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Puppet Theatre in Estonia Lit with Robe’s DL4S Profiles and DL4F Fresnels

Photo by Madis Kirkmann

Puppet Theatre in Estonia Lit with Robe’s DL4S Profiles and DL4F Fresnels

TALLINN, Estonia – Robe’s DL4S Profiles and DL4F Fresnels – 52 in total – have been specified and installed at the new Nuku (Puppet) Theatre in Tallinn. This world famous theatre has just opened a completely new space – formally an outside courtyard – at its theatre complex in the heart of the picturesque and vibrant Estonian capital. The project is one of the latest in a number of high profile theatre installations of Robe DL series LED moving lights around the world.

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ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium at Coachella's Sahara stage

Dave Taylor Runs Empire of the Sun Coachella Show with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium

INDIO, CA – Empire of the Sun performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s Sahara Stage with artistic flourishes that included glowing pyramids and a six-pronged stage element cradling a white orb. The light show featured a blend of bright white light and vivid colors, programmed and controlled by Dave Taylor, who used a ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console.

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PRG Supports Bon Jovi Tour with Scenius Spots, grandMA2 Consoles

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NEW YORK – Bon Jovi’s “This House Is Not For Sale” tour opened with select dates in the U.S. Canada and the U.K. last fall, and recently completed another leg earlier this year from Feb. 8 (Greenville, SC) to mid-April, finishing with two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden. PRG supplied the tour rig, which included 36 Claypaky Scenius Spots, controlled by Joe Bay, lighting director and programmer, who used a grandMA2 Full lighting console for control.

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Robe Gets the LED Vibe at GSA

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SURREY, UK – Robe co-hosted a ground breaking LED Theatrical event staged by staff and students on the Theatre Production course at Guildford School of Acting (GSA), part of the University of Surrey in the UK. The Czech Republic based manufacturer supplied around 50 LED luminaires to the event and to GSA’s 2017 gala musical production staged at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in central Guildford, Surrey, including its groundbreaking DL7 theatrical range – plus the new Spiider LED wash beam, CycFX 8s, Spikies and VIVAs – plus technical support.

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Steven Douglas White, Aug. 24, 1955-Apr. 30, 2017

In Memoriam: Steve White, 61

SELMA, CA — Steve White, a veteran production manager who ran Avalon Attraction’s San Diego operations in the 1980s, then worked at Screenworks for more than two decades before retiring last fall, was found dead in his home in Selma, CA on April 30. He was 61.

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