EclFresnel fixtures. The new kit will go straight into FC’s rental fleet and is already booked out to go on shows for the end of…
iWedia S.A, part of the ZEGi group and world-class provider of software solutions for connected TV devices, and Simply.TV, a world-class TV metadata provider, today announced a partnership to deliver enhanced user experiences for global broadcast TV. The new joint solution increases engagement time on Live TV and offers multiple options for OEMs to enable…
Los Angeles-based DCLighting has been successfully lighting The Kelly Clarkson Show since its debut in 2019 and was recognized for Outstanding Lighting Direction with a Daytime Emmy Award in 2020 and in 2022. DCLighting founder and Lighting Designer Darren Langer is understandably proud of his team, who have lit over 600 musical performances on the…
“It’s been a while, but we’re going on tour in November and can’t wait to see you again.” So read the official statement announcing the recently-completed UK tour by the Kaiser Chiefs. The multi Brit-Award winning band did indeed get a good look at their legion of loyal fans as they blew the roof off…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier Rolight has been named the new exclusive distributor of Elation lighting products in the Netherlands. The agreement, which went into effect on January 1, 2023, also encompasses Elation’s atmospheric effects brand Magmatic. Based in Enschede, the Netherlands, Rolight specializes in supplying the Dutch market with…
A cluster of events celebrated the 30-year career and 50th birthday of Finnish lighting designer, Mikki Kunttu last autumn. Finland’s Tampere Hall hosted Lucid Dreams, a photographic exhibition of Kunttu’s work, Light & Shadow, an international lighting seminar that included contributions from LeRoy Bennett, Christopher Bauder, Benjamin Dupont, Ralph Jörg Wezorke and Ola Melzig, a…
Ayrton will present a fine selection of its product range on its integration-themed booth (Booth 7B550) at ISE in Barcelona from 31 January – 3 February 2023. New products include the newly released Zonda 3, alongside its larger sibling, Zonda 9, and Ayrton’s first laser-sourced fixture, Cobra. Zonda 3Part of Ayrton’s multi-sources 3 Series and…
The Good Shepherd Church in Seongnam, Korea is a busy, active, and dynamic environment running a raft of regular daily, weekly, and monthly performance-based worship services, praise gatherings plus other related shows and events. It is right at the heart of its local community and is a constant fundraiser for assorted humanitarian causes, both local…
Staged for the first time at the Cagliari Lyric Theatre in Sardinia, Arthur Laurents’ two-act stage musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and loosely based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, was a guaranteed success. The staging offered by the Cagliari Lyric Theater was derived from three major U.S. musical institutions:…
Heavy metal band Gwar recently wrapped the fall North American leg of their “Black Death Rager World Tour,” in which Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas played a key and unusual role. The tour marked the third for Nick Drake as the band’s Lighting Designer; he is also a Light Technician with Richmond, Virginia’s Lite-Tek Entertainment, a…
Stories you may have missed: 2022 was a busy year for Ayrton. This month we catch up with a few stories, beginning with Gerry Cinnamon’s UK summer tour. Scottish singer-songwriter, Gerry Cinnamon, concluded his 10-date summer tour of the UK and Ireland with two sell out dates at his hometown stadium, the 50,000-capacity Hampden Park…
Lighting Designer Fredrik Jönsson of Eyebrow Designs AB used 30 Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures to illuminate Supercell’s annual joint tournament for the “Clash of Clans World Championship” and the “Clash Royale League World Finals” at Clash Fest, held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. During the epic gaming event the best squads in…
Brompton Technology, renowned as a pioneering force in LED video processing, has celebrated a remarkable year marked by an array of significant commercial achievements and groundbreaking innovations. Last Friday, against the backdrop of the Evolution London venue and surrounded by its industry peers, and following an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science &…
tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Media Servers have been installed at Colombia’s Caracol Televisión studios as part of a set upgrade for the popular singing competition Yo me Llamo (My Name Is). The network is one of the biggest clients for AV equipment supplier and production design company Visual in Motion, which regularly deploys…
