TURIN, Italy – Agorà supplied D.T.S. EVOs for Eros Ramazzotti’s recent performances in Italy and beyond. The artist resumes his ‘Perfetto World Tour 2015’ in early 2016. The lighting operator, Nicola Tallino, has been using the EVOs for bright beam and backlight effects.
NEW YORK – The 11th Annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday workshop, continuing its practical and hands-on educational presentations, will take place on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts located at 721 Broadway in New York City. Sponsors include City Theatrical Inc., Lectrosonics, A.C. Lighting Inc., Clear Com and Figure53, makers of QLab.
Read More »NEW YORK– WorldStage named Richard Steinau Vice President of Business Development. The company also named Jeffrey Jayne Senior Account Manager.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – A.C.T Lighting, Inc. joined manufacturer partners Clay Paky and ImageCue to celebrate their trio of wins at LDI 2015. Clay Paky went home with two coveted awards for its lighting products, and ImageCue was named a PLASA members’ favorite for its small-footprint embedded server. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky and ImageCue products in North America.
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LONDON – For a celebration of ‘Back to the Future Day’ (Oct. 21, 2015), Tattooed Bakers crafted a cake in the shape of a DeLorean sports car. Instead of candles, Vision SL used four COLORado Deco Quad 1 Tour fixtures as front headlamps, two MegaStrobe FX12s for rear brake indicators and two COLORband PiX IP linear washes for bumper lights. Two Geyser RGB foggers, meanwhile, simulated plumes of smoke emanating from the cake-car’s exhaust.
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AARHUS, Denmark — Although the future of SGM seemed uncertain with reports of a bankruptcy filing in early November, by Nov. 9, the company noted that Peter Johansen (pictured here, left) will continue in a leadership role as CEO. The company is now owned by Eurofinim, led by CEO Paolo Covre (pictured right.)
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ORLANDO – AV Stumpfl will be at IAAPA Attractions Expo Nov. 16-20 2015 to feature a variety of new AV related products including their Wings Avio Manager 2.0 control network architecture software. The company will also showcase solutions for uncompressed media serving, control and projection screens.
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DELMAR, CA – For the inaugural KAABOO festival, a three day, seven-stage music event, Nashville based lighting and visuals designer Chris Lisle provided included 20 Robe BMFL Blades in the main stage rig (on a stage dubbed Sunset Cliffs, after a well-known surfing spot.) Music headliners included The Killers, No Doubt, Snoop Dog, The Zac Brown Band and many, many more. “House” LD / programmer Matt Shimamoto and guest LDs for nine of the bands used the fixtures for their sets.
LONDON – Live event production specialists PR Live supplied all technical elements – lighting, sound and AV – to the recent Friends Fest event, a five day expo-style extravaganza staged at the Boiler House in Brick Lane, east London which celebrated the hugely popular landmark American sitcom, ‘Friends’.
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IPSWITCH, U.K. – HSL supplied ten Robe 600E Spots for a recent production of he classic Cy Coleman musical, Sweet Charity. Along with the moving lights, which were used extensively, the production also featured video scenery using Martin’s EC20 LED video panels.
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TAMPA, FL – For St. Mark The Evangelist Catholic Church, Magnum Audio Group, Inc. provided two Eiki LC-HDT700 7000 lumen ANSI projectors. Magnum Audio president Randi Crooks credited the projectors’ 3LCD+One technology as a key advantage in terms of color saturation for a wide range of applications.
Read More »ATLANTA, GA – This Wednesday is Veterans Day, and for most Americans it’s just another holiday on a calendar filled with holidays that have little or no meaning. But for Rick Cope, CEO of Atlanta, Georgia based NanoLumens Veteran’s Day is celebrated every day of the year.
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