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2014 Olivier Award Winners Announced

Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll with their Best Lighting Design Olivier Award for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Photo credit: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

2014 Olivier Award Winners Announced

LONDON — The 2014 Olivier Awards, marking the best of theatre to open in London’s West End over the last 12 months, were presented April 13, at the Royal Opera House. The Best Lighting Design award, supported by entertainment lighting supplier White Light, was awarded jointly to four designers across two shows: to Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll (pictured here), who were responsible for lighting and projection design on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and to Tim Lutkin and Finn Ross, lighting and projection designers for Chimerica, at the Almeida and then the Harold Pinter Theatre.

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Upstage Video partnered with Tallahassee, FL-based Production Support Group to support the 2014 Bassmaster Classic

2014 Bassmaster Classic Features 270+ LED Tiles

BIRMINGHAM, AL – For the fourth year in a row, Upstage Video partnered with Tallahassee, FL-based Production Support Group to provide LED screens and scenic elements for the Bassmaster Classic Bass Fishing Tournament. This year’s event took place at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. The crews assembled more than 270 LED tiles to build five traditional screens, six slanted towers and a “pyramid” that served as the center backdrop to the official Bassmaster Weigh-in.

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The Courtyard Theatre in Hereford, U.K. Installs ETC LED Gear

HEREFORD, U.K. – Stage Electrics supplied a selection of ETC Source 4 LED Lustr+ profiles and LED Cycs for the Courtyard Theatre here. Neal Tomlinson, Stage Electrics’ business development manager, credited the fixtures for their ability to match the white balance of the existing tungsten fixtures along with their relatively cool operating temperatures.

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Gearhouse ICS Supports 15th Cape Town International Jazz Festival

CAPE TOWN – Gearhouse ICS has been busy with the preparation, installation and operation of the Jazz TV element of the 15th Cape Town International Jazz Festival. The video is streamed to screens in the hospitality suites in the Corporate Village, Food Court, Marimba Restaurant, Saxophone Lounge and the stages themselves during breaks. ICS deployed a technical team of 20 to manage the content mix and network operation of Jazz TV, using three ICS media servers supported by high definition media streaming encoders and to provide IT infrastructure backup.

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XL Video supplied media server mapping and control plus side screens to producers Zibrant LIVE! for the Redken European Symposium event at London Olympia.

2014 Redken European Symposium Gets XL Video Assist

LONDON – XL Video supplied media server mapping and control plus side screens to producers Zibrant LIVE! for the Redken European Symposium event at London Olympia. The fast-moving show was choreographed with pixel-mapped imagery evoking buses, subway cars, taxis and London landmarks. Along with spatial pixel-mapping precision, the cues needed to be executed at the appropriate time as performers would make their movements on the stage.

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ArKaos PRO MediaMaster 4.0

ArKaos PRO MediaMaster 4.0 media server software has been updated with a plethora of new features including new aspect ratio and cropping tools, new Hue, Saturation and Lightness tools, layer-based volume control and a redesigned interface.

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Laserworld BeamNET 2B

Laserworld BeamNET Series

Laserworld’s new BeamNET Series includes the BeamNET 10, a 10-in-one laser light with a bar of 10 individually controlled diodes available in blue, green and red, and the BeamNET Single, with two options for a single-beam unit – either the blue (static beam) BeamNET 2B (pictured here) or RGB diode. All BeamNET systems can be triggered through DMX/Art-Net and can be integrated to an existing light show with common light desks.

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Leader Light at Light+Building 2014

FRANKFURT, Germany – Leader Light noted its participation during the six-day Light+Building trade exhibition here, which overlapped with Prolight+Sound. “We decided to change the stand design and used a green color, which evokes eco and energy-saving lighting,” said managing director Julius Szaraz.

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The 2014 e-Luminate Festival here netted a second Guiness World Record nod for projection and video artist Ross Ashton

Another Guinness World Record for Projection Artist Ross Ashton

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – The 2014 e-Luminate Festival here netted a second Guinness World Record nod for projection and video artist Ross Ashton. This time it was for the “Largest Card Illusion Reveal.” Ashton collaborated with Italian illusionist Alexis Arts on the project, creating the visuals with a single 17K Panasonic projector rigged onto a specially constructed tower at the end of the lawn in front of the building.

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