Finnish singer Kaija Koo celebrates an impressive 40-year career as one of the country’s most popular artists, and anniversary activities have included staging a massive show at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium. The high-profile one-off event featured an elegant and eye-catching production design evolved by the combined talents of Ari Levelä (set & video) and Pekka Martti…
LIT Lighting in Tempe, Arizona recently specified, designed, sold and installed new lighting and production equipment in the Footprint Center, home arena of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. The installation, which comprised a new entertainment lighting solution, included Ayrton, MA Lighting, MDG and RapcoHorizon brands, all exclusively distributed in North America by…
Creativity is set free when it reaches the edges of the physical world. This spirit is at the heart of CHAUVET Professional’s LDI booth (1261), which is dedicated to the goal of converging physical and digital worlds. Designed by Studio Lab, the booth utilizes disguise, Unreal Engine and other emerging virtual production technologies to celebrate…
For its global premiere on the stage of Vienna’s Ronacher Theater, the musical “Rock me Amadeus – The Falco Musical” was brilliantly illuminated using PROLIGHTS’ Astra Wash. This musical, replete with evocative scenes, intricate choreography, and dazzling costumes, demanded an extraordinary lighting setup to properly showcase the spectacle and celebrate the life of the musician…
UltraSound System Brings Close-up Intimacy to Every Seat in the Arena. Gifted with an emotive voice and extraordinary guitar skills, and drawing on a deep repertoire of chart-topping songs, John Mayer is one of the rare artists able to fill “A level” arenas as a true solo act. The rousing success of his recently concluded…
Since its founding in 2003, ChamSys has taken great pride in the ability of its cutting-edge software and hardware control solutions to adapt to the myriad and always-evolving needs of lighting programmers and designers. Hence, the company’s name, which is derived from the supremely adaptive chameleon. It is in this spirit that the company has…
Robe launches four outstanding new products on Booth 911A at the 2023 LDI expo in Las Vegas next week – the iT12 ProfileTM, the T32 CycTM, and two new variants of the cool and successful PATT series of scenic illumination, the HolyPATTTM and the MolyPATTTM. Additionally, shown for the first time at an expo in…
Lighting designer Jonas König uses impression X5 Compact, impression X5 Bar 1000 and X-PAR 12Z. The genre-defying rock-pop-punk band ENGST is continuing along its successful, upward trajectory. The new album “Irgendwas ist immer” (“There is always something”) is selling fast and the tour starting in November, through Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is already largely sold…
‘The Need for Speed’ – the ability to work fast and sometimes furiously – “is imperative” explains lighting designer Tom Kenny referring to the 2023 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina event staged at the Kaseya Arena in Miami, Florida, in conjunction with LPS Production. This year, Tom worked his creative magic with the help of a large…
Lighting designers, programmers and operators have increasingly discovered the benefits of Obsidian’s accessible and intuitive lighting control brand and are invited to explore the latest innovations December 3-5 at Booth #1342 at the 2023 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas. Visitors to LDI will have a chance to demo both hardware and PC systems, including the…
NicLen has expanded its rental park by acquiring the Astra Hybrid330. Provided by Lightpower, PROLIGHTS distributor in Germany, this hybrid LED moving head offers a versatile range of applications and effects, establishing itself as the latest multifunctional moving head of choice for the German rental company. Jörg Stöppler, CEO of NicLen, shared his perspective on…
A zactrack PRO system is integrated with the lighting and sound control for Nicholas Hytner’s highly acclaimed stage production of Guys and Dolls, currently running at the Bridge Theatre in London. Bunny Christie’s innovative staging concept and Paule Constable’s provocative lighting has transformed the theatre’s auditorium into a promenade environment, complete with 14 stage lifts…
Spain’s Medusa festival offers a sizzling DJ line up from all around the world embracing a lively mix of dance genres in a fantastic seaside location at Cullera beach in Valencia by the mouth of the Jucar River. The 2023 event was enjoyed by over 250,000 people across 6 days of sun, smiles and superlative…
Ryan Schaminee is a Netherlands-based freelance gaffer and lighting board operator who also works internationally on a wide variety of commercial, television and some film projects … utilising various Astera products almost every day. He finds the Astera ranges reliable, highly flexible and appreciates the great quality of light, all attributes that assist him in…
