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London’s First Night Riders Set to Hit the Road July 7-11 in Support of The Theatrical Guild (TTG)

Participants are pictured at Eastbourne's Devonshire Park Theatre.

London’s First Night Riders Set to Hit the Road July 7-11 in Support of The Theatrical Guild (TTG)

LONDON – Riders are revving up to participate in the 2016 First Night Riders ‘Magical Mystery’ charity motorbike and classic car ride, visiting theatres across the country to raise money and awareness for The Theatrical Guild (TTG). This year’s tour, organized by Triple E’s David and Brenda Edelstein on TTG’s behalf, will hit the road between July 7-11, staying within 100 miles of central London. Triple E provides track systems and custom designed equipment for use in the entertainment industry.

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Ultra South Africa photo by Al Nicoli

LEDVision Expands Inventory in South Africa with ROE Visual PB3 Screen Panels

JOHANNESBURG – LEDVision, a full-service LED rental provider, recently took delivery of 105sqm of ROE Visual PB3 screen product, with an HD pixel pitch of 3.9mm. Known as Black Pearl, these panels are powered by Tessera LED processing from Brompton Technology, controlled via Tessera management software. Along with a built-in scaler and de-interlacer, users can benefit from real-time adjustment of position, rotation, color, brightness of panels and high-spec video performance with 3G-SDI input. Pictured here is the Ultra South Africa music festival, which LEDVision supported with ROE Visual products.

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LD Chris Montrie worked with lighting crew chief Ben Hodgkins on the tour in support of the band's latest album.

U.K. Rock Band, James, Lit with Adlib-Supplied Gear

MANCHESTER, U.K. – Adlib supplied lighting equipment and crew for the recent tour by UK rock band James who played a mix of UK arenas, academies and city hall venues in support of the band’s album, Girl At The End of the World, which was released in March. LD Chris Montrie worked with lighting crew chief Ben Hodgkins on a rig that included 16 Martin MAC Viper Profiles, eight MAC Viper Washes, 20 MAC Quantum LED washes, 16 Clay Paky Mythos and seven ETC Source Four profiles provided key lighting and specials, fitted with 26 degree lenses.

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The lighting rig included 9 x Robe BMFL Blades, 40 x LEDBeam 100s, 38 x CycFX 8s, 22 x 600E Spots, 24 x CityFlex 48s and 12 x LEDWash 600s.

Scala & Kolacny Brothers Lit by Robe in Belgium

AARSCHOT, Belgium – LD Kristof van Mensel, part of the design and programming collective, TCF bvba (The Creative Factory), used close to 150 Robe fixtures to light Scala & Kolacny Brothers at the Stadsfeesthall in Aarschot. Scala & Kolacny Brothers, a Belgian women’s choir conducted by Stijn Kolacny with arrangements and piano accompaniment by Steven Kolacny, are performing a series of 20th anniversary concerts this year. The 750-capacity Stadsfeesthall is where they got their start.

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Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

Road Shows: Worth the Trip

I had the privilege of attending a road show last month. Not a traveling theatrical spectacle, but one put on by a popular lighting manufacturer that enabled quite a lot of people to get hands on experience with the latest technology. Harman’s Martin Lighting division took their gear to the people and extended me an invitation. With my schedule, I chose to take a trip to their stop in Dallas, Texas in May, one of the first destinations on their nationwide trek.

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'She Loves Me' photo by Joan Marcus

‘She Loves Me:’ David Rockwell Serves Up Old World Flavor with Modern Flair

It is customary for Broadway audiences to applaud for the stars of shows when they make their first entrance onstage for the night, but it is less often that a set actually earns the same response. David Rockwell’s dazzling, stage-spanning interior of Maraczek’s Perfumery in the current revival of She Loves Me — a comedic musical about two bickering retail employees (Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti) who do not realize they are anonymously amorous pen pals — is one such set piece found worthy of such adulation, and for good reason. The two-story location — complete with multiple shelves containing 150 perfume bottles, three counters, and a staircase — really makes the cast and audience alike feel as though they are visiting an upscale establishment from 1934 Budapest, the time and place of the story.

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PRG supplied the lighting and the GroundControl followspots. Photo by Steve Jennings

Selena Gomez ‘Revival’ Tour

Selena Gomez officially kicked off her Revival tour at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas on May 6. The second solo tour by this popular singer showcases the 2015 album of the same name playing much of the new album among her 20-song set. She reached into her catalogue of five studio albums as well to keep the fans dancing for the better part of the 75-minute set. Baz Halpin put together a talented team of lighting designers, directors, and video personnel to build a cutting edge production together. PRG was called on to provide the lighting and video for the show while Pyrotecnico FX looked after the lasers and Tait Towers built the set.

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Mickey Curbishley

Mickey Curbishley, CEO of PRG Music Group, Announces Resignation

LOS ANGELES – Mickey Curbishley announced June 13 that he will be leaving Production Resource Group as of June 30, 2016. As CEO of PRG’s Music Group, Curbishley oversaw business development and client support for concert tours, special events, television, and other music-related projects around the world. Prior to PRG, he had been co-owner of Light & Sound Design (LSD), which PRG acquired in 1998. Prior to joining LSD in 1994, he had toured with top artists including Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, George Harrison, Frank Sinatra, Judas Priest, AC/DC and Prince.

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Ayrton MagicBurst LED Strobe

Ayrton MagicBurst LED Strobe

Ayrton’s MagicBurst is a new high-power graphic LED strobe featuring continuous, unlimited rotation on its pan and tilt axis. The fixture, which is the company’s first strobe unit, first burst onto the world stage at Prolight + Sound 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany earlier this year. MagicBurst’s 384 x 384 mm squared face supports 3,840 high-output white LEDs grouped into 64 pixels on an 8 x 8 matrix. With a new ultra-compact 1,300W power supply, MagicBurst promises peak light output of more than 240,000 lumens (calibrated at 5600K) for several seconds, and the fixture can put that into continuous rotation.

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