BRISTOL, U.K. — GDS named Fernando Freitas European Account Manager. Freitas will work with GDS’s Dealer Network in Europe and end users in both the entertainment industry and development of new opportunities in other industries.
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LONDON – For Ed Sheeran’s world tour, lighting and production Designer Mark Cunniffe opted to include Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpy fixtures to balance the video-heavy theme with some snazzy lighting looks. Neg Earth provided the gear.
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LONDON – Robe was again a major sponsor of the TPi awards, supplying their latest moving light technology including 38 x BMFL Spots, 46 x Pointes, 32 x LEDBeam 100s, 21 x CycFX 8s and 70 x PARfect 100s plus an MDG theONE hazer … all of which looked truly fabulous in a design by Jack Sayer from Hawthorn, lighting rental partner for the 2015 event.
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CAMBRIDGE, U. K. – Large format projection artist Ross Ashton was commissioned to create a new projection artwork for the 2015 e-Luminate Festival in Cambridge, UK, which lit the front fascias of two of the city’s magnificent historical buildings – Old School and Senate House – which are part of the University of Cambridge.
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LOS ANGELES – Theatre professionals will soon be gathering for the 2015 USITT show, North America’s most important conference and expo for performing arts technology, where Elation Professional will be showing the latest in its line of theatre-optimized lighting.
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GOTHENBURG, Denmark – The opening of ÅF’s new office building in Gothenburg was marked by a spectacular light show, putting the 66 metre high building on the map. For one evening the façades of ÅF’s new domicile were staged with a combination of colours, graphical patterns and images expressing ÅF’s values in a festive manner.
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ST. JOSEPH, MO – For the Robidoux Resident Theatre’s production of the musical comedy Spamalot, last fall at the Missouri Theater in St. Joseph, MO, which dates from the 1920s, the director of the show, Jeff Stover, Assistant Professor/Technical Director at Missouri Western State University, provided a lighting design where VL440 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite supplemented the house rig.
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NASHVILLE – While there were talks of a winter storm brewing for Nashville, the city was all about bikinis and beach music as Sports Illustrated chose Music City to launch the 2015 Swimsuit Edition. The Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted the event, and LD John Lucksinger teamed up with production manager Chris Lisle on the visual design. Bandit Lites provided the gear for the event dubbed “Swimville.”
Read More »LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles area stage drapery manufacturer, Sew What? Inc. recently completed work with Grammy Winner Sam Smith and his team on stage drapery for Smith’s set In the Lonely Hour tour.
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U.K. – Battery powered wireless LED manufacturer CORE Lighting has recently seen the power and versatility of its FLOOD30 products applied in a slightly different arena … the highly popular world of equine sport / leisure.
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The new Amhaze Studio from Chauvet Professional is the perfect solution for generating haze effects in TV studios, theaters and other environments that are sensitive to sound. This extremely quiet-running machine proves that you don’t have to turn up the sound volume to crank out a large haze volume; despite its extremely quiet operation, it produces an impressive 1700-cubic-feet-per-second output– enough to fill the atmosphere at virtually any size production.
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Sapsis Rigging’s latest addition to its Rope Access family of harnesses in the ProPlus Fall Protection line. Designed by Bill Sapsis specifically for entertainment technicians, the ProPlus Rope Access harness lets workers safely access difficult locations while also promising fall arrest protection.
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