EMG, Europe’s leading broadcast service provider, today announced a significant step in its commitment to sustainability by signing an order with Volvo for its first fully electric 19T rigid tender vehicle. This pioneering initiative, marks EMG as the first OB provider to announce the adoption of electric trucks into its fleet with the vehicle being…
Andrew Liddle, the longstanding designer for New Order since the band’s emergence from Joy Division in the early ’80s, turned to Elation’s powerful Proteus Excalibur narrow-beam moving head to create stunning, laser-complementary lighting on the band’s recent tour across mainland Europe and the UK. Recognized as one of the most influential bands of its era,…
Naostage has already been booked for next summer after helping Festival de Poupet cut costs with K SYSTEM, which enables the automatic tracking of performers for seamlessly automated AVL effects. K SYSTEM, the world’s first automatic, beaconless 3D tracking system for live experiences, earned rave reviews from performers, technical staff and visitors alike this summer…
The 2023 Lollapalooza Berlin event at Olympiapark in the heart of the city was notable for a sizzling artist lineup as well as being a major Robe moving light installation, with almost 500 Robe fixtures – over 75 on the Alternative Stage, over 125 on Main Stage North and over 250 on Main Stage South,…
PROLIGHTS products took part in the new interactive installation “Top of Europe” at the Jungfraujoch railway station, the highest in Europe, perched at 3454 meters above sea level. Tasked by Jungfrau Railways, Jungfraubahn Holding AG, the installation aims to make the station more engaging for travelers. iart handled the installation planning and lighting design, with…
JDC1 and JDC Line 1000 dominate popular three-day event in Bucharest. One of Romania’s most popular festivals, the three-day Summer Well event, recently celebrated its 12th edition in spectacular style. Promoted by SC Livada Advertising, and held annually on a picturesque 24-hectare meadow and forest site outside Bucharest, Summer Well peaked last year when Arctic…
New solutions in Proteus, Fuze and KL series aim to redefine industry standards and inspire designers to dream big. Elation will continue to push the boundaries in entertainment lighting at the upcoming LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas with a string of premiere product launches designed to empower the creative spirit. Lighting professionals are invited to…
As previously announced, Robe Lighting s.r.o. has now acquired lighting and digital media control brand Avolites. In line with other Robe subsidiaries, Robe Lighting France will now co-ordinate sales and technical support for the Avolites brand throughout the French territory, starting from November 13th, 2023. Bruno Garros, general manager of Robe Lighting France, commented: “Firstly…
Iconic British entertainer Fatboy Slim appeared in the world’s biggest holographic performance at London’s Alexandra Palace where 12 Claypaky Skylos searchlights scanned the sky and drawing lots of attention. As part of EE’s rebranding, Fatboy Slim’s performance in October was projected outside Alexandra Palace onto a 50-meter high holographic screen – as tall as the…
Stand G11 at this year’s PLASA Show, set to take place next month from September 3rd to 5th at Olympia London, will see DiGiCo showcasing its comprehensive range of world-class mixing consoles. This line-up includes the Quantum338, Quantum225, S21, and the latest addition to their collection: the next generation of large format live audio production…
Obsidian Control Systems invites lighting control professionals to Stand D50 September 3-5 at the 2023 PLASA show at Olympia in West London. Sample a host of new innovations including the modular NX1 lighting console and latest ONYX software, as well as the world’s first IP65 data distribution range and other NETRON data distribution devices. ONYX…
Elation is excited to present an exceptional line-up of new lighting tools September 3-5 at the PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in West London. Discover how Elation continues to push the boundaries of possibility in the world of entertainment lighting. Visitors to Elation Stand D50 will be some of the first in the UK to see…
Robe looks forward to the buzz and energy of another PLASA expo at Olympia, London, 3rd – 5th September, where it will be launching three fantastic new products and debuting a brand-new live performance concept on stands A70 & C28. Designed to create drama, excitement and anticipation, visitors will be drawn to the booths by…
Ayrton is excited to choose PLASA Show 2023 for the official launch of its new IP65-rated Argo 6 fixtures on 5 September 2023. Argo 6 FX will be exhibited on Stand C11 by Ayrton’s exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, alongside a wealth of other innovative LED products from the Ayrton portfolio. Products on show will…
Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2023 with its exclusive distributor for the UK (England, Scotland and Wales), Sound Technology on stand C22. The stand will feature Robert Juliat LED products, focusing on RJ’s award-winning Sully 4C profile and Fresnel fixtures and Tibo HE in the generic ranges, Dalis 862 variable white and Dalis…
Proteus Excalibur match energy and power on legendary metal band’s highly anticipated 2023/24 outing. One of the hottest tours of the summer—or any summer—is Metallica. Metals greatest band launched their M72 World Tour April 27 in Amsterdam with Rob Koenig again at the helm as lighting designer, an outing that has the thrash rockers playing…
Ayrton Domino fixtures have hit the road with country music royalty accompanying multi Grammy-winner, Shania Twain, on her “Queen of Me” global tour. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America. “The show is themed around Shania’s new album, which also features a handful of her classic hits. Waking Up Dreaming…
The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was staged at Liverpool Arena in the UK on behalf of 2022’s winner Ukraine, which was unable to stage the event due to security concerns related to its ongoing war with Russia, which invaded its neighbour in February 2022. Among the highest-profile televised music events on the planet, the…
Inglewood California’s 70,000-capacity SoFi Stadium hosted the 39th annual WrestleMania with a blockbuster two-night event enveloped in LED screens and scenic video technology driven by an army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer™ Boreal+ Media Servers. More than 161,000 fans witnessed WrestleMania over two sold out evenings, energized by high octane video content created by the WWE…
Lighting designer Ulrik Gad specified Robe iFORTES for the Royal Danish Theatre’s 2023 summer production, Ragnarok, a new work by Kim Fupz Aakeson which premiered and is being staged at the Jægersborg Dyrehave, a deer park and forest north of capital city Copenhagen. The park is known for its undulating topography, tranquillity, stunning ancient oak…
You can’t always get what you want, as Mick Jagger once famously noted, but if you’re a gifted lighting designer, you won’t be deterred by any such setbacks. When one door closes, you can ingeniously open another, and come up with a look that’s every bit as good as your initial plan, or perhaps even…
Leading full-service video and lighting company, 4Wall Europe, added Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade™ tilt FX bars to inventory this past spring and immediately deployed the units on the European leg of Depeche Mode’s “Momento Mori” world tour. The Proteus Rayzor Blade is a tiltable linear LED light that can function as a wash, strobe or…
My Mother’s Courage is a bold new theatrical co-production by Teatro de la Abadia in Madrid, Ur Teatro Company and Palma de Mallorca’s Teatro Principal in Spain, recounting a gripping multi-layered narrative based on Jewish Hungarian-born George Tabori’s true story recalling how his mother Elsa Tabori escaped from Auschwitz and the Nazis during the Second…
The Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv is one of the busiest and most recognised in Israel, and since 2003 has been located in the vibrant cultural hub that is the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre. Founded in 1848 shortly after the State of Israel itself was formally established, the theatre is focused on producing local…
A multi-platinum recording artist. A super model who has graced campaigns by brands like Versace, Sephora, Calvin Klein, and Bulgari. An actress who has won numerous film industry awards… Elodie’s talents are as multi-faceted as a diamond. On May 12th, her gifts shined as brightly as this precious stone too, as she performed before a…
Cutting edge developer and manufacturer of video processors, signal distribution technology and media servers tvONE has augmented its sales team with the appointment of Vince Schuster as Vice President of Sales, Americas, and Kristen O’Hara as Inside Sales Manager. The company has also fortified its support team by welcoming two new Technical Support Associates, including…
Ayrton is delighted to welcome Iain Quinn as the latest member of its growing Global Install Team. The role begins with immediate effect. Iain brings to the position over thirty years of experience in business development and project management roles with some of the industry’s major lighting manufacturers. Iain will be working alongside Global Install…
Impression X4 Bars and compact impression FR1’s to the fore at Austin’s Esther’s Follies. This year’s South By Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin, TX provided a unique classical music showcase into its multi-cultural annual event. The brainchild of Thea Paraskevaides from Brighton-based ‘Artists&’, the underlying concept was to close the gap between classical musicians…
