Auckland based Spot-Light Systems – now part of the NEP Live Group – is among New Zealand’s leading lighting live show and event rental companies, and one that has continued to invest in Robe moving lights as the country emerged from the pandemic, adding 24 MegaPointes, 12 Tarrantulas to their existing fleets, and for the first time, 20 ESPRITES joined the inventory.Read More »Robe in the Spot-Light
Ayrton announces 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 April 3, 2023.Read More »Ayrton Appoints Topstage—and a Familiar Face—as its New, Exclusive Distributor for Sweden
The recent robotics exhibition at the Eurexpo Lyon in France saw the use of 20 PROLIGHTS Astra Wash19Pix and 24 Astra Wash7Pix lighting fixtures, at the FANUC stand, a Japanese automation company.Read More »PROLIGHTS Astra Wash Range Used at a Robotics Exhibition
In recent years, NicLen has successively expanded its inventory of Cameo fixtures. Today, all of the manufacturer’s major series are part of the portfolio of the leading dry hire provider. Recently, NicLen GmbH and NicLen UK—as an independent offshoot in the UK—have once again stepped up and invested in large numbers of the Cameo S4 IP LED softlights, the new OTOS® models SP6 (Profile Spot) and B5 (Beam Moving Head) as well as the compact spot moving head AZOR S2.Read More »NicLen Invests in Cameo S4 Soft Lights, OTOS® Series and More
The family of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld is looking to establish a scholarship in his name at The Arete Academy, which is a school one of his son attends. The Arete Academy is celebrating their 10th year as a school and are developing a scholarship drive: ten $10k scholarships for their 10th year.
Read More »PLSN spoke with TAIT’s Paul Sapsis, Technical Director about the flying system and TAIT’s work on the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna. “We did a lot of very conventional work to do a very unconventional thing, said Sapsis. “Think of the system, essentially as a theatrical counterweight system driven by closed loop counterweight assist winches. Then to deploy that system theatrically, we laid out points like riggers and then built trusses into the roof itself for our sheave points and for where we had to do field rigging, essentially making their grid into a theatrical grid. We had eight points per platform. Eight points, four lines a side. Then we replicate the geometry that we hit on the platform with the rig in the air.”
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Watch the Geffen Playhouse production crew transform the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater into Paul’s Juke Joint, your new favorite Kentucky dive bar for the world premiere production of ‘The Lonely Few’.
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Leading Bulgarian media company Nova Broadcasting Group recently opened an ultra-modern studio complex of nearly 17,000-square meters in the capital of Sofia. To ensure top-quality, professional illumination in the new facility’s multiple studios, Nova Broadcasting Group worked with Elation distributor Luminis Ltd. on a broadcast-optimized lighting solution.Read More »Luminis Delivers Large Elation KL Lighting System for Ultra-Modern Bulgarian Broadcast Studio
In June of 2009 ETC launched a new app that would expand lighting control by turning people’s Apple handhelds into miniature lighting controllers. From the very beginning, ETC decided that all profits from sales of the iRFR (Radio Focus Remote) and later the aRFR for Android apps would be donated to charity. On Friday at the 2023 USITT Show, ETC presented Behind the Scenes with a check for $39,599 bringing the total donated to the charity to over half a million dollars.Read More »ETC’s Donations to Behind the Scenes Reach a Major Milestone
How do you say goodbye to a legend? For the creative team involved in designing the production for Daddy Yankee’s La Ultima Vuelta tour, the answer was quite simple, you create something “fit for a king.” This was the directive that Production Designer Rodrigo Proal of Darmah Studios received when he was asked to work on the Puerto Rican born super star’s 84-date official retirement tour of North and South America, which concluded with a January show in San Juan.Read More »Team Darmah and CHAUVET Professional Help Daddy Yankee Create Farewell Tour Fit for a King
Environmental Lights, a leader in LED lighting solutions, announces the launch of Dim-to-Warm 2216 LED Strip Light. The Dim to Warm Strip Light uses integrated technology to automatically warm the LED color temperature as the lights are dimmed. It enables customers to utilize tunable white LED technology without specialized controllers or programs. This effect mimics the appearance of incandescent lighting for a more natural dimming feel.Read More »Environmental Lights Announces the Launch of Dim-to-Warm 2216 LED Strip Light
Imagine a block party with 45-foot trailers carrying bands and DJs performing as they roll down the street with crowds of happy people dancing behind… Read More »Massive Productions and CHAUVET Professional Celebrate Color at Curaçao Carnival
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