ZURICH, Switzerland – For Muse’s two ‘Drones’ tour shows at the 13,000-capacity Hallenstadion in Zurich on May 11 and 12, ceiling weight limitations meant that the complete Muse stage had to be supported by a giant ground support system. Malecon Ltd. turned to Prolyte as part of the staging and rigging solution.
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DALLAS, TX – When Texas Music Series came to the airport known as Dallas Love Field, Michael Clay Productions turned to Clair Solutions Dallas for an audio and visual assist. Clair relied on 13 of elektraLite’s eyeBall Quad LED fixtures to make the stage look ready for showtime, even in the high ambient light environment of an airport concourse.
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NEW YORK – For On Your Feet!, the Broadway musical that chronicles the story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan and their rise to fame, the visuals include video and projection design by Darrel Maloney. He used d3 Technologies’ media servers to projection map moving scenery with retro views of Miami and other locations key to the Estefans’ history.
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LAS VEGAS – As America’s largest tradeshow for AV solutions, InfoComm has always served as an important showcase for Elation Professional lighting and video technology. This year’s show – June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center – will give visitors to Elation Booth C5446 the opportunity to be some of the first in North America to see several of Elation’s newest offerings including the new EVHD3, a curveable 3.9mm pixel pitch LED display panel with front access design and excellent color uniformity and brightness, an ideal solution for creative high-resolution video designs.
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LONDON – The first Theatre 2016 Conference took place in Central London May 12-13. It was held across three West End venues: The Piccadilly, Lyric and Arts Theatres, and brought together more than 1,000 delegates from across all areas of UK theatre. Called the largest event of its kind, it was the first time since 2005 that the sector has come together for a major industry-wide conference. White Light was asked to provide the production support for the event, supplying the lighting along with full AV support.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Built in 1982, Hamer Hall, the the 2,464-seat home to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), was fully refurbished in 2013. The new lighting rig includes 22 Robe MMX Spots and 10 LEDWash 600 fixtures, among others. The upgraded fixtures were specified and overseen in part by Bernie Manchee, the venue’s head of lighting. Others relying on the fixtures include Bernie Manchee, head of lighting for Arts Centre Melbourne and Trent Barclay, lighting systems specialist (pictured here, L-R).
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NEWPORT, South Wales, U.K. – For the 2016 annual conference for accounting specialists, Tax Assist, staged in the Caernarfon Suite at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, Central Presentations Ltd (CPL), led by Lee Gruszeckyj, provided stage design and full technical production.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Light Converse Ltd launched its LightConverse 3D Show Platform Version 58 at Prolight+Sound in early April, and also announced the winners for this year’s LightConverse and High End Systems Lighting Challenge at the show. Jointly organized with High End Systems, the contest once again gave participants an opportunity to show off their lighting talent.
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ETC added two new features for users of its Unison Echo control systems – Echo Expansion Bridge and Echo-Echoflex Interface. Echo Expansion Bridge (pictured here) gives users access to up to 64 Echo devices, such as Inspire stations. The new Echo-Echoflex interface has a built-in 902 MHz EnOcean radio to enable communication between Echo and Echoflex wireless devices without any additional wiring.
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LAS VEGAS – Morpheus Lights, U.S. distributor of Ayrton LED products, will exhibit at the 4Wall New York Vendor Showcase on Thursday May 19 starting at 3 p.m.. Morpheus will feature the Ayrton NandoBeam S line of automated wash lights, along with the new DreamPanel Twin, CosmoPix R and MagicDot R fixtures. Ayrton NandoBeam fixtures are pictured here.
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ERLANGER, KY. – tvONE will be showcasing a full range of industry-leading video processing and signal distribution products alongside its newest Universal Rack Mounting System innovation, ONErack, in booth C6818 during InfoComm 2016. The exhibtion takes place June 8-10 in Las Vegas.
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