The 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands, a vibrant live music venue offering a diverse and lively range of shows across its two performances spaces, has recently taken delivery of 30 x new Robe FORTE moving lights. These are installed over the stage in the main 3000 capacity auditorium, which is the biggest such venue in…
There’s a good reason why two songs by Shane Smith and the Saints were used in the season five opening episode of Yellowstone. Like the popular Kevin Costner program, the music of this widely acclaimed band from Austin, TX delves into uncertain areas where borders can become murky, and subtle implications lead to bigger understandings.…
Brompton Technology, the market leader in LED video processing for the most demanding applications, will be exhibiting its latest solutions at InfoComm in Orlando, Florida, June 14-16. Located on booth 761 within the Digital Signage Pavilion, Brompton will demo groundbreaking technology including its next-generation Tessera G1 receiver card and its new TrueLight® technology. “We’re thrilled…
The director of photography Davide Manca has chosen PROLIGHTS equipment to update the lighting at the Leonardo3 Museum in Milan. The Leonardo3 Exhibition was opened in March 2013 at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan by the Study Centre Leonardo 3 and has quickly earned a stable place in the prestigious cultural scenario in…
David DeCarolis and Yichen Zhou employ Fuze MAX moving heads in lighting design for three student-produced plays on annual theatre festival. In partnership with dry-hire rental house Main Light, Elation Professional provided Fuze MAX™ series moving head luminaires to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale for use on the school’s annual Carlotta Festival, which…
IP65 LED spot with iQ.Gamut colour algorithm creates new opportunities in the trade fair and event business. Thomas Füllengraben is back on the market with HTFmediserv GmbH & Co. KG. Top-class trade fair projects—supplemented by the new business area of digital solutions—are now the focus of the new company. At the end of 2022, the…
In the words of one critic, The Backseat Lovers latest Capital Records album Waiting To Spill, “doesn’t sound like something a bunch of teenagers dreamt up.” Instead, it was, as he wrote, “a remarkable artistic effort.” Comments like these are repeated time and time again about the music of this young, Utah-based indie-alternative band. Resonating…
European Leg Concerts Debut Massive PANTHER Line Array System. Metallica, a creative powerhouse lauded as one of rock’s preeminent bands, continues to break new ground with the dynamic, in-the-round production for the global, two-year “M72 World Tour” that recently kicked off in Europe. Throughout the tour, the band’s sound is immersing the entire audience —…
It is an equation that every production team has had to balance: how to create big, bold, dynamic looks on stage, while still meeting practical considerations, like fitting your powerful touring rig into the allotted trailer space. The creatives behind the stage design for Scotty McCreery’s current 31-city North American Damn Strait tour is achieving…
Massive and majestic, the Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest structure in the world, outweighing even the Pyramids of Giza, and second in terms of area covered only to The Pentagon. The downtown Bucharest building’s impressive presence has provided a dramatic backdrop for a host of major films, including War Dogs. Recently, the 365,000…
Music & Lights, the brand owner of PROLIGHTS, has got the ISO 14001:2015 certification for “Environmental Management Systems”. This achievement confirms the commitment of the company to the research of new eco-friendly technical innovation. This certificate joins the already ISO 9001:2015 certification for “Quality Management Systems”. Music & Lights has been consistently oriented towards a…
Robe Lighting, the world’s leading entertainment lighting manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Avolites, leaders in the design and manufacture of lighting and video control products. The agreement was reached in the UK yesterday. “This is a great acquisition for Robe”, stated Josef Valchar, CEO of Robe lighting s.r.o.,“Avolites has always been at the pinnacle of…
Experience the latest audio tools for production and studio. NAB Visitors are invited to experience the combined power of four brands at booth No. C5217: Sennheiser, Neumann, Dear Reality and Merging Technologies will showcase their full range of audio solutions for video production, sound design, recording, and more to equip professionals of all levels, from…
Ayrton is very excited to announce the appointment of Topstage – and a familiar face – as its new, exclusive distributor for Sweden. Linnea Ljungmark will be leaving her position as Ayrton Regional Sales Manager to form a new company, Topstage, which will become the new Ayrton distributor for Sweden from Monday 3 April 2023.…
