LONDON – LD Mark Henderson chose Clay Paky Sharpys to deliver the ‘concert performance’ lighting in a stage production of The Bodyguard at London’s Adelphi Theatre. The show is based on the original film, made famous by Whitney Houston.
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LEEDS, UK – New sessions have been added to the free program of seminars, demonstrations and tutorials April 30-May 1 at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013, at the Royal Armouries at Clarence Dock in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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LONDON – XL Video supplied LED screens, projection, camera, PPU and screen management system for The BRIT Awards 2013 at London’s O2 Arena. It’s the eleventh consecutive year that XL (and production manager Paul Wood) have been involved as video supplier for the event.
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LOS ANGELES – Acclaim Lighting’s new Dyna Series offer indoor/outdoor white LED wall graze and cove fixtures. The units average 20 watts per foot and up to 50 lumens per watt. Designed for façade lighting, uplighting, wall grazing and cove lighting, the Dyna Series fixtures are available in two models: DynaGraze or DynaCove.
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SALVADOR, Brazil – Rental company Luzbel Iluminacao supplied more than 150 Robe moving lights for the 2013 Summer Festival de Salvador. Luzbel purchased the latest Robe fixtures to use them on the four-day event.
Read More »NEW YORK – Arup and Artec announced the integration of their Acoustics, Audio Visual, and Theatre Consulting practices. A spokesman noted that, prior to the Feb. 2013 merger, the two companies operated separately, with Arup founded in 1946 and Artec founded in 1971. Instead of one company buying another, the merger combines the two practices, which now operate as Arup. The move also brings 13 acoustics, audio visual and theatre consultants under the Arup umbrella.
Read More »Automated lighting fixtures are extremely sophisticated, including movement of pan/tilt or other features. Fixtures and consoles provide a multitude of methods to ensure that these… Read More »Automated Fixtures: Smooth Movement vs. Speed
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UPCOMING TOUR DATES: Australia in March, UK/Europe in April, returns to North America in July for summer amphitheater tour through September.
THE DESIGN: “As per the band’s name, it’s designed to be fun. There’s a 32-by-8-foot video wall behind the band with a 40-by-8-foot (W x H) Plexiglas two-way mirror in front of that. Five media servers show content through the Plexiglas from behind. There are four robotic and six static cameras that can then feed the live crowd shots back through the mirror, thus reflecting the live crowd. At other times in the show, the lights are pointed directly at the mirror, which makes them reflect back and appears to double the quantity of fixtures in the rig.” Read More »
Are you tired of hearing about safety yet? I hope not. It has always been important, but it lurched front and center for our industry during the stormy 2011 summer touring season, and it won’t go away any time soon. Being safe ensures that you’ll make it to the next gig. Sure, you may overlook some minimal safety concern and still be fine. Honestly, who hasn’t forgotten a safety cable now and then? It’s a slight oversight, and may not be the end of the world. That is, until something else fails, and there is a 20-plus-pound dead weight traveling 120 mph towards the deck. Are you wearing a hard hat?
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Compulite Systems has released their new, improved Vector iControl App which remotely controls and edits basic functions for all Vector lighting consoles. The App, for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Android devices, has been completely redesigned with a full GUI makeover.
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