Philadelphia’s HiJinx Festival transformed the Pennsylvania Convention Center into a massive two-night EDM New Year’s Eve party, bringing a stellar lineup of bass heavy DJs who played out amid mind-bending lighting that was designed to uplift and thrill. Creative production company Raw Cereal, known for pushing the boundaries of light-art shows, created a huge range…
Spacemap Go and Atmos Immersive Systems Unlock Limitless Possibilities. When it opened in September of last year, the new campus of Sonic College — a unit of the University of South Denmark in Kolding — immediately vaulted to the top ranks of European educational institutions for all disciplines related to sound design for music, film,…
Greg Klimetz and the team at Relevant AV Solutions gave themselves a clear mission statement when they began planning the “Transformation Project” at New Covenant Church’s worship center in the spring of 2021. “The key word in our planning was ‘yes,’” said Klimetz. “As in when the church asked us “can we do…” our answer…
“Anytime I create, my goal is audience immersion,” Matt Moreland says when describing his approach to lighting design. “I strive to make the audience feel as though they are part of the show, not sitting in the dark watching what is happening on stage.” The fruits of this philosophy were plain to see (and feel…
The Boyband Tour is a vibrant, joyous, hi-energy, two-hour steamroller of a set inspired by some of the greatest international ‘boyband’ hits from the nineties and noughties – Westlife, Backstreet Boys, SpiceBoys (celebrating the wonderful androgyny of music) and many more infections and beats that defined much of the pop of the era! It is…
Light Craft & Sound, a leading lighting supplier for the film and TV industry in India, has recently purchased one hundred PROLIGHTS EclPanel TWC, ten EclPanel TWCXL and ten combined Astra Wash19Pix and 37Pix moving lights to their rental fleet. Light Craft is a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Mumbai that works with leading channels…
Brompton Technology, a global leader in LED processing for video walls, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cesar Caceres, who will be joining the company’s cross-functional product development team as their Product Lead. Having worked at Brompton between 2017 and 2019 as Product Specialist, followed by senior technical roles at disguise and Votion Studios…
German metal band Powerwolf unleashed their no-holds-barred Wolfsnächte Tour 2022 across Europe in the autumn, with a characteristically energetic show designed to thrill their hoards of die hard fans. Dominating the staging was a huge 5mm pixel pitch LED wall displaying album cover artwork, creatures of the night, and eerie scenes, driven by Hippotizer Boreal…
Tim Routledge designed a stunning light show to complement fireworks and a drone display with high-power Elation beam lights in each of the London Eye’s 32 pods. London’s largest ever New Year’s Eve celebration took place at the London Eye on the River Thames, featuring a stunning fireworks and drone display accompanied by a mesmerizing…
Crowded House are among Australia and New Zealand’s most iconic, popular, and successful bands, with a string of melodic hits like “Better Be Home Soon”, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, “Something So Strong” and others, some stretching back to the 1980’s, all still infectiously foot tapping in 2022 when they hit the road again after re-forming…
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand based design studio Filament Eleven 11 is a creative tour de force combining the talents and imagination of lighting and visual artists Rachel Marlow and Brad Gledhill. Working across multiple genres – theatre, opera, dance, rock ‘n’ roll’ live events, installation, and light art – and embracing a mix of medias…
The first-of-its-kind technology, which enables seamlessly automated AVL effects in venues of any size, will launch before an international audience in Barcelona. Naostage’s K SYSTEM, the world’s first automatic, beaconless 3D tracking solution, will make its highly anticipated debut before an international audience at Integrated Systems Europe 2023 (31st January – 3rd February). The award-winning…
Wilderado is a three-piece indie folk band from Oklahoma with a loyal and ever-expanding fan-base. The beginning of the year saw them complete of a sold-out US headline tour and announce their first UK tour as special guests on alt-J’s The Dream Tour, ending this autumn with their own headline leg. But, despite their solid…
Advanced LED technology allows Shortcut LED Stage to reproduce complex scenarios in a totally lifelike way, with perfect reflections and naturalistic lighting. Creative Technology has worked alongside the Nordisk Film-owned VFX and post-production company Nordisk Film Shortcut to create the Shortcut LED Stage – a full 360° LED stage, 16 metres in diameter and six…
New Product Introductions and Interactive Tech Bars Highlight ISE Presence. At this year’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Barcelona, Meyer Sound will introduce a new product expected to have a significant impact on portable touring and installed sound industries. Only a year ago, the company debuted the phenomenally successful PANTHER™ large-format linear line array…
A lot of lighting designers looked for ways to stay busy and productive during the pandemic lockdown. Daniel Thibault of Life is Art Studio found a number of means to do this; one was by lighting in-your-car-concerts at drive-in move theatres, the other was by helping the Lincoln Theatre develop a “covid safe” seating plan…
Hip-hop artist and producer Kid Cudi recently wrapped the European leg of his To the Moon 2022 World Tour with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Paris and Milan that featured an extensive Ayrton lighting rig. ACT Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America. Lighting director and programmer, Austin Schneider,…
Lighting Designer Matthew Tunchon and Qatar Vision Production Company WLL (QVISION) utilized a large Claypaky rig to light the first test event for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 inside the newly built Lusail Stadium in Doha, which hosted the tournament’s final match between France and Argentina. The event marked the official unveiling of the World…
Since 1985, the Theaterhaus Stuttgart has brought together various artistic genres, experimental and popular productions, internationally renowned artists and newly developed projects under one roof. The Theaterhaus maintains its own theatre and dance ensemble and raises almost 65% of its annual costs itself. The figures speak for themselves: the Theaterhaus has around 300,000 visitors every…
SIXTY82 is proud to present the all-new TPM29S, a new 29cm box truss that is up to 25% stronger, yet fully compatible with, the M29 series box truss. By introducing TPM29S, the first in SIXTY82’s new TPM Truss Series, Sixty82 has re-invented the industry’s most popular truss type, the M29S box truss, to deliver a…
Ohio’s premier gaming centre first to install next-generation washlight. in north-east Ohio, MGM Northfield Park – the region’s premier destination for dining, gaming and entertainment – has become the first venue in the United States to permanently install GLP’s impression X5 next-generation washlight. All 30 of the fixtures are featured in the complex’s 1,820-seat theatre…
AIE Film School has chosen Brompton Technology’s LED processing to power its Virtual Production volume on its Canberra, Australia, campus soundstage, with plans for an expanded volume later this year. AIE’s temporarily constructed 18.5 x 3.5m stage creates a single, large volume, made up of Liantronics LED panels and powered by Brompton Technology Tessera SX40…
CHAUVET Professional entered the holiday season with a full head of steam, anchoring shows for headliners at major arenas throughout the country. Now with the turning of the calendar page, the UK team is embarking on another tour, not in support of a musical artists, but to give lighting professionals a first hand look at…
Andre Beekmans and a talented team from his Eindhoven, Netherlands based design studio, The Art of Light, created a stunning lighting scheme for the 2022 Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) a one-day electronic music extravaganza of epic proportions produced by ALDA and staged at the Johan Cruijff Arena as part of the 2022 Amsterdam Music Event…
Mike Grabowski was thrilled with his experience designing the multiple stages under his purview for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” in Times Square this year, except for one thing. His single regret didn’t involve the rain that fell for much of the evening, either. After all, the “unpredictability of nature,” comes…
“I want to break barriers. I want to try new things.” Jubin Nautyal told an interviewer this summer. The 2022 IIFA Awards Playback Singer of the Year, has certainly done this with his music recently, moving gracefully through genres ranging from romantic Bollywood ballads, to the foot tapping “Humma Song,” to his hit rap tune…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier XLR has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional lighting products in Belgium and Luxembourg. The distribution partnership went into effect on January 1, 2023. Located in Brussels, XLR delivers innovative pro-AV equipment to theatres, recording studios, broadcasters, system integrators, rental companies & commercial…
Cambridge, UK-based company CEG specialises in the trade rental of lighting, power, rigging, and effects equipment used for a wide range of entertainment shows and live events embracing multiple sectors. Founded by Ben Bowles and Gavin Thorrold in 2008, the company has weathered the challenges of the pandemic with some smart thinking and fiscal agility…
Michel Arntz joins Robe’s international sales team as key Account Manager for Europe. He will be co-ordinating Robe’s activities in 18 countries across Europe including Ukraine, and his area will also include all of Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltic states, Austria, Switzerland and most of the Balkan countries. Netherlands-based Michel is already a well-known and respected…
No one knows exactly how many plants and trees grow in the 20 acres that the historic Maymont Estate Park set aside for its popular “Garden Glow” walk-through event. One thing is certain however, each and every one of them charmed visitors by glowing invitingly in an enchanting field of light. Jonathan Blake and the…
FC Production, an events supplier based in Sweden, has invested heavily in a mixture of brand-new PROLIGHTS fixtures, including 36x Jet Wash7, 16x Astra Hybrid420, 24x Smart BatPlusG2 and 8x EclFresnel fixtures. The new kit will go straight into FC’s rental fleet and is already booked out to go on shows for the end of…
iWedia S.A, part of the ZEGi group and world-class provider of software solutions for connected TV devices, and Simply.TV, a world-class TV metadata provider, today announced a partnership to deliver enhanced user experiences for global broadcast TV. The new joint solution increases engagement time on Live TV and offers multiple options for OEMs to enable…
Los Angeles-based DCLighting has been successfully lighting The Kelly Clarkson Show since its debut in 2019 and was recognized for Outstanding Lighting Direction with a Daytime Emmy Award in 2020 and in 2022. DCLighting founder and Lighting Designer Darren Langer is understandably proud of his team, who have lit over 600 musical performances on the…
“It’s been a while, but we’re going on tour in November and can’t wait to see you again.” So read the official statement announcing the recently-completed UK tour by the Kaiser Chiefs. The multi Brit-Award winning band did indeed get a good look at their legion of loyal fans as they blew the roof off…
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that AV equipment supplier Rolight has been named the new exclusive distributor of Elation lighting products in the Netherlands. The agreement, which went into effect on January 1, 2023, also encompasses Elation’s atmospheric effects brand Magmatic. Based in Enschede, the Netherlands, Rolight specializes in supplying the Dutch market with…
A cluster of events celebrated the 30-year career and 50th birthday of Finnish lighting designer, Mikki Kunttu last autumn. Finland’s Tampere Hall hosted Lucid Dreams, a photographic exhibition of Kunttu’s work, Light & Shadow, an international lighting seminar that included contributions from LeRoy Bennett, Christopher Bauder, Benjamin Dupont, Ralph Jörg Wezorke and Ola Melzig, a…
Ayrton will present a fine selection of its product range on its integration-themed booth (Booth 7B550) at ISE in Barcelona from 31 January – 3 February 2023. New products include the newly released Zonda 3, alongside its larger sibling, Zonda 9, and Ayrton’s first laser-sourced fixture, Cobra. Zonda 3Part of Ayrton’s multi-sources 3 Series and…
The Good Shepherd Church in Seongnam, Korea is a busy, active, and dynamic environment running a raft of regular daily, weekly, and monthly performance-based worship services, praise gatherings plus other related shows and events. It is right at the heart of its local community and is a constant fundraiser for assorted humanitarian causes, both local…
Staged for the first time at the Cagliari Lyric Theatre in Sardinia, Arthur Laurents’ two-act stage musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and loosely based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, was a guaranteed success. The staging offered by the Cagliari Lyric Theater was derived from three major U.S. musical institutions:…
Heavy metal band Gwar recently wrapped the fall North American leg of their “Black Death Rager World Tour,” in which Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas played a key and unusual role. The tour marked the third for Nick Drake as the band’s Lighting Designer; he is also a Light Technician with Richmond, Virginia’s Lite-Tek Entertainment, a…
Stories you may have missed: 2022 was a busy year for Ayrton. This month we catch up with a few stories, beginning with Gerry Cinnamon’s UK summer tour. Scottish singer-songwriter, Gerry Cinnamon, concluded his 10-date summer tour of the UK and Ireland with two sell out dates at his hometown stadium, the 50,000-capacity Hampden Park…
Lighting Designer Fredrik Jönsson of Eyebrow Designs AB used 30 Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures to illuminate Supercell’s annual joint tournament for the “Clash of Clans World Championship” and the “Clash Royale League World Finals” at Clash Fest, held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. During the epic gaming event the best squads in…